New Feedback App for Writers Taking Beta Testers By now, most serious indie authors understand what it takes to produce… Mercy Pilkington2 May 20178 comments2 minute read
IndieReader’s “Buff” Book Checkup For years, authors and readers alike have bemoaned the “glut” of content… Mercy Pilkington1 May 2017No comments2 minute read
The Ongoing Curse of Author Bullying Over the years, a number of authors–both high profile and never-heard-ofs–have suffered… Mercy Pilkington23 April 20172 comments2 minute read
Is Kindle Unlimited a Good Idea? Amazon has developed a lot of programs over the years, some aimed… Mercy Pilkington17 April 20174 comments2 minute read
Amazon KDP Unveils Kindle Create Word Doc Conversion Tool If you’re a self-published author, writing your book is only half the… Mercy Pilkington7 April 20172 comments2 minute read
New Prime Reading Offer Asks Authors to Give Up Royalties. Here’s Why They Should. As if Amazon didn’t already have enough critics, the company has unleashed… Mercy Pilkington30 March 20175 comments2 minute read
Should Authors Go Exclusive with Amazon? The Author Earnings report has come out once again, and if there’s… Mercy Pilkington23 March 20173 comments2 minute read
Adult Coloring Books Are No Longer Relevant A recent fad has meant a huge boom for the book industry,… Mercy Pilkington7 March 2017One comment2 minute read
Does KDP Paperback Publishing Really Solve Anything? Never one to be a naysayer, we at GoodEReader ordinarily go fan-girl… Mercy Pilkington19 February 20173 comments2 minute read
Are Your Favorite Characters Taking Over Your Life? To rephrase a line from the really fun comedy The Truth about… Mercy Pilkington18 February 2017One comment2 minute read
New Author Services Startups Focus on Speed A day in the life of a traditional publishing deal… According to… Mercy Pilkington15 February 2017One comment2 minute read
One Wattpad Story Has 282 YEARS’ Worth of Reads Indie authors have long had a phenomenal tool that helped them reach… Mercy Pilkington15 February 20172 comments2 minute read
Is Crowdfunding Your Book Worth It? There’s little doubt that crowdfunding has reshaped the way we function as… Mercy Pilkington15 February 2017One comment2 minute read
Tate Publishing Company Closes As Others Step In to Fill the Void It’s been a rough patch for the publishing industry, especially where indie… Mercy Pilkington2 February 2017One comment2 minute read
Authors and Politics Don’t Mix We’ve probably all been there. We come across a great book by… Mercy Pilkington2 February 20177 comments3 minute read
Smashwords Pays Out Royalties and It’s NOT the End of the World A number of authors opened their email inboxes yesterday to a pleasant… Mercy Pilkington21 January 2017One comment2 minute read
