Part 2: How to Publish Your Ebook (Preparing and Producing)
From Digireado:
The training workshops How to Publish Your Ebook are a series of two-hour workshops made available by The Australian Society of Authors. Convened by Linda Funnell they cover the background and current landscape...
Tips for self-published authors to ensure a smooth review
I have been fielding a lot of author queries lately, and I have some suggestions for all you authors who want to ensure a smooth review. I'm going to...
Morning Roundup: DRM in the real world, UK university launches degree in self-publishing
What Happens with Digital Rights Management in the Real World? (The Guardian)
I've been writing about "digital rights management" (DRM) for years in this column, but here I am, about to write...
Quick Notes: Amazon sold 3.3m Kindles; PocketBook 360 review; Over 700K self-published books last...
E-Reader-info is reporting that DisplaySearch says shipments of e-paper increased to 5 million units in 2009, up 417% on year from 950,000 units in 2008, mainly due to the popularity of...
Writing on trains and what it means for e-books
On Felicity Wood’s blog, Julia Crouch writes a guest post about her experiences writing on trains, using it in part as a metaphor for the e-book experience, and partly to discuss...
Graphicly shuts down iOS and Android comic apps to concentrate on self-publishing service
According to an article in Venture Beat, the apps have been pulled from the iOS and Android stores. The company is now going to focus on distributiona and self-publishing, which, the...
Morning Roundup: Grim Outlook for Public Libraries, Book Machines Right for Indies? and more
Outlook Grim for Public Libraries (GoodeReader)
As if public libraries have ever had the problem of having too much money, news from the Speak Up for Libraries conference painted a dark picture...
Self-publishing rewrites conventions of writing: Sex
Despite Our Shadows is a revised re-release of an earlier title of mine, Lambs Hide, Tigers Seek, a noir mystery. Shadows is one of the sexiest stories I've written so far,...
It’s like making sausage, by Mary Anna Evans
It's like making sausage ... Somethines you really don't want to know how books are made
This blog is about the process of getting a story out of an...
Self-Publishing Book Expo to return in October
It's coming back for its third year. Here's the info from their website:
The Self-Publishing Book Expo, an annual conference for self-published authors, publishers and suppliers, returns to New York City for...
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A sad tale of Amazon monetization: eReaderIQ and the affiliate program
Courtesy of the Kboards, a worrying item about struggling e-book sites and their ability to monetize engagement with Amazon - or not - has...
