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
State of Alabama Declares Harper Lee Competent to Publish When a state government is asked to step in and evaluate the… Mercy Pilkington10 April 20152 comments2 minute read
The Outdated Concept of a “Best Books” List It doesn’t really matter what the list is or what it’s measuring,… Mercy Pilkington6 April 2015One comment3 minute read
Star Wars Back-story to be Published Before The Force Awakens I am pretty sure that Star Wars is the only franchise able… 11 March 2015No comments3 minute read
Yen Press Licenses “Irregular at Magic High School” Light Novels and Manga Some exciting news from Yen Press! The manga and light novel publisher,… Thi Chao10 March 2015One comment1 minute read
Wundr Launches Playwrite eBook Creation Software for Mac OS X Many people dream of writing a bestselling e-book or digital textbook. New software… 24 February 2015One comment1 minute read
Being an Author is Sexy but Self-Publishing is Not The writing profession as a whole, has a captivating allure. Looking at… Michael Kozlowski20 February 201522 comments3 minute read
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Now Accepts Self-Published Authors The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America governing body has approved bylaw changes… Michael Kozlowski4 February 20152 comments2 minute read
Celebrity Memoirs Have Peaked Celebrity tell all books and memoirs have often sold enough copies to… Michael Kozlowski23 December 2014One comment2 minute read
Iconic Bookstore’s Owner Retires, Gifts Store to Employees A Canadian bookstore owner is set to retire soon, which would ordinarily… Mercy Pilkington14 July 20142 comments2 minute read
Walter Dean Myers: The Loss of a Book Hero The literary world is a little darker this week after the passing… Mercy Pilkington3 July 2014One comment2 minute read
James Patterson Makes New Donation to Bookshops Bestselling author James Patterson has run a number of programs that supply… Mercy Pilkington26 June 2014One comment1 minute read
Sales of Clinton’s Latest Book Top 100K in First Week Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s newest book, Hard Choices, debuted… Mercy Pilkington19 June 2014One comment2 minute read
Wiley Acquires SimBioSys, Accelerates Research Tools The world of publishing, especially scholarly and academic publishing, isn’t just about… Mercy Pilkington12 June 20142 comments1 minute read
How The Washington Post Can Bring Down Its Owner’s Company We’ve been hearing the question for some time now: What do we… Mercy Pilkington11 June 20144 comments2 minute read