Uncovering the Inner Workings of the Author Earnings Report Ludicrous accusations have come out from various corners of the publishing industry,… Mercy Pilkington26 July 201426 comments5 minute read
REVIEW: Liberio eBook Publication Platform Whenever a new tool comes along that makes it even easier for… Mercy Pilkington23 July 20142 comments3 minute read
Amazon Rolls Out Beta of KDP Pricing Support New information and knowledge have come to light thanks to the efforts… Mercy Pilkington22 July 2014One comment2 minute read
Wattpad Announces Creative Commons Agreement Copyright is a hotly contested issue facing both authors and the publishing… Mercy Pilkington22 July 2014One comment2 minute read
Traditional Publishing Dismisses Author Earnings Report In what is perhaps the single most telling example of why the… Mercy Pilkington20 July 20142 comments2 minute read
Kindle Unlimited Goes Live with eBook, Audiobook Titles Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited, the ebook and audiobook subscription service that lets members… Mercy Pilkington18 July 2014One comment2 minute read
New Author Earnings Report Compiles Mid-Year Numbers Author Earnings, who has a two-fold mission that encompasses supporting authors of… Mercy Pilkington17 July 2014One comment2 minute read
The Stigma Around Erotica Continues Despite the fact that Fifty Shades of Grey is old news–at least… Mercy Pilkington13 July 2014One comment2 minute read
UK Society of Authors: Traditional Publishing No Longer in Authors’ Best Interests Thanks largely to Hugh Howey’s recent post about the need for organizations… Mercy Pilkington12 July 2014One comment2 minute read
Advice to Indie Authors: Don’t Overlook Kobo When Amazon introduced KDP Select, the exclusive program that offered indie authors… Mercy Pilkington12 July 20143 comments2 minute read
Five ABNA Category Winners Annouced The end is almost near for this year’s Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards,… Mercy Pilkington8 July 2014One comment2 minute read
Smashwords’ Survey Indicates Shifting Trends in eBook Pricing, Sales Self-publishing and ebook distribution platform Smashwords announced this week the results of… Mercy Pilkington8 July 2014No comments2 minute read
Hugh Howey on Writers’ Unions: Who Really Speaks for Authors? There are a few groups out there that claim to be the… Mercy Pilkington7 July 20145 comments3 minute read
MyPublishingAssistant Lets Authors Streamline Blog-to-Book, eBooks There are a wide variety of tools available on the market that… Mercy Pilkington7 July 2014One comment2 minute read
Nook Press Blog Offers Support to Indie Authors There’s a lot of talk about Amazon and what it has done… Mercy Pilkington6 July 20142 comments2 minute read
HM Ward on Literary Agents and the Indie Author Industry Even though the “indie author revolution” and self-publishing as a valid form… Mercy Pilkington5 July 2014One comment3 minute read
Indie Author Tools to Self-Publish Audiobooks Good e-Reader published an interview with ACX, Amazon’s self-publishing platform for audiobooks,… Mercy Pilkington4 July 2014One comment3 minute read
Authors Rally Behind Amazon in Publisher Dispute Despite the letter circulated by some well-known authors that urged Amazon to… Mercy Pilkington3 July 20142 comments3 minute read
Debunking Amazon’s 70% Royalty for Indie Authors and Publishers With news this week that Amazon has added whole new international markets… Mercy Pilkington3 July 2014One comment3 minute read
Should Barnes and Noble and Kobo Suspend their Self-Publishing Programs? Barnes and Noble and Kobo have been running their self-publishing programs for… Michael Kozlowski30 June 201415 comments3 minute read
Indie Authors Have the Power to Give Back Self-published authors who’ve experienced a measure of success in their writing careers… Mercy Pilkington27 June 2014One comment2 minute read
Fan Fiction Romance Comes to Kindle Worlds Amazon launched its Kindle Worlds fan fiction platform just over a year… Mercy Pilkington27 June 2014One comment2 minute read
Wattpad to Continue Monetizing through Native Apps Arguably one of the most innovative platforms for dugital reading and writing… Mercy Pilkington19 June 2014No comments1 minute read
