Authors Warned Away from eBook-Only Imprints A number of blogs and news sites posted uncharacteristically wary responses to… Mercy Pilkington11 March 2013One comment2 minute read
The Hybrid Publisher So much industry attention has been given to a concept that first… Mercy Pilkington27 February 2013One comment2 minute read
David Gaughran on Why Search is More Accessible via Amazon While Amazon has its rabid critics, no one can argue that the… Mercy Pilkington26 February 2013No comments2 minute read
#IndieReCon Virtual Indie Author Conference – Day Two Yesterday’s kickoff of the first IndieReCon online authors’ conference brought some huge… Mercy Pilkington20 February 2013No comments3 minute read
Net Minds Looks at Revitalizing Self-Publishing There’s no doubt that the face of the publishing industry is changing,… Mercy Pilkington15 February 20132 comments3 minute read
Penguin, Author Solutions Launch India’s New Self-Publishing Platform Capitalizing on the growing globalization movement associated with digital reading, it’s no… Mercy Pilkington8 February 20132 comments2 minute read
Canadian Author Warns Against Amazon.ca As ebook retailers expand their global reach into untapped markets, the potential… Mercy Pilkington1 February 20132 comments3 minute read
Hybrid Author Tina Reber on the Tools for Reaching Readers One of the hot new buzzwords mentioned at DBW this year was… Mercy Pilkington18 January 2013One comment2 minute read
Self-Publishing Has a New Buzzword: Hybrid Author They’re certainly not new. There are a number of well-known authors who… Mercy Pilkington17 January 20134 comments1 minute read
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Entry Opens Today For the 10,000 author whose works has the potential to become the… Mercy Pilkington14 January 2013One comment1 minute read
How Do Self-Published Authors Measure Success? With so much of the stigma surrounding self-publishing stripped away and with… Mercy Pilkington12 January 2013One comment2 minute read
Authors Benefit from Teamwork on Promotion With the promotion budgets slashed for even traditionally published authors due to… Mercy Pilkington4 January 20132 comments2 minute read
Digital Single Give Away for New Year’s Eve The single biggest advantage that digital publishing has brought to DIY authors… Mercy Pilkington31 December 2012One comment3 minute read
First Round of ComiXology Submit Comics Goes Live ComiXology announced its move into the self-publishing market back in October, at… 22 December 2012One comment2 minute read
Ganxy Platform for eBook Sales, Promotion GoodeReader covered the news this week that ebook distribution platform Ganxy allows… Mercy Pilkington20 December 2012One comment2 minute read
What Does a Literary Agent Do Anymore? Nigel Roby, managing director and owner of The Bookseller, made an interesting… Mercy Pilkington5 December 2012One comment3 minute read
Kobo Talks eBook Pricing and Global Markets at FutureBook 2012 FutureBook 2012, The Bookseller‘s third annual event, will kick off this morning… Mercy Pilkington3 December 2012One comment2 minute read
Indie Books as Collectible Literature? With more and more self-published authors getting “discovered” by the traditional publishing… Mercy Pilkington28 November 2012One comment2 minute read