SelfPubbed Romance Author Ignites Rage With Cocky Trademark In the world of self-publishing, authors have to do whatever it takes… Mercy Pilkington5 May 20186 comments3 minute read
Is Amazon Destroying Indie Authors Careers? Ask any self-published author about their thoughts on Amazon, and you’re likely… Mercy Pilkington1 April 20187 comments2 minute read
Publishing Suicide: Indie Authors Turn into the Bullies Over the years, this news site has covered far more news of… Mercy Pilkington19 March 201813 comments3 minute read
Switzerland Takes Steps Against eBook Piracy Internet piracy is big business for criminals and the absolute bane… Mercy Pilkington13 March 2018One comment2 minute read
Traditionally Published Authors Want What Indies Have When self-published authors like Amanda Hocking became book industry names, it was… Mercy Pilkington8 March 2018One comment2 minute read
Is Audible Romance Ripping Off Authors? When Amazon launched ACX, its KDP or CreateSpace-style self-publishing platform for audiobooks,… Mercy Pilkington1 March 2018One comment2 minute read
Amazon Review Fraud Hits New Categories Authors have been accused of buying reviews of their books for years.… Mercy Pilkington28 February 20185 comments2 minute read
New Amazon Scam Hits Authors and Consumers It’s tax filing season for US consumers, so all across America, paperwork… Mercy Pilkington26 February 20183 comments2 minute read
Fifty Shades of Bad for You? Whether you’re a fan of the books and movie franchise or not,… Mercy Pilkington19 February 2018One comment2 minute read
Ingram Spark vs CreateSpace vs KDP Paperback With the signs and portents in self-publishing pointing to the eventual closure… Mercy Pilkington31 January 2018One comment3 minute read
Author Earnings: “The Pool Is Open” The number-fanatics behind the Author Earnings report have released another installment in… Mercy Pilkington24 January 20183 comments2 minute read
B&N Rebrands Its Self-publishing Platform – Nook Press Self-published authors who’ve relied on multiple sales channels to put their books… Mercy Pilkington23 January 2018One comment2 minute read
Amazon Accidentally Drops a 50% Royalty Bombshell Indie authors who took a browse through their KDP dashboards this week… Mercy Pilkington17 January 2018One comment2 minute read
Wattpad Secures $51M in New Funding Whether you’re a reader or a writer, if you’re not on Wattpad,… Mercy Pilkington17 January 20182 comments2 minute read
The Gatekeeper Is Back, Authors… In the era of ebooks and at-the-touch-of-a-button access to hundreds of millions… Mercy Pilkington16 January 20182 comments2 minute read
Smashwords Was NOT Hacked…But Change Your Password Self-publishing platform recently sent out an announcement to its authors containing the… Mercy Pilkington10 January 2018One comment2 minute read
