Hugh Howey Explains the Need for Authors to Give Away Their Books On last week’s IndieChat event, hosted every Tuesday night on Twitter by… Mercy Pilkington11 April 2014One comment2 minute read
PubSmartcon: Reenvisioning the Writer’s Conference Writers’ conferences have long been a source of networking and support for… Mercy Pilkington11 March 2014One comment2 minute read
Hugh Howey Gives Toxic Advice for Self-Publishers Hugh Howey is a self-published author who leveraged Kindle Direct Publishing to… Michael Kozlowski10 March 201427 comments4 minute read
What Does It Take to Sell 100M eBooks? Smut and Marketing It still makes headlines whenever a self-published author manages to sell one… Mercy Pilkington6 March 20143 comments2 minute read
New AuthorEarnings Report Highlights B&N Sales Massive change is being sparked in the publishing industry, thanks to the… Mercy Pilkington26 February 2014One comment1 minute read
Anti-Transparency: Why Are Book Sales a Secret? The book industry has certainly been overwhelmed since the beginning of 2014… Mercy Pilkington19 February 201412 comments3 minute read
Transparency: Author HM Ward Discusses eBook Sales and Pricing A number of authors, including JA Konrath and Hugh Howey, made international… Mercy Pilkington16 February 2014One comment2 minute read
Us vs Them Rears Its Head in Publishing Once More First, there was JA Konrath’s post with Hugh Howey on how to… Mercy Pilkington13 February 2014One comment3 minute read
Traditional Publishers Learn What Indie Authors Have Known All Along Ask any traditionally published author what frustrates him most about the industry,… Mercy Pilkington11 February 20143 comments3 minute read
Howey’s “Peace in Amber” Fan Fiction Remembers 9/11 Only someone who really knows his craft and listens to his inner… Mercy Pilkington15 January 2014One comment3 minute read
What’s Up with Amazon Royalties Coming Down? The debate over the most recent accusations about how Amazon is destroying… Mercy Pilkington27 December 2013One comment2 minute read
NYCC 2013: Jet City Takes Off Among the many, many booths at New York Comic Con was one… 13 October 20132 comments2 minute read
Author Bashing: Is It Good for Business? Good e-Reader has been closely following the recent events surrounding author bullying… Mercy Pilkington28 September 20132 comments2 minute read
#IndieReCon Virtual Indie Author Conference – Day Two Yesterday’s kickoff of the first IndieReCon online authors’ conference brought some huge… Mercy Pilkington20 February 2013No comments3 minute read
IndieRecon Online Event Invites All Attendees While many of the major events within the publishing industry are held… Mercy Pilkington18 February 20132 comments2 minute read