Judge Throws Out Conspiracy Case Against Amazon, Publishers At the same time five of the then-Big Six publishers and Apple… Mercy Pilkington12 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Wattpad Contest Winners Receive Publishing Contracts with Harlequin Story posting social media site Wattpad has garnered a tremendous following in… Mercy Pilkington11 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Strong News About Library Use by Pew Internet One of the really interesting dynamics about public libraries is that, even… Mercy Pilkington11 December 20132 comments2 minute read
Quebec’s Book Price Fixing Law Can Ruin the Book Economy The government of Quebec has gone forward with a law that was… Mercy Pilkington11 December 20135 comments2 minute read
Publishers, Take Note: YA Genre Growing at Faster Rate Some surprising information from Nielsen Book Scan has showed that, not only… Mercy Pilkington9 December 20132 comments2 minute read
New Journaling App Can Prove Handy for Authors A new app, Heyday, that joins a growing list of mobile apps… Mercy Pilkington9 December 20132 comments2 minute read
New Social Media Site Aimed Specifically at New Adult Explicit Romance Simon&Schuster UK has recently announced the launch of a genre-specific social media… Mercy Pilkington8 December 2013One comment1 minute read
Give the Gift of Subscription Reading this Holiday Season Sometimes, it’s not enough to know that Aunt Janet loves to read,… Mercy Pilkington6 December 2013No comments2 minute read
McGraw Hill Teams Up with OverDrive to Offer Catalog of Professional Titles OverDrive, the world’s largest provider of digital content to academic and public… Mercy Pilkington5 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Publishing Plays a Part in Chinese Fascination with Record Breaking An area of interest in much of the Chinese culture is a… Mercy Pilkington5 December 20132 comments2 minute read
Want Your Kids to Read More? Leave Them Alone. In-depth details on what motivates reading in children have come out in… Mercy Pilkington4 December 2013One comment2 minute read
Amazon Launches 12 Days of Deals Amazon has relaunched its reader-centric promotion from last year’s holiday season, Twelve… Mercy Pilkington3 December 2013One comment1 minute read
OverDrive Offers Digital Kids’ Reading Rooms to Partner Libraries Throughout the recent controversy over inappropriate and explicit content being listed in… Mercy Pilkington2 December 2013One comment2 minute read
December Kindle First Titles Released Last month, Amazon’s traditional publishing arm and its host of imprints at… Mercy Pilkington2 December 2013One comment2 minute read
eBook Review: Sycamore Row by John Grisham Verdict: 5 Stars Fans of the author’s suspenseful legal thrillers will love… Mercy Pilkington1 December 20132 comments1 minute read
Author Goes Digital…While Still Writing the Book According to a story in the New York Times, author Arnon Grunberg… Mercy Pilkington1 December 2013One comment1 minute read
More Exciting Book Opportunities for Reading Shoppers With the holiday shopping weekend still in full swing in the US,… Mercy Pilkington30 November 2013One comment1 minute read
Ad-Based Reading Service Readfy Launches in Beta One the most elusive models in digital publishing has to be subscription-based… Mercy Pilkington29 November 2013One comment2 minute read
Self-Published Bestsellers Available for Holiday Reading Just in time for the holidays, GalleyCat has released its weekly bestseller… Mercy Pilkington27 November 2013One comment2 minute read
Voxburner: Teens Still Prefer Print With the major holiday gift buying days of the holiday season happening… Mercy Pilkington27 November 2013No comments1 minute read
Amazon Cracks Down on Bogus Keywords A growing number of self-published authors are receiving ominous emails from ebook… Mercy Pilkington27 November 20132 comments2 minute read
Readmill, Penguin Partner on Direct Buy eBooks Authors and publishers have experimented with different ways to avoid paying the… Mercy Pilkington25 November 2013One comment1 minute read
Barefoot Books, Made in Me Team Up to Produce Children’s App Books A new collaboration between an award-winning publisher and an award-winning digital media… Mercy Pilkington25 November 20132 comments2 minute read