Amazon Selects Non-Fiction Title as Best Book of the Year Just ahead of the holidays, Amazon has released its annual Best Books…Mercy Pilkington13 November 2017One comment2 minute read
Students Still Don’t Interact with Digital as Effectively as Print The era of the digital native still hasn’t morphed to include education,…Mercy Pilkington23 October 20172 comments2 minute read
CreateSpace Is Closing Its Online Bookstore Amazon owns CreateSpace, the print-on-demand solution that allows indie authors to produce…Mercy Pilkington12 October 20177 comments2 minute read
New Bowker Study Finds Increasing Growth in SelfPub ISBNs If there was still doubt in anyone’s mind that self-publishing is not…Mercy Pilkington12 October 2017One comment1 minute read
Are Digital Textbooks Finally Taking Hold? We’re closing in on nearly a decade since ebooks first moved away…Mercy Pilkington2 October 2017One comment2 minute read
Scholastic Releases Latest Kids’ Reading Report In celebration of International Literacy Day last week, Scholastic has some great…Mercy Pilkington10 September 20172 comments2 minute read
We Live in a Literary World of Terrible Self-Published Authors There are a copious number of online self-publishing companies that promise aspiring…Michael Kozlowski7 September 2017177 comments5 minute read
Smashwords Announces New eBook Promotion Tool In the ongoing debate about whether or not to list your indie…Mercy Pilkington20 August 201712 comments2 minute read
Profanity in Books: Is It a Good Thing? “Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very,’” Mark Twain famously…Mercy Pilkington13 August 2017One comment2 minute read
60 Libraries will loan out over 1 million audiobooks and ebooks in 2017 Last week Overdrive disclosed to Good e-Reader that overall circulation has…Michael Kozlowski10 July 2017No comments1 minute read
Millennials May Be the Salvation of Libraries While previous studies have shown the majority of Americans cite libraries as…Mercy Pilkington25 June 2017One comment2 minute read
Legendary Sportswriter and Novelist Frank Deford Dies, Age 78 Perhaps a lot of the more “literary” readers wouldn’t spend much time…Mercy Pilkington30 May 2017One comment2 minute read
Digital Public Library of America to Pilot eBook Lending in Fall It’s taken nearly four years, but the time has finally come for…Mercy Pilkington30 May 2017One comment2 minute read
Book Sales Remain a Closely Guarded Secret One of the most frustrating aspects of being an author, publisher, or…Mercy Pilkington16 May 2017One comment2 minute read
Looking for Love? Read a Book A new finding from dating site eHarmony has only confirmed what all…Mercy Pilkington4 May 2017One comment2 minute read
North Carolina Unveils Statewide Digital Library for Kids North Carolina is the first state to unveil a bold plan to…Michael Kozlowski31 March 2017One comment1 minute read
