Digital Publishing Brings Censorship Woes to Iran To industry insiders and readers alike, there are a few mainstay events… Mercy Pilkington15 May 2015One comment2 minute read
How Agency Pricing Has Affected the Bestseller Lists Hugh Howey and Friends (that really should be a trademarked superhero team… Mercy Pilkington7 May 2015One comment2 minute read
Get Ready to Celebrate Indie Bookstores this Weekend In all of the attention given to Amazon and its fights with… Mercy Pilkington1 May 20154 comments2 minute read
What Happens when a Book Publisher Doesn’t Pay Royalties? There is a growing cadre of publishers that have been not paying… Michael Kozlowski30 April 201510 comments3 minute read
Self-Publish Your e-Books in Germany via Tolino There once was a dream in Germany that local businesses could band… Michael Kozlowski29 April 20152 comments2 minute read
New Kindle Direct Publishing Dashboard to Help Indie Authors Amazon is famous for surprising its authors with new features, new offers,… Mercy Pilkington24 April 2015One comment3 minute read
Is the Traditional Publishing Industry Finally Catching Up? Only a handful of years ago, self-published authors fought for legitimacy and… Mercy Pilkington20 April 20152 comments2 minute read
Libraries Opening to Self-Published Authors There is no question that public libraries are in a difficult position.… Mercy Pilkington18 April 2015One comment2 minute read
What Rook Can Teach the Industry about Bookselling There’s a new app coming, and on the surface, it looks a… Mercy Pilkington13 April 2015One comment2 minute read
The Newest Indie Author Tool: Video Interviews With so many positive aspects to self-publishing–complete creative and business control, lack… Mercy Pilkington13 April 20152 comments2 minute read
How Do Amazon-Publisher Disputes Affect Authors and Readers? It was only a year ago that the publishing industry sat riveted… Mercy Pilkington6 April 20156 comments2 minute read
The Outdated Concept of a “Best Books” List It doesn’t really matter what the list is or what it’s measuring,… Mercy Pilkington6 April 2015One comment3 minute read
Writers’ Events Can Strengthen Your Craft, Build Your Career Authors who are interested in establishing themselves as both better writers and… Mercy Pilkington5 April 2015One comment2 minute read
What Nielsen Can Tell Indie Authors The kind people at Nielsen BookScan do a fairly decent job at… Mercy Pilkington3 April 2015One comment2 minute read
Clean Reader Controversy: Censorship, or Right to Read? “Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very;’ your editor will… Mercy Pilkington30 March 2015One comment3 minute read
Amazon Makes it Easier than Ever to Leave a Review Book reviews are the bane of many authors’ existence, not for their… Mercy Pilkington23 March 20152 comments2 minute read
OverDrive Acquired by Rakuten, Owners of Kobo OverDrive is the world’s leading digital content provider of books, movies, music,… Mercy Pilkington19 March 20153 comments2 minute read
For FanFic Authors, One Direction Reigns Supreme I’m not sure I’ll make it out alive if I admit that… Mercy Pilkington17 March 2015One comment2 minute read
Self Publishing Erotica: If You Write It, There’s an Audience for It First it was Big Foot. Then the Loch Ness Monster. Dinosaur CEOs… Mercy Pilkington15 March 20153 comments2 minute read
Censoring Indie Authors With so much attention focused on the US when it comes to… Mercy Pilkington12 March 2015One comment3 minute read
Indie Authors Triumphing over Sexism in the Publishing Industry Writer/creator Joss Whedon has an epic quote about sexism in the entertainment… Mercy Pilkington9 March 20158 comments2 minute read
B&N’s Nook Press in Bed with the Author Solutions Devil? It’s no secret among members of the self-publishing community that there are… Mercy Pilkington5 March 20152 comments3 minute read
First Round of Reader-Selected Kindle Scout Titles Ready for Pre-Order Amazon is always on the lookout for ways to improve both the… Mercy Pilkington25 February 20152 comments2 minute read
