Profanity in Books: Is It a Good Thing? “Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very,’” Mark Twain famously…Mercy Pilkington13 August 2017One comment2 minute read
Can Authors Really Be Booksellers? One of the most interesting digital publishing trends of the year has…Mercy Pilkington18 March 2017One comment2 minute read
Simon & Schuster Dumps Milo Yiannopoulos Book It’s a tough day to be a jerk, as Milo Yiannopoulos is…Mercy Pilkington20 February 20172 comments2 minute read
New Data Suggests Boys Are Reading More than Ever A widely held belief that has long reduced parents, teachers, booksellers, and…Mercy Pilkington26 January 2017No comments2 minute read
GalleyCat Closes as Industry News and Review Site In more dark news for the publishing industry, media mainstay GalleyCat has…Mercy Pilkington20 December 2016One comment2 minute read
Goodreads Choice Awards Winners Announced Some book awards are determined by panels of expert judges who seem…Mercy Pilkington7 December 2016One comment2 minute read
In the last decade 25.7% of Publishing Jobs have been lost Over the last ten years the publishing industry has shed almost 25.7%…Michael Kozlowski15 June 20163 comments1 minute read
e-Book Sales Fall 12.3% in the first 10 months of 2015 The big tend of 2015 has been the consistent decline of e-book…Michael Kozlowski3 March 20164 comments2 minute read
Penguin Random House Drops Degree Requirements for New Jobs Penguin Random House UK has dropped all of their degree requirements for…Michael Kozlowski18 January 2016One comment2 minute read
There is a Dark Side to being professionally published There are millions of indie authors that dream of getting signed by…Michael Kozlowski18 November 20152 comments2 minute read
The Biggest Publishing Trend in 2015 Will Shock You Ever year major publishers release books by debut authors and perennial bestsellers.…Michael Kozlowski14 October 20152 comments3 minute read
Literary Agents Turn to Twitter to Solicit New Manuscripts Literary agents are very particular about what type of manuscripts they look…Michael Kozlowski30 July 20153 comments2 minute read
Millennials are the New Hot Segment in Publishing The entire publishing industry has been zeroing in on the hottest new…Michael Kozlowski30 June 2015One comment2 minute read
How Agency Pricing Has Affected the Bestseller Lists Hugh Howey and Friends (that really should be a trademarked superhero team…Mercy Pilkington7 May 2015One comment2 minute read
What Happens when a Book Publisher Doesn’t Pay Royalties? There is a growing cadre of publishers that have been not paying…Michael Kozlowski30 April 201510 comments3 minute read
When Will Publishers Learn? Direct to Consumer Doesn’t Work We’re going to go out on a limb here and make a…Mercy Pilkington22 April 20152 comments2 minute read
