Amazon Initiates Shipping Incentives in UK

Following the lead of Amazon.com stateside, the online retail giant’s customers awoke…

It Pays to Be Small: Zola Buys Book Discovery Site Bookish

It’s a tough time to be selling ebooks if you’re not Amazon.…

Smashwords, Wattpad See Increase in Use

In the past year, open reading platform and forum Wattpad saw an…

Things Looking Up for Lonely Planet

The market for guidebooks has suffered in recent years, with a number…

Consumers Warned Against “Showrooming”

A name has been given to an evil that plagues independent bookstores,…

eBook Review: The Poisoned Island by Lloyd Shepherd

Verdict: 3 Stars Shepherd’s second title, The Poisoned IslandĀ (Washington Square Press), had…

Newest Technology to Hit Books: 3D Printing

How-to books are nothing new. They teach readers to cook, tie knots,…

Smashwords’ Predictions for Publishing in 2014

This time of year brings with it a host of predictions from…

More Publishers Begin to Accept Unagented Submissions

Prior to the current digital publishing and self-publishing revolutions, the process for…

Reading Improves Brain Function…Who Knew?

Your fifth grade English teacher was right, you should read a book.…

eBook Review: The Redhead Plays Her Hand by Alice Clayton

Verdict: 5 Stars In the final installment in the series which Clayton…

Judge Rules on Sherlock Holmes Public Domain Case

With the dramatic changes that have been taking place in the publishing…

What’s Up with Amazon Royalties Coming Down?

The debate over the most recent accusations about how Amazon is destroying…

Number of Children’s Challenged Books Increased in 2013

With the advent of digital reading, digital publishing, and self-publishing in their…