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publishing

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 bases, as [...]

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Book Promotion Video Shows Cover Design Tricks

March 10, 2010

Here’s a fun way to let the world in on your upcoming book. The video is a look at the work required to create a book cover
Blameless, but Gail Carriger, debuts in April.
del.icio.us Tags: blamelss,gail carriger,book cover marketing,book promoiton video,online promotion

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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 told [...]

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Numbers An Author Should Know

March 4, 2010

We know that bookstores, publishers and old media are in trouble.
But not authors. There are more outlets begging for content than ever before. If you know a subject well enough to create a book, you are going to do just fine.. if you cater to the exploding global audience.

JESS3 / The State of The Internet [...]

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The Magic Bullet For Getting Publicity

February 19, 2010

One question that comes up over and over in the hundreds of interviews I did last year.
“How can a author get known when nobody knows about them?”

I thought you might like to know the answer.. quite simply, it’s the one thing that successful best selling authors do that most others miss…
I use this story [...]

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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 number [...]

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Get More Buzz For Your Book With Google Buzz

February 12, 2010

There are so many social media tools, sites and systems coming online that an author might think about a wait and see approach
Please don’t fall in this trap.
The world is moving so fast that you really need to budget some time to catch a wave as soon as possible. You will need to manage your [...]

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One Library For All the Books

February 11, 2010

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A Touch Screen for Your Kindle?

February 5, 2010

The New York Times reported
Touchco uses a technology called interpolating force-sensitive resistance, which it puts into displays that can be completely transparent and could cost as little as $10 a square foot. The capacitive touch screens used in the iPad and iPhone are considerably more expensive. Unlike those screens, the Touchco screens can also detect an unlimited [...]

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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” publishers, has clearly communicated [...]

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