UK Self-Published Titles Increased by 79% New data released by Nielsen Book Scan shows that self-published sales are… Mercy Pilkington13 June 2014One comment2 minute read
Book Review: 1001 Tips for Writers by William A Gordon Verdict: 5 Stars Any fans of either quotations or writing will want… Mercy Pilkington11 June 2014One comment1 minute read
eBook Review: Choosing a Self-Publishing Service by ALLi The Alliance of Independent Authors has released its recent guide to all… Mercy Pilkington8 June 2014One comment2 minute read
HM Ward on the Aftermath of Her Book Deal Decision With so much debate currently raging about both book pricing and book… Mercy Pilkington4 June 20144 comments2 minute read
iOS8 Means eBook Discovery for Indie Authors Apple’s fall release of iOS 8 was unveiled in a press conference… Mercy Pilkington4 June 2014No comments2 minute read
Book Review: Sharky Marky and the Big Race Verdict: 4 Stars I first came across the creatives behind Sharky Marky… Mercy Pilkington3 June 2014One comment2 minute read
Author Tools from This Year’s BEA BookExpo America is the largest North American publishing event and it has… Mercy Pilkington2 June 2014One comment3 minute read
BiblioBoard, Self-e and the Curation of Self-Published Titles At yesterday’s IDPF event, BiblioBoard’s Mitchell Davis sat down with Good eReader… Mercy Pilkington29 May 2014One comment2 minute read
Wattpad Continues to Build Reader-Writer Engagement Wattpad‘s founder Allen Lau spoke on a panel at yesterday’s IDPF event… Mercy Pilkington29 May 2014One comment2 minute read
Goodreads’ Otis Chandler on Book Discovery Goodreads has had an interesting journey, but according to Otis Chandler, that… Mercy Pilkington28 May 2014No comments2 minute read
New Author Earnings Report Examines Revenue of Startup Authors Self-published author and indie author advocate Hugh Howey turned the publishing industry… Mercy Pilkington27 May 20142 comments3 minute read
Self-e Plans to Curate Self-Published Titles for Library Inclusion With exciting new announcements like the one this week from Smashwords, who’s… Mercy Pilkington23 May 20142 comments2 minute read
Smashwords, OverDrive Brings Indie Titles to Libraries An agreement announced today between ebook distributor and self-publishing platform Smashwords and… Mercy Pilkington20 May 20142 comments2 minute read
Espresso Book Machine Streamlining a Subset of Self-Publishing The Espresso Book Machine is a kiosk-style printing press that stood to… Mercy Pilkington14 May 2014One comment3 minute read
IndieReader Launches First of Its Kind App and eBookstore for Self-Published Works Self-published authors have a new sales and distribution opportunity, thanks to the… Mercy Pilkington14 May 2014One comment2 minute read
Smashwords Authors Benefit from B&N eBook Pre-Orders One of the truths we’ve been hearing from forward-thinking publishing industry experts,… Mercy Pilkington12 May 2014One comment2 minute read
New Look at How Titles Sell Across Genres The recent furor caused by Hugh Howey and the team at Author… Mercy Pilkington11 May 20142 comments2 minute read
Bowker Raised the Price of ISBNs, Should Authors Care? According to some reports, it just became a whole lot more expensive… Mercy Pilkington7 May 2014No comments2 minute read
BookBaby Adds New Sales Outlet, Faster Royalty Payments There’s no shortage of companies willing to take an author’s manuscript and… Mercy Pilkington5 May 2014One comment2 minute read
eBook RevIew: You Show Me Yours by Larry Grobel Verdict: 5 Stars There’s a fine line between being a well-respected biographer… Mercy Pilkington28 April 2014One comment2 minute read