There’s No Such Thing as a Free E-Book: Cautions About the Free iBook Author Software Apple recently released its much-anticipated iBooks Author software. This software is available free of charge and will give the would-be self publisher the necessary tools to output their own e-books. At face value this sounds like a good deal. Until you do a … [Read more...]
Just last week I had a customer email me regarding a job I had recently done which was rejected when he tried uploading it to iTunes. Not two days later I had another customer who had her job rejected from BookBaby. BookBaby actually takes files submitted to them and uploads them to other stores such as iTunes and B&N. This latter job had been … [Read more...]
Chances are, if you’re thinking about publishing and printing a book, you’re probably wondering whether or not to publish an e-book edition of it, too. As the publishing industry continues to change and everybody’s hyped about e-books taking over the world, here are three important points to remember. 1. Printed books are still the norm. … [Read more...]
In the past few weeks I’ve had a number of ebook conversions that have experienced issues. Customers have tried to upload their files to various ebook sites only to find that their ebook is rejected for some reason or other. Now I’m extremely conscientious about the ebooks I create. If there is an issue with a file, I’ll bend over … [Read more...]
At first this may seem like a good idea. Let’s face it, if you have an e-book up for sale on an Internet site, you want to be compensated by anyone who reads your book. With DRM on your e-book, other people can’t just make a copy of your book and give it to a friend to read. At least that’s the theory behind it. You see, there are pros and … [Read more...]
Self publishing was an obvious choice for me. The self publishing phenomenon is a natural consequence of the Internet functioning in an open society. The direct marketing that the Internet affords allows the voices of free citizens to be heard without the filtering of “experts.” Most of us who have come to self publishing have felt the sting of … [Read more...]
One of the problems I hear at every seminar I give is how difficult people find it to get their books WRITTEN. I have a solution for you. Follow these steps and you'll be cranking out 4-6 books a year … if you so choose! First, go out and buy 300 3X5 index cards. Write down every single idea or concept you have about your topic. Don't' worry … [Read more...]
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