Overcoming the Scarcity of Attention for Books One of the more crowded panels at the recent PubSmartCon was the… Mercy Pilkington20 April 2014One comment2 minute read
Hugh Howey and the Road Map to Publishing Despite the successes Hugh Howey has enjoyed as an author, he began… Mercy Pilkington17 April 2014One comment3 minute read
Findaway World, AudioEngine Providing Audiobooks for Students, Military One of the often overlooked formats in the focus on digital versus… Mercy Pilkington16 April 2014No comments2 minute read
Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced: The Goldfinch Wins for Fiction It is shockingly easy to enter a book into the Pulitzer Prizes… Mercy Pilkington15 April 2014One comment2 minute read
Smashwords Reveals Number of Bestselling Authors Overwhelmingly Female Over on the Smashwords blog, CEO and founder Mark Coker posted some… Mercy Pilkington11 April 2014One comment2 minute read
New SelfPub Writing Award Backed By The Guardian With indie authors often barred from prestigious writing and book awards, smaller… Mercy Pilkington9 April 2014One comment1 minute read
Screwpulp’s Launch May Be the Salvation of Book Reviews Readers and authors alike have been crying foul over book reviews from… Mercy Pilkington4 April 20142 comments2 minute read
Author’s Guild Elects SelfPublished Author CJ Lyons to Executive Council In the ongoing world of us-against-them where traditional and self-publishing are concerned,… Mercy Pilkington3 April 2014No comments2 minute read
Camp NaNoWriMo Kicks Off Today Most authors and even a good number of readers have at least… Mercy Pilkington1 April 2014One comment2 minute read
Now that Anyone Can Publish, Anyone Can Be a Publisher, Too The publishing industry–and certain commentary articles–have spent the last few years bashing… Mercy Pilkington21 March 20142 comments2 minute read
How Does a Bookstore Thrive in this Economic Climate? Beer. Industry watchers and experts have been wrestling with the plight of the… Mercy Pilkington21 March 2014One comment2 minute read
Wattpad Announces Two Writing Contests for Its Authors Reading and writing platform Wattpad has become a haven for authors and… Mercy Pilkington21 March 20143 comments1 minute read
eBook Sales Continue to Thrive It’s been years since the onset of the most recent digital publishing… Mercy Pilkington20 March 20142 comments1 minute read
Amtrak Writers’ Residencies Closer to Being a Reality What began life as a wishful what-if exchange on Twitter has now… Mercy Pilkington8 March 2014One comment2 minute read
Anne Rice Joins Fellow Authors in Petition Against Author Bullying Every time the dust settles on the most recent examples of author… Mercy Pilkington5 March 20143 comments2 minute read
Smashwords Announces Author Promo for Read an eBook Week Pioneering self-publishing and ebook distribution site Smashwords made an announcement for all… Mercy Pilkington1 March 20142 comments1 minute read
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