UK Self-Published Titles Increased by 79% New data released by Nielsen Book Scan shows that self-published sales are… Mercy Pilkington13 June 2014One comment2 minute read
Smashwords Adds Daily Sales Reports for Authors With so much emphasis and recent news on authors and what they… Mercy Pilkington12 June 20144 comments2 minute read
eBook Review: Choosing a Self-Publishing Service by ALLi The Alliance of Independent Authors has released its recent guide to all… Mercy Pilkington8 June 2014One comment2 minute read
New Startup Blookist Streamlines the Blog-to-Book Concept Blogging is an interesting concept, one that draws millions of writers around… Mercy Pilkington7 June 20143 comments2 minute read
HM Ward on the Aftermath of Her Book Deal Decision With so much debate currently raging about both book pricing and book… Mercy Pilkington4 June 20144 comments2 minute read
iOS8 Means eBook Discovery for Indie Authors Apple’s fall release of iOS 8 was unveiled in a press conference… Mercy Pilkington4 June 2014No comments2 minute read
Author Tools from This Year’s BEA BookExpo America is the largest North American publishing event and it has… Mercy Pilkington2 June 2014One comment3 minute read
Crowdfunding Opportunities for Authors Evolve with Pentian Crowdfunding has grown into a popular method of securing much-needed financial backing… Mercy Pilkington31 May 20142 comments2 minute read
IndieReader Announces IRDA Winners at BookExpo IndieReader, the essential consumer guide to self-published books and the people who… Mercy Pilkington31 May 20146 comments2 minute read
The IDPF Digital Book 2014 – In Pictures The BookExpo America event is the largest North American publishing industry conference,… Mercy Pilkington29 May 20142 comments1 minute read
BiblioBoard, Self-e and the Curation of Self-Published Titles At yesterday’s IDPF event, BiblioBoard’s Mitchell Davis sat down with Good eReader… Mercy Pilkington29 May 2014One comment2 minute read
Wattpad Continues to Build Reader-Writer Engagement Wattpad‘s founder Allen Lau spoke on a panel at yesterday’s IDPF event… Mercy Pilkington29 May 2014One comment2 minute read
Coker: Publishers Are Disposable to Amazon Smashwords‘ CEO and founder Mark Coker has written an in-depth look at… Mercy Pilkington27 May 20143 comments2 minute read
New Author Earnings Report Examines Revenue of Startup Authors Self-published author and indie author advocate Hugh Howey turned the publishing industry… Mercy Pilkington27 May 20142 comments3 minute read
Smashwords Wins Inaugural Self-Publishing Service Award from ALLi The Alliance of Independent Authors is an advocacy organization that works to… Mercy Pilkington27 May 20142 comments2 minute read
Self-e Plans to Curate Self-Published Titles for Library Inclusion With exciting new announcements like the one this week from Smashwords, who’s… Mercy Pilkington23 May 20142 comments2 minute read
PW Launches BookLife Self-Publishing Platform While the company website is a little stark right now, make no… Mercy Pilkington20 May 2014One comment1 minute read
eBook Pricing: What’s Wrong with Free? Once publishers began to truly embrace ebooks as a viable business model… Mercy Pilkington15 May 2014One comment3 minute read
Twitter Mute is a Savior from Spamming Indie Authors Twitter is often a vehicle employed by self-published authors to promote their… Michael Kozlowski14 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
IndieReader Launches First of Its Kind App and eBookstore for Self-Published Works Self-published authors have a new sales and distribution opportunity, thanks to the… Mercy Pilkington14 May 2014One comment2 minute read
New Look at How Titles Sell Across Genres The recent furor caused by Hugh Howey and the team at Author… Mercy Pilkington11 May 20142 comments2 minute read
Wizeo Book Funding Platform Takes Advantage of Video to Increase Exposure Crowdfunding is certainly not a new idea, with sites like Kickstarter and… Mercy Pilkington10 May 2014One comment2 minute read
