Guest: Simon Cheshire Some say that publishing is dead, that mainstream book production is fast going the way of the dodo, and that we should all be in a state of cultural panic. Others say that there’s never been a better time to be a writer, and that we’re living in a publishing renaissance on […]
Is the eBook Expressway Every Author’s Back Road — to Big Bucks & a Bona Fide Writing Career?
Guest Expert: Laurel Marshfield While rarely noticed, there’s an instructive parallel between people who yearn to be famous authors and those who yearn to be famous actors. The mainstream literary scene, like Hollywood, is constellated by twenty-five or so big-name authors with literary-auction-level fame (and among actors, by twenty-five or so who possess mega-watt star […]
EEEEEE-books!! 5 Top Questions
A short intro to digital media for authors who haven’t got a clue Guest Expert: Lynn Serafinn I’m a fairly techie person. I’m on the computer so much I might has well have a microprocessor implanted into my brain so I didn’t have to sit at my desk all the time. But although I’m pretty […]
Going Digital with eBooks
Guest Expert: Paula Krapf “Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.” Stephen Fry What’s relatively inexpensive to produce, has a quick turnaround time, and is Evergreen? In the publishing world, we’re talking about eBooks. Once mostly unknown and obscure documents with limited distribution, eBooks in some cases now outsell hardback and […]
Smart Strategies for Pricing Your Ebook
Guest Expert: Dana Lynn Smith There’s no doubt that ebooks sales are sizzling, and ebooks have even surpassed sales of printed books on Amazon.com. But the publishing industry continues to wrestle with the issue of how to price ebooks competitively, while still providing a reasonable profit for authors and publishers. Consumers expect ebook prices to […]
Plan your (eBook) “Flight” and “Fly Your Plan”
Expert: Claudia Jackson Pilots use checklists for pre-flight and pre-landing operations. A checklist helps keep a pilot focused, remember important details and most importantly help them make good decisions to prevent simple errors that might otherwise lead to disaster. In order for your book get a great take-off you need a checklist. Keep in mind […]
Ten Reasons Your Book Should Be an E-Book, Too
Expert: Carolyn Howard-Johnson I like to think of myself as a writer of fiction and a poet. So I had a tendency to resist the e-book landslide when it first came tumbling around the ears of creative writers. But then—thankfully—my past retail experience took hold. (See my how-to books for retailers at www.howotoditfrugally.com/retailers_books.htm.) I realized […]
May the Force of Ebooks Be With You
Guest Expert: Phyllis Zimbler Miller The explosion of ebooks onto the Internet, starting with the first Kindle device in November 2007, has put power into the hands of authors, who can now self-publish their own ebooks. And more and more digital reading platforms, from Kindle’s Fire tablet to Barnes & Noble’s Nook to the iPad […]
Can Our Own eBooks Become More Interactive?
Guest Expert: Aggie Villanueva We all know the slick, high tech interactive eBooks from places like the Apple Ipad, iPhone and other Vook-like major publishing houses footing the bill for these apps/books. There are also traditional publishers with money to throw at this technology, such as those that Penguin demonstrated last year for Apple’s iBook […]
Q & A: Publishing Your Book Digitally
On 23rd March our webinar on Publishing Your Book Digitally was interesting and packed with great info. Our panel consisted of Joanna Penn (Author and creator of the Author 2.0 Blueprint) and Gary Smailes(with over 10 years experience of the publishing industry). They answered a lot of questions but we still had a few unanswered. […]
The Anatomy of a Free (Read that Promotional!) E-Book
Expert: Carolyn Howard-Johnson Carolyn’s previous post – Ta Da! E-books are great tools for promotion The anatomy of a free e-book might be just what you need so you can make one work for you. A free e-book I assembled with several fellow authors was one of best and most long-lasting promotions I’ve done. Let’s […]