Writing the Rails: Amtrak’s Writers’ Residencies Authors might find inspiration in some really unique places. Many writers have… Mercy Pilkington26 February 20142 comments1 minute read
Anne Rice Defends Authors from Online Bullying Once you reach a certain point in your career, regardless of what… Mercy Pilkington20 February 201426 comments2 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
Self Publishing: C’mon, Everybody’s Doing It A new report by internationally available self-publishing platform Blurb Books led to… Mercy Pilkington19 February 2014No comments2 minute read
New Update to Wattpad’s iOS, Android Apps Makes Stories Portable Wattpad, the global story sharing site that has a user following of… Mercy Pilkington18 February 20142 comments2 minute read
Death and Destruction: Overused Terms to Describe Publishing Can we all agree that we will stop using terms like “killing”… Mercy Pilkington17 February 2014One comment1 minute read
eBook Review: Take a Chance by Abbi Glines Verdict: 3 Stars Self-published sensation turned traditionally published romance/erotic romance author Abbi… Mercy Pilkington17 February 2014No comments1 minute read
Does the Publishing Industry Discriminate? A quick search of the Amazon Kindle store reveals over two million… Mercy Pilkington15 February 20142 comments2 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
Poorly Translated Public Domain Titles Removed from Amazon Now that anyone can self-publish an ebook, critics have argued that the… Mercy Pilkington8 February 2014One comment2 minute read
ALLi, Kobo Team Up on Indie Author Campaign The London-based Alliance of Independent Authors announced today that it has partnered… Mercy Pilkington5 February 2014One comment1 minute read
German eBook Distributor XinXii Rolls Out New Author Tools One of Europe’s leading ebook distribution sites, XinXii, has quietly been making… Mercy Pilkington3 February 2014One comment2 minute read
University Degree in Self-Publishing Is New Sign of Lessened Stigma For several years, the industry has been watching the growth and acceptance… Mercy Pilkington3 February 20142 comments2 minute read
The “New” Self-Publishing When self-publishing first began to take off as a viable option for… Mercy Pilkington26 January 20145 comments3 minute read
Smashwords Once Again Named to Forbes’ List The quiet underdog in the ebook publishing and distribution arena has long… Mercy Pilkington24 January 2014One comment2 minute read
CreateSpace Removes Minimum Royalty Threshold In a bold move that makes self-publishing even more lucrative and rewarding… Mercy Pilkington20 January 20142 comments2 minute read
How Vampires Sparked the eBook Revolution A quick Amazon search for vampire titles shows 21,103 Kindle ebook results;… Mercy Pilkington19 January 2014One comment2 minute read
Amazon Publishing, CreateSpace Launch 7th Annual ABNA Awards Submissions open next month for authors to enter their titles in the… Mercy Pilkington17 January 2014One comment2 minute read
DBW, Writers Digest Survey on Author Satisfaction with the Industry Digital Book World and Writer’s Digest magazine announced some of the results… Mercy Pilkington15 January 20142 comments3 minute read