Tensions Between Barnes and Noble, Simon and Schuster Hurt Authors The publishing industry is full of surprises, and the latest conflict is…Mercy Pilkington26 March 2013One comment2 minute read
Grassroots Effort by Teachers Discovery Creates Low Cost Digital Textbooks The winning combination in education is to produce high quality, creative material…Mercy Pilkington25 March 20132 comments2 minute read
eBook Review: Making It by Helen Klein Ross Verdict: 5 Stars There are some jobs you just don’t want to…Mercy Pilkington24 March 2013One comment2 minute read
What Kirtsaeng v. Wiley Means for Consumers The US Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling this week. No,…Mercy Pilkington22 March 2013No comments2 minute read
Finding the Best eBook, Print Price Point for Optimum Sales When computer how-to book publisher In Easy Steps, founded in 1991, looked…Mercy Pilkington22 March 20133 comments3 minute read
Kindle Singles Editor-in-Chief David Blum on the Popularity of eShorts Amazon launched an innovative platform in 2011 that some have heralded as…Mercy Pilkington21 March 2013One comment3 minute read
Amazon Publishing Speeds Up Royalty Payments to Authors In the I-want-it-now, fast paced environment brought about by the advent of…Mercy Pilkington19 March 20133 comments2 minute read
Pottermore and Sony to Launch New Gaming Experience After the success of JK Rowling’s interactive fan site Pottermore, based on…Mercy Pilkington19 March 2013One comment1 minute read
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Kno Partner on K-12 Digital Textbooks While digital textbooks abound throughout the country at the college level and…Mercy Pilkington18 March 20132 comments2 minute read
Amazon Publishing Announces Two New Imprints After the original surge of growth from the online retailer and digital…Mercy Pilkington18 March 2013One comment2 minute read
Storia Adds Titles from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Scholastic, Inc.’s interactive e-reading application Storia has been a godsend for teachers…Mercy Pilkington14 March 2013One comment2 minute read
Top eBook Lenders Selected as OverDrive Library Leaders As more and more public and academic libraries institute ebook lending for…Mercy Pilkington13 March 20132 comments2 minute read
Short List for the ABNA Awards Announced The Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards, which opened to the maximum 10,000 entries…Mercy Pilkington13 March 20132 comments1 minute read
ForeWord Reviews Names Its Book of the Year Finalists As independently published authors continue to gain new ground with readers and…Mercy Pilkington12 March 20133 comments1 minute read
eBook Review: The Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI by Charles A. Coulombe Verdict: 4 Stars As the world watches to see where the position…Mercy Pilkington11 March 20132 comments2 minute read
Authors Warned Away from eBook-Only Imprints A number of blogs and news sites posted uncharacteristically wary responses to…Mercy Pilkington11 March 2013One comment2 minute read