e-book

Remember When Books Used Paper?

August 31, 2010

I’ve been commenting on the supposed “game changer” iPad device that getting so much press this year. My quip is that it’s not going to be that significant.. that we’ve been seeing dozens of reports of other devices to read book on, some replace laptops, others upgrade the Kindle, and a few we’ve reviewed will [...]

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How To Get My Coaching FREE (one time)

July 15, 2010

I help authors sell books, build a business and take their messages to the world. We do that in two ways here.. a lot of free information on the web, and high paid clients. Unless I get a crazy idea to test new software and give away the paid consulting. I am trying out a [...]

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7 Mistakes First-Time Book Authors Make

April 2, 2010

Guest Post by Lee Pound Lee will be our guest on Profitable Social Media radio on April 9th. Details on the Profitable Social Media show page Over 500,000 books are published every year. Yet most of them will never be read by anybody. Instead they sit in the author’s garage or sit for a few [...]

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In Case You Are Still Wondering About E-books Taking Over

March 12, 2010

I just received an email from Apple announcing that I could buy an iPad now for delivery next month. What’s odd about this? Apple doesn’t spam me. I get receipts from iTunes and an occasional holiday reminder that an iPod makes a great holiday gift. While I’m sure they have many lists for various customer [...]

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Microsoft Gives Us Another Step Toward Paperless Books

March 5, 2010

From EnGadget Microsoft’s Courier ‘digital journal’: exclusive pictures and details We’ve been dying to know more about Microsoft’s Courier tablet / e-book device ever since we first caught wind of it last September, and while our entreaties to Mr. Ballmer went unanswered, we just learned some very interesting information from an extremely trusted source. We’re [...]

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Find of the Day: Search Through 285,000,000 Free eBooks

February 22, 2010

PDF Search Engine is a book search engine search on sites, forums, message boards for pdf files. You can find and download a tons of e-books but please respect the publisher and the author for their creations if their books copyrighted. You can try a search now for FREE at http://www.pdf-search-engine.com/

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Manage Your EBooks To Reach More Readers

February 19, 2010

More than a decade ago, while working in the computer hardware industry, I saw some data on the trajectory of screen resolution and capacities for the future. Many pundits were saying that screens as good as paper were coming very soon, but one smart futurist showed us a graph of memory and processor capacities, the [...]

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Who Controls What Price You Get For a Book?

February 1, 2010

Reading more on the Amazon/Macmillin dispute and the old school bullying tactics both are using in the fight. I’ve stated in previous posts my position.. I think the consumer (readers) will ultimately control what price we can sell a book for. Amazon is letting the market decide. Dear Customers: Macmillan, one of the “big six” [...]

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Pricing Changes for Amazon eBooks

January 31, 2010

The Wall Street Journal reports: The $9.99 best seller that helped Amazon.com Inc. build a dominant position in the now-thriving e-book market was at risk of extinction Sunday after Amazon capitulated in a battle sparked by the launch of Apple Inc.’s new iPad. Amazon conceded defeat Sunday evening after halting sales of all books published [...]

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Amazon Plays Hardball With Publishers

January 30, 2010

I caught a discussion among some writers about titles missing from Kindle when a publisher doesn’t like Amazon’s pricing. Some suggested that Amazon better be careful now that Apple has announce the iPad.. the giant iPod touch the will be out soon… claiming “the timing couldn’t be worse for Amazon” The timing couldn’t be better. [...]

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