Viral Angry Book Reviews? There’s good news for any author who’s ever received a horrible review…Mercy Pilkington17 September 20132 comments2 minute read
Smashwords Announces New Publishing Milestone and New Subscription-Based Distribution Agreement Digital self-publishing platform Smashwords made two impressive announcements today, and in some…Mercy Pilkington5 September 2013One comment2 minute read
What’s Wrong with a Little Healthy Book Discussion? All we keep hearing from the world of successful, bestselling indie authors…Mercy Pilkington24 August 20138 comments3 minute read
KDP Select Launches Lending in Japan, What That Means for Authors Amazon announced this week that it has now extended its Kindle ebook…Mercy Pilkington21 August 2013One comment1 minute read
Indie Authors Still Ignored by the Industry With every self-publishing success story, the door opens a tiny bit wider…Mercy Pilkington18 August 20134 comments2 minute read
RWA, Shindig to Host RITA Award Finalists for Romance Fans Just as the concept and definition of a book has changed dramatically…Mercy Pilkington11 April 2013One comment2 minute read
Amazon Owns Goodreads… What Now? So far, the official press releases and arranged interviews about Amazon’s purchase…Mercy Pilkington29 March 2013One comment4 minute read
ForeWord Reviews Names Its Book of the Year Finalists As independently published authors continue to gain new ground with readers and…Mercy Pilkington12 March 20133 comments1 minute read
#IndieReCon Virtual Indie Author Conference – Day Two Yesterday’s kickoff of the first IndieReCon online authors’ conference brought some huge…Mercy Pilkington20 February 2013No comments3 minute read
Net Minds Looks at Revitalizing Self-Publishing There’s no doubt that the face of the publishing industry is changing,…Mercy Pilkington15 February 20132 comments3 minute read
BiblioCrunch to Host Twitter Chat for Indie Authors BiblioCrunch, the closely vetted clearinghouse of service professionals who offer support to…Mercy Pilkington29 January 2013No comments1 minute read
Ganxy Platform for eBook Sales, Promotion GoodeReader covered the news this week that ebook distribution platform Ganxy allows…Mercy Pilkington20 December 2012One comment2 minute read
ABNA Awards Open to More Categories, More Authors GoodeReader reported recently on the announcement of the upcoming Amazon Breakthrough Novel…Mercy Pilkington13 December 20122 comments2 minute read
NaNoWriMo Kicks Off, New Challenges for Authors Ahead A record number of would-be authors are slated to participate in this…Mercy Pilkington12 October 20123 comments2 minute read
New Initiative Aimed at Furthering Indie Books, Bookstores The American Booksellers Association unveiled its newest marketing campaign intended to push…Mercy Pilkington7 October 2012One comment1 minute read
Amazon.com Selling eBooks in India Authors who checked their Kindle Direct Publishing dashboards this morning found an…Mercy Pilkington22 August 20123 comments2 minute read