New Collaboration Brings Indie Authors Much-Needed Attention In the nearly ten years or so since the recent self-publishing revolution… Mercy Pilkington26 September 20173 Comments2 minute read
Thinking of Scamming Amazon? Think Again. For years, the members of both the reading and writing public have… Mercy Pilkington10 September 20170 Comments2 minute read
Books and Scandal: Gaming the Bestseller System Indie authors have had to get pretty creative over the years in… Mercy Pilkington2 September 20170 Comments2 minute read
Smashwords Announces New eBook Promotion Tool In the ongoing debate about whether or not to list your indie… Mercy Pilkington20 August 201711 Comments2 minute read
Driving Down the Price of Publishing Not too long ago, self-published authors were collectively admonished about the need… Mercy Pilkington13 August 20170 Comments3 minute read
Bookselling 2017: What’s Amazon Up To? Digital publishing and ebook retailing are still quite the numbers game, as… Mercy Pilkington8 August 20170 Comments2 minute read
KDP Offers Authors a New Sales Dashboard There’s little doubt that Amazon has been the driving force behind the… Mercy Pilkington15 June 20171 Comment2 minute read
When Authors Have to “Resort” to Self-Publishing Yes, that’s a mildly click-baitish headline, but that’s absolutely the ironic sentiment… Mercy Pilkington7 June 20170 Comments1 minute read
Reedsy, Blurb Collaborate for Author Services With the rise of the print-on-demand, digital publishing, and self-publishing age, authors… Mercy Pilkington7 June 20170 Comments2 minute read
IndieReader Announces Discovery Award Winners For years, IndieReader has been hard at work, helping self-published and independently… Mercy Pilkington5 June 20170 Comments1 minute read
Who Cares about the Indie Authors? A new article about the current blockbuster novels has spurred some intriguing… Mercy Pilkington30 May 20170 Comments2 minute read
The Power of a Book Tweet Self-published authors have resorted to “buy my book” tweets for so long… Mercy Pilkington26 May 20170 Comments2 minute read
Winning the Buy Box: What Does Amazon Owe to Authors? Amazon is once again ruffling the feathers of publishers and authors alike,… Mercy Pilkington13 May 20172 Comments2 minute read
New Feedback App for Writers Taking Beta Testers By now, most serious indie authors understand what it takes to produce… Mercy Pilkington2 May 20178 Comments2 minute read
IndieReader’s “Buff” Book Checkup For years, authors and readers alike have bemoaned the “glut” of content… Mercy Pilkington1 May 20170 Comments2 minute read
The Ongoing Curse of Author Bullying Over the years, a number of authors–both high profile and never-heard-ofs–have suffered… Mercy Pilkington23 April 20172 Comments2 minute read
Is Kindle Unlimited a Good Idea? Amazon has developed a lot of programs over the years, some aimed… Mercy Pilkington17 April 20174 Comments2 minute read
Amazon KDP Unveils Kindle Create Word Doc Conversion Tool If you’re a self-published author, writing your book is only half the… Mercy Pilkington7 April 20170 Comments2 minute read
New Prime Reading Offer Asks Authors to Give Up Royalties. Here’s Why They Should. As if Amazon didn’t already have enough critics, the company has unleashed… Mercy Pilkington30 March 20175 Comments2 minute read
Should Authors Go Exclusive with Amazon? The Author Earnings report has come out once again, and if there’s… Mercy Pilkington23 March 20173 Comments2 minute read
