Smashwords Announces Author Promo for Read an eBook Week Pioneering self-publishing and ebook distribution site Smashwords made an announcement for all… Mercy Pilkington1 March 20142 comments1 minute read
Author Russell Blake on the Publishing Climate It’s been quite a month for the publishing industry. We could actually… Mercy Pilkington28 February 20142 comments3 minute read
Towerbabel and the Launch of Social Writing For the past several years, social reading has been an undercurrent of… Mercy Pilkington25 February 20142 comments2 minute read
More News on Authors Behaving Badly, Using Well-Known Authors’ Names as Pseudonyms In an interesting chain of events, ebook retailers’ crackdown on erotica titles… Mercy Pilkington25 February 2014One comment2 minute read
BookBaby Helps Promote Indie Authors with New GoodReads and NoiseTrade Deal Bookbaby has come a long way since it cut their teeth doing… Michael Kozlowski24 February 2014One comment2 minute read
Libboo Introduces New Tools for Authors, Publishers Authors and publishers alike–regardless of the route to book release–are constantly looking… Mercy Pilkington21 February 2014One comment2 minute read
Anne Rice Defends Authors from Online Bullying Once you reach a certain point in your career, regardless of what… Mercy Pilkington20 February 201426 comments2 minute read
Anti-Transparency: Why Are Book Sales a Secret? The book industry has certainly been overwhelmed since the beginning of 2014… Mercy Pilkington19 February 201412 comments3 minute read
Self Publishing: C’mon, Everybody’s Doing It A new report by internationally available self-publishing platform Blurb Books led to… Mercy Pilkington19 February 2014No comments2 minute read
Death and Destruction: Overused Terms to Describe Publishing Can we all agree that we will stop using terms like “killing”… Mercy Pilkington17 February 2014One comment1 minute read
eBook Review: Take a Chance by Abbi Glines Verdict: 3 Stars Self-published sensation turned traditionally published romance/erotic romance author Abbi… Mercy Pilkington17 February 2014No comments1 minute read
Transparency: Author HM Ward Discusses eBook Sales and Pricing A number of authors, including JA Konrath and Hugh Howey, made international… Mercy Pilkington16 February 2014One comment2 minute read
Does the Publishing Industry Discriminate? A quick search of the Amazon Kindle store reveals over two million… Mercy Pilkington15 February 20142 comments2 minute read
Kobo, Bella Andre Launch Three-Month Exclusive Book Deal In another brilliant career move by highly successful self-published author Bella Andre,… Mercy Pilkington12 February 2014One comment2 minute read
Amazon Publishing Wins Auction of Self-Published Author’s New Thriller While the news indicates that Amazon Publishing may be floundering a little… Mercy Pilkington12 February 20142 comments2 minute read
Vampire Diaries Author Publishes Her Own FanFic of the Work For those who only know the sexiness and paranormal tension of the… Mercy Pilkington9 February 2014One comment2 minute read
Poorly Translated Public Domain Titles Removed from Amazon Now that anyone can self-publish an ebook, critics have argued that the… Mercy Pilkington8 February 2014One comment2 minute read
German eBook Distributor XinXii Rolls Out New Author Tools One of Europe’s leading ebook distribution sites, XinXii, has quietly been making… Mercy Pilkington3 February 2014One comment2 minute read
University Degree in Self-Publishing Is New Sign of Lessened Stigma For several years, the industry has been watching the growth and acceptance… Mercy Pilkington3 February 20142 comments2 minute read
What Could Rowling Do With Harry and Hermione? JK Rowling is no stranger to opening herself up and letting her… Mercy Pilkington3 February 2014One comment2 minute read
Amazon Removes Self-Published Title Due to Offensive Content, Internet Reaction Following the backlash from both sides of the publishing industry last fall… Mercy Pilkington2 February 20143 comments2 minute read
Self-Publishing Platforms Hit Hard by DIY Authors In all of the industry talk aimed at the futile and (some… Mercy Pilkington29 January 2014One comment2 minute read
The “New” Self-Publishing When self-publishing first began to take off as a viable option for… Mercy Pilkington26 January 20145 comments3 minute read
