Why Are There Still Issues Facing Self-Published Authors? It’s literally been years since self-publishing took off in a major way…Mercy Pilkington9 June 20152 comments3 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
HarperCollins, Amazon Reach Agreement In an announcement that is certain to bring a sigh of relief…Mercy Pilkington14 April 2015One comment3 minute read
Does Agency Pricing Hurt Reading Consumers? The publishing world is still rebounding from the effects of the DoJ…Mercy Pilkington9 April 20156 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
Digital Content Adds New Layer of Relevance to Libraries Libraries have come a long way from the days of Alexandria. Once…Mercy Pilkington9 February 2015One comment2 minute read
The Indie Author Dream: Fact or Fiction? Much of the ongoing drama between the self-publishing proponents and the traditional…Mercy Pilkington2 February 20152 comments2 minute read
Romance Still Tops Bestsellers at Smashwords eBook distribution platform Smashwords has forged a lot of the paths that…Mercy Pilkington1 February 2015One comment2 minute read
Smashwords Continues to be Successful, by Leveraging the Amazon Boogeyman Smashwords is continuing to be a self-publishing juggernaut with 101,300 authors now…Michael Kozlowski3 January 20156 comments2 minute read
Data Conversion Laboratory Webinar Explores eBooks in the K12 Classroom One of the last groups to adopt ebooks in a widespread and…Mercy Pilkington14 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
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
Smashwords Launches Summer Author Promotion Just in time for summer travel, Smashwords is offering up an author…Mercy Pilkington30 June 201415 comments2 minute read
Smashwords Adds Daily Sales Reports for Authors With so much emphasis and recent news on authors and what they…Mercy Pilkington12 June 20144 comments2 minute read
iOS8 Means eBook Discovery for Indie Authors Apple’s fall release of iOS 8 was unveiled in a press conference…Mercy Pilkington4 June 2014No comments2 minute read
Overdrive Inundates Libraries with 200,000 Horrendous Indie eBooks Smashwords is a self-publishing service that allows authors to submit eBooks and…Michael Kozlowski2 June 201444 comments2 minute read