KDP Print launches expanded distribution to bookstores Amazon has been slowly edging out its own competition by morphing authors… Mercy Pilkington10 July 2018One comment2 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 Layoffs in SelfPub Division According to a report from a local newspaper, Amazon is the latest… Mercy Pilkington22 January 20184 comments2 minute read
CreateSpace Is Closing Its Online Bookstore Amazon owns CreateSpace, the print-on-demand solution that allows indie authors to produce… Mercy Pilkington12 October 20177 comments2 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 2017One comment2 minute read
Does KDP Paperback Publishing Really Solve Anything? Never one to be a naysayer, we at GoodEReader ordinarily go fan-girl… Mercy Pilkington19 February 20173 comments2 minute read
Indie Authors to Finally See their Books on B&N Shelves About three years ago, then-VP, Digital Content and GM of Barnes and… Mercy Pilkington28 June 2016One comment5 minute read
Book Baby Just Broke the Internet for Indie Authors Since the original innovations in digital publishing and self-publishing first came along,… Mercy Pilkington28 January 2015One comment2 minute read
Self-Publishing the Family Cookbook When the digital revolution kicked off, it sparked a wave–for better or… Mercy Pilkington26 January 20153 comments2 minute read
Blurb Adds Graphicly Team to Accelerate Growth Blurb, a company that begin by producing limited print runs of graphics-heavy… Mercy Pilkington28 May 2014One comment2 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
Blurb Unveils New Streamlined Tools for Authors For many self-published authors, the various ebook distribution platforms that have made… Mercy Pilkington22 April 20143 comments2 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
PediaPress: An Idea So Backwards That It’s Revolutionary Wikipedia may be the saving grace of every hot-wings-and-trivia-night guru, but it… Mercy Pilkington23 February 2014One comment2 minute read
Two New Features for CreateSpace Authors CreateSpace, the print-on-demand self-publishing platform owned by Amazon, announced two exciting new… Mercy Pilkington12 November 2013One comment2 minute read
eBook Review: After Action by Dan Sheehan Verdict: 5 Stars There is no shortage of reads–good, bad, and ugly–that… Mercy Pilkington10 November 2013One comment2 minute read
Red Shelf Distribution Platform Targets University Bookstores with Digital Content Good e-Reader first caught up with ebook distribution platform Red Shelf at… Mercy Pilkington10 October 20132 comments2 minute read
Paperight Spreads Book Access by Reverting from Digital to Paper One of the startups featured at today’s Startup Showcase at the CONTEC… Mercy Pilkington8 October 20133 comments2 minute read
HP and Mass-Market Print-On-Demand The early predictions for almost every facet of digital publishing have proven… Markus Reily4 March 2013One comment2 minute read
Online Vendors and Right of First Sale Indie authors who are savvy enough to check around the internet at… Mercy Pilkington28 December 2012One comment3 minute read
In-Store Book Printing Comes to Retail Locations OnDemand Books unveiled exciting kiosk-based technology in the last couple of years… Mercy Pilkington13 September 20122 comments2 minute read
Singularity & Co. is Saving Sci-Fi Through Digital Publishing While current science fiction writers are enjoying the wealth of opportunities that… Mercy Pilkington14 August 20122 comments2 minute read
Paperight Bringing Books to Outlying Africa Digital publishing has been arguably hailed as the future of reading due… Mercy Pilkington25 July 20122 comments2 minute read
