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
Bowker Raised the Price of ISBNs, Should Authors Care? According to some reports, it just became a whole lot more expensive… Mercy Pilkington7 May 2014No comments2 minute read
BookBaby Adds New Sales Outlet, Faster Royalty Payments There’s no shortage of companies willing to take an author’s manuscript and… Mercy Pilkington5 May 2014One comment2 minute read
SciFi Genre: Does Hugh Howey Control the Future? It’s a long-held and possibly undocumented belief that the man who invented… Mercy Pilkington30 April 2014One comment2 minute read
eBook RevIew: You Show Me Yours by Larry Grobel Verdict: 5 Stars There’s a fine line between being a well-respected biographer… Mercy Pilkington28 April 2014One comment2 minute read
Self-Publishing: How Good Is Good Enough? With both camps still divided on the self-publishing front, the same tired… Mercy Pilkington25 April 20145 comments2 minute read
Mark Coker’s Indie Author Manifesto To say that self-publishing has unleashed something profound around the world is… Mercy Pilkington23 April 2014One comment2 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
Marketing through Book Clubs and Paid Reviewers Now that the world of self-publishing has become more commonplace and tools… Mercy Pilkington20 April 2014One comment2 minute read