Douglas County Libraries Acquire 10K eBooks from Smashwords Once again Smashwords is showing up the mainstream publishers. According to ALA… 4 January 2013One comment1 minute read
2012 Was the Year of the Indie…What Now? It took long enough, but several sources have finally declared 2012 to… Mercy Pilkington1 January 2013One comment2 minute read
Smashwords Direct Offers ePub Uploads for Indie Authors Smashwords has just unveiled a new system that finally allows authors to… Michael Kozlowski31 December 20123 comments2 minute read
Smashwords iBookstore Sales Skyrocket over Christmas This is great news for the self-publishing company! According to the Smashwords… 28 December 2012No comments1 minute read
Smashwords’ CEO Mark Coker on the Tsunami of Self-Publishing Mark Coker published his own predictions for publishing in 2013 on the… Mercy Pilkington23 December 20124 comments3 minute read
Self-Publishing Gains Ground, Acceptance Publisher’s Weekly posted a recap article of the recent Miami Book Fair,… Mercy Pilkington21 November 2012One comment1 minute read
New Bowker Study on eBooks Shows Self-Publishing Growth Bowker, the ProQuest group that supplies book information to publishers, libraries, and… Mercy Pilkington24 October 2012One comment2 minute read
Ebook Seller Zola to Launch with Exclusive Content In a climate in which internet start ups come and go every… Mercy Pilkington14 September 2012One comment1 minute read
eBook Lending an International Problem In the US, libraries and their patrons have felt the frustration stemming… Mercy Pilkington28 August 2012One comment2 minute read
Smashwords Unveils Library Direct Catalog Ebook distribution platform Smashwords, one of the top retailers for self-published and… Mercy Pilkington9 August 20123 comments2 minute read
Self-Pubbed Authors Make a Showing on NYT Bestseller List Does anyone still remember the arguments from only a year or so… Mercy Pilkington1 August 2012One comment2 minute read
Smashwords Contributes Four Authors to the New York Times Bestseller List Self-Publishing juggernaut Smashwords is one of the largest companies of its kind… Michael Kozlowski1 August 20122 comments2 minute read
Why A Traditional Publisher Can Hurt Your Career Mark Coker, CEO and founder of the hugely successful ebook distribution platform… Mercy Pilkington28 July 20123 comments2 minute read
Smashwords’ CEO Mark Coker on Publishing Milestones Yesterday, Smashwords’ CEO Mark Coker updated the company blog with a stunning… Mercy Pilkington13 July 20122 comments2 minute read
Smashwords Partners with Libraries as Publishers One of the quiet recommendations for independent brick-and-mortar bookstores and local public… Mercy Pilkington27 June 2012One comment1 minute read
Self-Published Authors Have a New Reason to Take Care with Their Covers One of the many nails in the coffin that can signal the… Mercy Pilkington16 June 2012One comment1 minute read
Smashwords’ Mark Coker and Advice for the Indie Author BookExpo America’s preshow event, uPublishU, kicked off what will become a week… Mercy Pilkington3 June 2012One comment2 minute read
3M signs up INscribe Digital and Smashwords for Cloud Library eBooks 3M has just signed on a number of eBook publishing companies that… Michael Kozlowski31 May 20122 comments5 minute read
Apple’s Price Fixing Suit May Have Hurt Indie Authors Apple and five of the Big Six publishers are still undergoing a… Mercy Pilkington4 April 2012One comment2 minute read
HarperCollins Launches Erotica Digital Imprint While a number of forward thinking publishing houses have developed ebook-only imprints,… Mercy Pilkington16 March 2012One comment2 minute read
PayPal Backs Down from eBook Ban After a firestorm of angry protests and a grassroots petition campaign, PayPal… Mercy Pilkington13 March 2012One comment2 minute read
Authors Strike Back Against PayPal’s Censorship of Smashwords Smashwords, the popular online ebook distribution platform that recently celebrated the uploading… Mercy Pilkington7 March 20126 comments2 minute read
Smashwords and Baker & Taylor Partner for 100,000 eBooks on Blio Baker & Taylor, one of the world’s largest book distributors, has reached… Michael Kozlowski3 March 2012One comment1 minute read