Bowker Study Shows It’s a Good Time to Be a Book Despite the previous dire warnings about where the industry may be headed… Mercy Pilkington8 June 2012One comment1 minute read
Kobo’s BEA Unveil of a Real-Time Sales Dashboard BEA is the place for showing off a little, especially when it… Mercy Pilkington5 June 20122 comments2 minute read
Indie Author vs. Self-Published Author With a market flooded with user-created ebooks across an ever-growing number of… Mercy Pilkington25 April 2012One comment3 minute read
Digital Publishing Tools at the Indie Author’s Fingertips Once the furor died down over whether or not digital and self-publishing… Mercy Pilkington21 February 2012One comment2 minute read
Perpetuating the Stigma of Indie eBook Publishing A post appeared last month from Sarah Lacy, former senior editor at… Mercy Pilkington11 February 20123 comments2 minute read
The Timing of Indie Publishing With the new opportunities arising from the various platforms in publishing, authors… Mercy Pilkington22 December 2011One comment2 minute read
KDP Select: A New Perspective Some of the first uproar over Amazon’s newest publishing option, KDP Select,… Mercy Pilkington18 December 20114 comments2 minute read
ForeWord, Kirkus Review Platforms Bring Exposure to SelfPub BookExpo One key aspect of the publishing industry that still causes authors to… Mercy Pilkington28 October 20112 comments2 minute read
Kobo Announces the Launch of its Own Publishing Platform As if releasing a tablet that is priced to compete with Amazon’s… Mercy Pilkington27 October 20113 comments2 minute read
Interview with Dan Poynter the father of Modern Self-Publishing We were on location at the SelfPub BookExpo this weekend in New… Mercy Pilkington23 October 2011No comments1 minute read
Ebook Publisher Diversion Books Bridges Both Worlds As the lines between digital publishing and traditional print publishing continue to… Mercy Pilkington15 October 2011No comments2 minute read
Memoirs Rise in Popularity as Authors Embrace Their Own Stories In the minds of readers, the genre of memoir may have once… Mercy Pilkington16 September 2011No comments3 minute read
Indie Publishing Welcomed at Writers’ Conferences Despite the surge of new companies offering better opportunities for authors interested… Mercy Pilkington29 July 2011One comment3 minute read
Renowned Literary Agents Reaching Out to Self-Published Authors Anyone who has undertaken the arduous task of self-publishing a book with… Mercy Pilkington30 June 20112 comments3 minute read
Clickbank and EasyPress – Digital Content Partnership Means More Capability When two powerhouse digital content companies that pride themselves on the accessibility… Mercy Pilkington6 June 2011One comment2 minute read
Goodereader exclusive – Are authors pirating their own ebooks to promote themselves? Peer to Peer file sharing is a hot topic as most people… Michael Kozlowski12 May 20118 comments5 minute read
How to market yourself as a self-published author Welcome to another installment of our Good e-Reader Independent Author Initiative! Today… Michael Kozlowski12 May 2011One comment5 minute read
Smashwords Mission is to Reach All Authors There are undoubtedly a large number of companies available to authors who… Mercy Pilkington4 May 2011One comment3 minute read
Germany’s leading online self-publishing platform XinXii goes international Following the big announcement of the launch of Barnes & Noble’s self-publishing… 6 October 20106 comments1 minute read
How to Self Publish and Market an eBook on Amazon With the rise of popularity for eBooks to read on everything from smart phones,… Michael Kozlowski7 September 2010One comment7 minute read
