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Anatomy of an Ebook – The Bones That Hold Your Digital Content Together
The Future of Ink20 May 2013 | 6:05 amSend to Kindleby Sue Painter Many people say they want to create an ebook, an information product, or a special report – some type of digital content. It’s similar to saying that one wants to become a writer – lots of people think about it but very few ever do. I often coach people through the process of creating digital content. What I’ve realized is that if one has never actually created an ebook or some other type of content, one often really doesn’t know where to start or how to build one’s content. All digital content has bones – and these bones need to work together to… -
5 Must-Have Apps For On-The-Go Authors
Self Publishing Team15 May 2013 | 4:00 amI have a new best friend, y’all. Her name is Siri. (Sorry Toni!) I know I’m really late to this party, but I just got an iPhone 5 last week and we are officially operating as one unit. It’s the first thing I reach for when I wake up and the last thing I check before bed. But enough about my and my obvious technological dependency issues (my therapist and I will have plenty of time to talk about that down the road, I’m sure). What I really want to share with you is how much time I’ve been able to save with my marketing efforts by using a handful of awesome (and… -
Let’s Get Visible. Cracking The Amazon Algorithms With David Gaughran
The Creative Penn14 May 2013 | 11:45 pmThere are two main ways that people will find your books. (1) Through your book This is all about your book retailer sales page, targeted email marketing and promotions and other things that have nothing to do with your “platform”. After all, how many books do you pick up where you know nothing about the authors at all? Quite a few I’d imagine. (2) Through you This is all about your platform and how you reach people in the world. This includes content marketing, social, multimedia, PR and anything that relates to you. One thing to keep in mind when weighing up how to spend… -
What Writers Can Learn From Dan Brown’s Inferno
The Creative Penn17 May 2013 | 11:10 pmBack in 2000, Dan Brown changed my life. I have a Masters in Theology from the University of Oxford and religion, art history, architecture and spirituality are just some of my obsessions. Up until 2000, I thought that the only option to be a successful author in that arena was to follow in the footsteps of Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose. But then Dan Brown made the religious thriller mainstream and commercial and it now has a great niche all of its own, with Steve Berry, James Rollins, Scott Mariani and others writing in the genre. There are now so many options for readers like me…
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A Newbie's Guide to Publishing
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Haunted House
10 May 2013 | 8:48 amNow available on Kindle for $3.99.BEYOND AFRAID...It was an experiment in fear.Eight people, each chosen because they lived through a terrifying experience. Survivors. They don't scare easily. They know how to fight back.BEYOND TRAPPED...Each is paid a million dollars to spend one night in a house. The old Butler House, where those grisly murders occurred so many years ago. A house that is supposedly haunted. BEYOND ENDURANCE...They can take whatever they want with them. Religious items. Survival gear. Weapons. All they need to do is last the night.But there is something evil in this… -
Blood Moon and Having Control
6 May 2013 | 7:12 amJoe sez: I asked my friend Alex Sokoloff for a guest blog about why she decided to self-publish her latest novel, Blood Moon, which is currently free on Kindle. My thoughts follow hers.Here's Alex:Alex: I’m Alexandra Sokoloff, former screenwriter, former traditionally-published midlist author, new e publishing convert. Last summer I made the leap – I decided not to go for a traditional deal for my new thriller,Huntress Moon. I put it out as an e book instead. Much as Ann Voss Peterson wrote about here, and Rob Gregory Browne and Brett Battles wrote about here, I made more… -
The Proteus Cure
1 May 2013 | 6:25 amJoe sez: F. Paul Wilson is my favorite author. I've known him for years, and have had the pleasure of writing with him on a few occassions (see DRACULAS for an example).When I heard about his latest project, co-written with Tracy L. Carbone, I asked them about it. My thoughts following the interview.What’s THE PROTEUS CURE about?TRACY: It’s a medical thriller that’s hard to talk about without spoilers. It’s about a brother and a sister, Bill and Abra Gilchrist, who’ve developed a cure for cancer – all kinds of cancer. That sounds impossible because there’s a… -
Konrath on Patterson
24 Apr 2013 | 10:27 pmPerhaps you've seen the ad James Patterson recently ran in the NYT.If you don't want to squint at the jpg, here's what Patterson wrote:"If there are no bookstores, no libraries, no serious publishers with passionate, dedicated, idealistic editors, what will happen to our literature? Who will discover and mentor new writers? Who will publish our important books? What will happen if there are no more books like these?"Then there's a list of 38 books, including All the President's Men, Catcher in the Rye, The Color Purple, Fahrenheit 451, Catch 22, etc. I agree that many of them are great.Then… -
Eisler on Digital Denial
21 Apr 2013 | 10:18 amBarry Eisler: This past Saturday, I gave one of the keynotes at the 21st annual Pike's Peak Writers Convention (great conference and I highly recommend it to other writers). During my talk, I shared some thoughts on the choices writers have today in publishing -- thoughts which, judging from some of the Twitter comments I've seen, have caused a bit of upset here and there. Because I think it's beneficial when ideas are pressure-checked by people with differing views, I welcome the discussion, and I hope we can continue it here. Here's the gist of my talk:Up until roughly six years ago, the…
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Writer Beware
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Outrageous French Copyright Grab: ReLIRE Goes Live
16 May 2013 | 7:37 amPosted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Just over a year ago, I wrote about a new French law that, under the guise of dealing with the pressing issue of orphan works, implements a truly massive rights transfer. The law empowers the Bibliothèque Nationale de France to create an online database of works published in France before 2001 that are currently out of print (this includes not just works by French writers, but foreign works translated into French). Once a work has been listed in the database for more than six months, the right to digitize it transfers to a collective management… -
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Author Solutions Inc.
1 May 2013 | 8:56 amPosted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware In March, I wrote about New York law firm Giskan Solotaroff Anderson & Stewart LLP, which had opened an investigation of Author Solutions Inc. (ASI). Well, now the other shoe has dropped. On April 26, Giskan Solotaroff filed a class action complaint on behalf of three plaintiffs against Author Solutions Inc. and Penguin Group USA (ASI is part of Penguin) in US District Court for the Southern District of New York. Allegations include breach of contract, unjust enrichment, various violations of the California Business and Professional Code, and… -
ASJA Annual Conference 2013, Plus Tidbits
29 Apr 2013 | 9:57 amPosted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware I was in New York this past weekend for the 2013 ASJA Annual Writers Conference. I participated in two panels with Writer Beware-er Richard White: a Writer Beware panel (of course) on schemes, scams, and pitfalls in the publishing industry; and a panel on breaking into science fiction and fantasy publishing. We had a good and engaged crowd for the Writer Beware panel. Rich and I presented on Writer Beware, what it is and does, and the kinds of schemes and scams we track and warn about. The Authors Guild's Jan Constantine spoke about poor contract… -
Tidbits
19 Apr 2013 | 7:35 amPosted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware It's spring! Here in chilly New England, climate change seems to be taking a break, and it felt as if the warm weather would never arrive. But daffodils and primroses are blooming in my garden, and it's almost--almost!--mild enough to sit outside. My family emergency situation is still ongoing, and my book deadline is only three months away--so it'll be a while before I can return to a normal schedule. However, I'm still following the news (and answering email), so I can at least share with you the publishing stories that caught my eye over the… -
Why I'm Not Here
2 Apr 2013 | 7:27 amPosted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware You may have noticed there was no blog post last week. That's because I'm currently dealing with a family emergency (helping my disabled stepmother, who has broken her shoulder) that's eating up my time. Between that and trying to maintain my writing schedule (book deadline approaching...) I just haven't been able to manage any blog posts. I'm hoping to get back to a more normal schedule next week, or possibly the week after. I am still answering email, so if you need to reach me, it's beware [at] sfwa.org. Happy writing, and I'll see you all soon!
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Goodreads
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Announcing Our Debut Young Adult Newsletter!
17 May 2013 | 11:40 amFor a long time we’ve wanted to expand our editorial products at Goodreads. Our general newsletter is great, but one of the coolest things we learned as we created the site was how readers around the world bond over a shared love of a particular genre, be it literature from 1900 to WWII, steampunk, or books about sailing. Knowing that, we wanted to provide a newsletter tailored to your passions. Today, I’m pleased to announce that we are launching our first genre-themed newsletter, with the plan to create many more in the future. We started with a voracious group on Goodreads: our YA… -
Live Video Chat with Cheryl Strayed, Today at 2pm ET/11am PT
15 May 2013 | 11:42 amJoin us today at 2pm ET/11am PT for a live video chat with acclaimed bestselling author Cheryl Strayed. We'll be talking about her breakout memoir Wild, as well as her other books, and her life as a writer. To watch a recording of the chat, click here. posted by Patrick on May, 15 -
Live Video Chat with Debbie Macomber, Today at 2pm ET/11am PT
6 May 2013 | 11:39 amJoin us today at 2pm ET/11am PT for a live video chat with #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. We'll be talking about her latest book, Rose Harbor in Bloom, as well as her previous books and her life as a writer. To watch a recording of the chat, click here. posted by Patrick on May, 06 -
For National Short Story Month, a Game of Exquisite Corpse
1 May 2013 | 5:25 pmWhat's the best way to celebrate May's National Short Story Month? With a brand-new short story, of course!We've enlisted 15 brave and brilliant authors, starting with Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Egan, for a bout of Exquisite Corpse—the classic parlor game popularized by the Surrealists, wherein each participant continues a story based only on the previous person's lines.All of the writers are seeing the full story for the first time with this post, but our Internet experiment isn't over. Last up was the legendary Margaret Atwood, and now it's your turn. Keep the game going in the… -
Live Video Chat with Terry Brooks, Today at 2pm ET/11am PT
29 Apr 2013 | 11:39 amJoin us today at 2pm ET/11am PT for a live video chat with legendary, bestselling fantasy author Terry Brooks. We'll be talking about his latest book, The Bloodfire Quest, the second in his series The Dark Legacy of Shannarah, as well as his previous work and his life as a writer. Don't miss your chance to ask a question of this titan of the genre! To watch a recording of the chat, click here. posted by Patrick on April, 29
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Indiereader
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5 Things Indie Authors Do Very Well
20 May 2013 | 7:03 amMy research interest in self-publishing was further fueled by the industry’s tendency to dismiss it; insisting on the need for validation by a ‘proper publisher’. Read On » -
The Shift Omnibus
19 May 2013 | 2:17 pmThis is the sequel to the New York Times bestselling WOOL series. It combines the three Shift books (First Shift, Second Shift, and Third Shift) into a single e-book. Read On » -
Surrender
19 May 2013 | 8:40 amRaffaello (Rafe) Palazzo takes what he wants with no regrets. Arianna (Ari) Lynn Harlow has led a charmed life until tragedy strikes her family. He’s looking for a no-emotions attached mistress, she’s looking for redemption. Read On » -
Knight & Stay
19 May 2013 | 8:37 amRomantic, emotional & intensely erotic, "Knight & Stay" is the much anticipated sequel to "Knight & Play". Read On » -
Then Like the Blind Man: Orbie’s Story
17 May 2013 | 8:52 amOrbie is a nine-year-old whose father died in a tragic incident at the steel mill where he worked, an incident blamed on a black worker's carelessness. Read On »
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Dear Author
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Daily Deals: A contemporary three pack; a Japanese thief; a ruined pianist; and a gossip driven Regency
20 May 2013 | 12:00 pmTruly Madly Deeply by Carly Phillips. $ .99 From the Jacket Copy: A collection of three full length novels by New York Times Bestselling Author Carly Phillips, originally written and published in 1999 and 2000, and published under her real name, Karen Drogin. PERFECT PARTNERS No sooner had Chelsie Russell and Griffin Stuart lost their siblings in a car crash than they find themselves fighting for custody of their two year old niece. Griff wins only to discover Chelsie is the only one who can soothe the child’s night terrors and fears. Chelsie and Griff bond over the little girl and… -
REVIEW: Against the Tide by Elizabeth Camden
20 May 2013 | 10:00 amDear Ms. Camden, I’m always on the hunt for new and different in romance, and when it comes in the form of an inspirational historical suspense story centering on the opium trade in late 19th-century Boston – with a gorgeous cover as a bonus – I am helpless to resist. As a child, Lydia Pallas became all too familiar with uncertainty when it came to the future. Now, she’s finally carved out a perfect life for herself – a life of stability and order with no changes, surprises, or chaos of any kind. She adores her apartment overlooking the bustling Boston Harbor, and her skill with… -
Oh those Arrows
20 May 2013 | 5:00 amImage from DC Comics Arrow, shown on CW Network SPOILER NOTE: In lieu of an AM review, I present to you everything you wanted to know about the Arrows in Nalini Singh’s Psy / Changeling series. This post will contains spoilers up to “Heart of Obsidian.”+ (If you want to read Heart of Obsidian spoilers Nalini has a two chapter excerpt at her site.). You may also want to read why I think Kaleb and the Ghost are one and the same. The Arrows Executions are sometimes unavoidable. – Caressed by Ice The Arrows are an elite military squad in the PsyNet also known as… -
Monday News: A fight over fan generated video content begins; Author appearances; Genre wars over?
20 May 2013 | 2:00 amNintendo targets user YouTube videos – Youtube creators can turn on ads for their uploaded videos and receive income generated from the placement of those ads. Some youtube creators will record themselves playing a game, sometimes just for fun and sometimes for “walkthroughs” which help other, not so awesome gamers, finish out certain levels. Nintendo says that they will issue a “content ID match” which allows a copyright holder to claim any monies stemming from the use of the game in the video. GamesIndustry International Nintendo issued a statement to Gamefront… -
SBTB/DA Bestsellers – 7-14 May
19 May 2013 | 12:00 pmNow You See Her by Linda Howard | Amazon | BN | Sony | Kobo | iBooks Tart by Lauren Dane | Amazon | BN | Sony | Kobo | ARE | iBooks Like No Other Lover by Julie Anne Long | Amazon | BN | Sony | Kobo | ARE | iBooks Since the Surrender by Julie Anne Long | Amazon | BN | Sony | Kobo | ARE | iBooks A Notorious Countess Confesses by Julie Anne Long | Amazon | BN | Sony | Kobo | ARE | iBooks Carnal Machines: Steampunk Erotica by D. L. King | Amazon | BN | Sony | Kobo | ARE | iBooks How the Marquess Was Won by Julie Anne Long | Amazon | BN | Sony | Kobo | ARE | iBooks Falling Into You by Jasinda…
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Free Ebooks Blog
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Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 05-20-13 [Part 2]
20 May 2013 | 12:30 pmDixie Rebel (The Carolina Magnolia Series, Book 1) By Patricia Rice / Genre: Contemporary Fiction / Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars (13 reviews) Maya Alyssum has a rebel’s dream: to open a school where kids can find unconditional acceptance—an acceptance she and her sister had never experienced while growing up in foster homes. But [...]The post Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 05-20-13 [Part 2] appeared first on Free Ebooks Blog. -
Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 05-20-13 [Part 1]
20 May 2013 | 5:23 amComposing Amelia: A Novel By Alison Strobel / Genre: Contemporary Fiction / Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (23 reviews) Can a brand-new marriage withstand the weight of generations-old baggage? Newlyweds Amelia and Marcus Sheffield are recent college grads, trying to stay afloat in LA while searching for their dream jobs. Marcus hopes to become [...]The post Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 05-20-13 [Part 1] appeared first on Free Ebooks Blog. -
Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 05-19-13 [Part 2]
19 May 2013 | 12:32 pmSecond Sight: Second Tale of the Lifesong (The Tale of the Lifesong) By Greg Hamerton / Genre: Epic, Fantasy / Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars (23 reviews) Something is sucking the life out of Tabitha’s song. Someone has stolen the Kingsrim. And the dire prophecy of Wry Tad Zastor is coming true. The dreaded [...]The post Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 05-19-13 [Part 2] appeared first on Free Ebooks Blog. -
Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 05-19-13 [Part 1]
19 May 2013 | 6:16 amDeployed (Called to Serve) By Mel Odom / Genre: Mystery & Thrillers / Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (26 reviews) Lance Corporal Bekah Shaw joined the United States Marine reserves to help support herself and her son when her ex-husband, Billy Roy, decided they were no longer his responsibility. But when her team is [...]The post Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 05-19-13 [Part 1] appeared first on Free Ebooks Blog. -
Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 05-18-13 [Part 2]
18 May 2013 | 12:56 pmTomorrow’s Sun (Lost Sanctuary) By Becky Melby / Genre: Romance, Religious Fiction / Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars (30 reviews) Emily Foster won’t allow herself to move on until she earns enough money to make restitution for the accident that stole a young girl’s dreams. Flipping houses sounds like the fast track to her [...]The post Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 05-18-13 [Part 2] appeared first on Free Ebooks Blog.
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Kindle Review
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Curation, Kindle & the Future of Books
20 May 2013 | 7:28 pmWe now have devices like Kindle Fire HD, iPad, Kindle, Nook HD that enable reading ebooks easily and relatively well. We have ebooks flourishing and continuing to grow rapidly. We have entire armies of self-published authors rising up – hungry for a piece of the reader pie. Books are going through a very interesting Transition. Perhaps Transitions. One of the biggest challenges is ‘connecting’ Authors with Readers. The number of readers is increasing. Perhaps eventually ebooks will reach a state of equilibrium with paper books. By then, the number of people reading books… -
Kindle Fire HD Pain Points
19 May 2013 | 6:34 pmKindle Fire HD has, by all indications, been selling well. Kindle Fire is, according to various surveys, the #3 best-selling tablet after Apple and Samsung. Kindle Fire was #2 in the US in the 2012 Holiday Season. It’s worth taking a look at Kindle Fire HD Pain Points. It’ll give us a better idea of areas in which Amazon can improve Kindle Fire HD and mount a stronger challenge in the Tablet Wars. Please Also See: Kindle Fire HD Issues & Workarounds post that covers Top 10 Kindle Fire HD Issues. Kindle Fire HD Pain Points – Top 9 Kindle Fire HD Pain Points Please check… -
Why is iPad the best Tablet available?
18 May 2013 | 5:13 pmOver the years, various people, almost always non-technical, have asked me to recommend the best tablet for their needs. Note: This post talks about real life, not online. The first data-point that’s interesting: On finding out I work with computers, the most frequent question is – What Tablet would you recommend? I’m thinking of getting one. I don’t think PCs are going to die, not by any stretch of the imagination. However, no one ever asks about PCs or Phones. Just Tablets. Perhaps Tablets are cool and new and unknown. Perhaps with PCs and Phones, people already… -
Kindle vs Nook if B&N ends Nook eReaders and Tablets – It loses 50% of the most important 20% readers
18 May 2013 | 2:02 pmB&N opened up its Nook HD & Nook HD+ Tablets to Google Play Store recently. It also did a massive $50 off and $90 off Sale for Mother’s Day. This forced Amazon to introduce a temporary $20 discount on the Kindle Fire HD. Soon after there were reports that B&N was considering selling its Nook unit to Microsoft for $1 billion. TechCrunch had some additional details and two of these were very interesting (only if true) - B&N plans to end Nook Tablets by April 2014. This would suggest the Nook HD and Nook HD+ are its last tablets. Which basically means an end to the Kindle… -
Kindle Fire HD 2 Killer Features that would ensure strong sales
15 May 2013 | 10:37 pmKindle Fire HD 2 is probably going to arrive in September or October 2013, roughly a year after Kindle Fire HD arrived. Amazon has two paths it could take - Make Kindle Fire HD 2 a more polished version of the Kindle Fire HD. Lots of incremental improvements in various areas. Since Kindle Fire HD is a pretty decent Tablet, this would seem a reasonable path to take. Add one or two or three really killer features that put Kindle Fire HD 2 head and shoulders above other Android Tablets. Killer Features that turn Kindle Fire HD 2 vs iPad Mini 2 into a Real Contest. We know what path Amazon likes…
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Catherine, Caffeinated
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Sunday Coffee Reads: May 19
19 May 2013 | 12:00 amAs I said in my Plans and Goals and Stuff post, Sunday mornings is when I read my way through all the interesting tidbits I’ve come upon during the week: tweets I’ve marked as favorite, Google Reader posts I’ve starred and articles I’ve mailed myself links to while waiting out an ad break. Then I add the ones I think everyone else might find interesting to Buffer, so they get tweeted during the week. (Note: I tweet what I think is interesting, not necessarily what I agree with.) But I thought that this year, I would pick the cream of the crop for a little Sunday morning link fest,… -
Thank You, Commander
13 May 2013 | 2:02 amI know this isn’t self-publishing-related, but being a NASA nut it’s Catherine-related and, hey, this is my blog. Today Commander Chris Hadfield returns to earth from the International Space Station. His stay there has been, I think, NASA’s biggest public relations win since Apollo 11 landed on the moon. He has just been amazing: tweeting images, recording videos and just generally reminding people, in a fun and inspiring way, that there’s not only a Space Station up there but people in it. The bad news for us—the good news for him, I’m sure—is that he… -
On Demand Video Self-Publishing Course: Yay or Nay?
10 May 2013 | 12:00 amIt’s Blog Reader Focus Group Time! Do you like answering questions? Do you love a good survey? Do you delight in being asked for your opinion? Then step right up! Because I have just the thing for you…. As you’ll already know, I don’t just blog and write about self-publishing: I talk to people about it as well. These speaking engagements are usually either a full day’s course, which is just me taking the participants through self-publishing from A to Z, or smaller, introductory style things, where I might aim to give an overview of the process in an hour and a… -
I Self-Published: What Next? A Guest Post from Devon Trevarrow Flaherty
8 May 2013 | 2:47 amToday we have a guest post from Devon Trevarrow Flaherty, who’s just self-published her first novel, Benevolent, and is feeling the post-publication blues… ‘From last summer, when I officially decided to self-publish my first novel, Benevolent, until now, I have gone through many stages of publishing. You could label these stages logically, like “editing,” “cover creation,” or “launching.” You could also label them emotionally. The current stage is depressed. Yeah, yeah; publishing your first book and launching it is exciting. For about a second. Because what… -
Social Media: Have You Got It All Wrong?
6 May 2013 | 5:21 amWARNING: This is one of them long ones. Better go get a fresh cup of coffee before you start… We all know I love publishers. I still hope, should I ever finish The Novel, to be published by one of them. Say silly things like legacy or gatekeepers, or use something as serious and tragic as the Irish potato famine—or rape or Stockholm Syndrome, for that matter—to describe the relationship between the author and the business that has risked its money to get that author’s book to market, and you go straight onto my Naughty List. (Well, there isn’t actually a Naughty List.
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MobileRead Forums
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MobileRead June 2013 Book Club Nominations
20 May 2013 | 6:34 amMobileRead Book Club June 2013 Nominations Help us select the book that the MobileRead Book Club will read for June, 2013. The nominations will run through midnight EST May 30 or until 10 books have made the list. The poll will then be posted and will remain open for five days. Book selection category for June is: Award Winners In order for a book to be included in the poll it needs THREE NOMINATIONS (original nomination, a second and a third). How Does This Work? The Mobile Read Book Club (MRBC) is an informal club that requires nothing of you. Each month a book is selected by polling. On… -
MobileRead Week in Review: 05/11 - 05/18
18 May 2013 | 3:00 amFeast your eyes on some of the discussions from this week at MobileRead... E-Book General - NewsSony reveals prototype 13.3-inch e-ink slate with stylus Samsung has sold Liquavista to Amazon! E Ink Intros 13.3" Flexible Electronic Paper Display -
E Ink Intros 13.3" Flexible Electronic Paper Display
15 May 2013 | 1:18 amE Ink is launching a new flexible electronic paper display based on Sony's flexible Thin Film Transistor (TFT) tech. http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Ele...ble,22556.html Hooray, I can't wait to buy one of these babies. :) -
Samsung has sold Liquavista to Amazon!
13 May 2013 | 9:27 amThe Digital Reader reveals that Samsung has sold Liquavista. The buyer is unconfirmed, but looks likely to be Amazon is now confirmed as the buyer. Could this mean that a Liquavista Kindle will appear sometime in the next year? I'm really looking forward to seeing a production Liquavista display, and I'm hoping it won't be the disappointment that Mirasol turned out to be. -
Sony reveals prototype 13.3-inch e-ink slate with stylus
13 May 2013 | 3:06 amCouldn’t find any thread for this. Hope it's not a vapourware. Here is the engadget link: http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/13/s...paign=Engadget Quote: The prototype device is also only 6.8mm (0.27 inch) thick and weighs 385g (13.6 ounces) -- perfect for slipping into school bags. There's 4GB of on-board storage (with a microSD slot to increase that) and WiFi, which Sony plans to use for sharing notes with those who didn't make it to class on time. With WiFi off, the rechargeable battery inside is expected to last for three weeks of solid learning. These specs are for the prototype, of…
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Self-Publishing Review
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Review: Random Rationality – Second Edition by Fourat Janabi
17 May 2013 | 3:11 pmWhen I reviewed the first edition of this book here on SPR, I wrote,” Unassuming, universally written with sharp wit and charm, the first pages catch and you want to read on. Although Janabi never professes to be an expert… ”In this, the special extended version of his book, I want to take that back. Janabi is something of an expert.In this reworked version of “Random Rationality”, the book has more meat, more substance, more catch – this second edition elevates what was an interesting and entertaining read to greatness – I cannot put my finger on what I… -
Review: Don’t Look Back by Rita D’Orazio
13 May 2013 | 12:45 pm“Don’t Look Back”, the debut novel from Rita D’Orazio tells the story of Katerina Balducci, the youngest sibling of three children in an Italian-American Catholic family, and chronicles the ups and downs of family life during her childhood with a moody mother, slighting Katerina for her unplanned birth and throwing abusive diatribes at her which shape her as a person at such a young age, as well as recounting the challenging events that require her to grow up fast.Culturally intricate with lots of Italian heritage and detail, D’Orazio often gives the reader a feast of words,… -
Review: Tales Of Fantasy And Reality by Chinwe D. John, Illustrations by James Brown
2 May 2013 | 12:28 pmThis small book of narrative poems offers a mix of subject matter, from tales based on or inspired by traditional folktales, such as the River King from African folklore, to tales that provide modern social commentary. Some of the poems are disturbing: traditional tales of murder and revenge, and modern ones that deal with Internet predators, sexual tourism, necklacing (a form of vigilante execution in which a tire is filled with gasoline, placed around the torso of the victim, trapping hands and arms, and then set alight), and formal justice gone bad. But not all of the pieces are heavy. -
Review: Andy Smithson: Blast of the Dragon’s Fury by L. R. W. Lee
30 Apr 2013 | 12:36 pmAndy Smithson has never heard of the Land of Oomaldee and he has never met Imogenia. However, he’s soon to begin an adventure of a lifetime that involves both. Ten-year-old Andy has parents who are always harping about being respectful and responsible. Andy hates the lectures. It seems that’s all his parents do is lecture him when they aren’t too busy running their own companies. Fred and Emily Smithson are CEOs of multimillion dollar companies. His sister is Miss Perfect. Poor Andy is ignored most of the time by all of them, except when he’s in trouble. Andy’s father is… -
Is The Self-Publishing Content Swell Leading To Mediocre Content on Kindle?
19 Apr 2013 | 12:23 pmFred Crawley of The New Statesman chews over the rise of self – published content on Kindle from an original angle – is the concept of “own-brand” consumerism affecting self-published books? Are standards slipping to give way to instant gratification? Should proofreading standards be higher? Discuss…In the digital video shops we increasingly use as our sources of film entertainment, these movies are ranked alongside genuine big-budget efforts, with only a paragraph of description and a cover design (usually the most professional component of the whole project)…
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I Love My Kindle
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Everybody’s a writer nowadays
20 May 2013 | 7:01 pmEverybody’s a writer nowadays Jean: “Hey, can I ask you a question?” Pat: “Just a minute…I’m writing a book.” Jean: “Okay…wait, writing or reading?” Pat: “Writing: sh! Aaaaaannnnnndddd…done! Whew! What did you want to ask me?” Jean: “I forget. What did you mean you were writing a book?” Pat: “What does it sound like it means? I just finished my tenth novel.” Jean: “I didn’t know you were a writer.” Pat: “I’m breathing, aren’t I? Everybody’s a writer… -
Is Amazon readying a new RSK?
19 May 2013 | 3:07 pmIs Amazon readying a new RSK? Brian Hartman, a reader and commenter of mine, and others, have expressed concern that the Kindle Keyboard (formerly colloquially called a “Kindle 3″) is no longer featured in the Kindle “family stripe” at Amazon. At first, it was still available new from Amazon after that: now, it isn’t (you can find used ones). I have a place where I can search for ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers), and I’m not even finding it there. That suggests to me that this is just a fluky supply problem. One could make the assumption that… -
Best selling Kindle children’s books #1
19 May 2013 | 11:08 amBest selling Kindle children’s books #1 There was a time when there was considerable debate about whether or not Kindles were even appropriate for children. While I still see relatively stronger sales of p-books (paperbooks, especially hardbacks) for kids (perhaps because of gifts), I think that e-books for kids are becoming increasingly accepted. There are a lot of ways that is good, in my opinion. When you get to the point of chapter books, there are so many free classics from many different cultures that the opportunity for children to expand their horizons is much more present than… -
Round up #170: The Man Who Lied to His Laptop, books by the foot
17 May 2013 | 8:10 pmRound up #170: The Man Who Lied to His Laptop, books by the foot The ILMK Round ups are short pieces which may or may not be expanded later. The end of “books by the foot”? When I managed a brick-and-mortar bookstore, one of the weird things that would happen is that somebody would come in and want to buy a bunch of remainders (bargain books, basically) of a particular color (“Do you have ten green books?”). They were using them as decoration. It might be in a model home, or it might be in a store display. They were usually mixing books of different colors. Well,… -
Understanding Amazon’s e-book product pages
16 May 2013 | 4:26 pmUnderstanding Amazon’s e-book product pages When you look at a book in a brick and mortar bookstore, you get quite a bit of information. You notice the cover (if it is “faced”…so the cover is facing out) or the spine (which may have a small picture). You see how thick it is. You can pick it up, turn it over, and maybe see a “blurb” on the back. You might open it, and check the first few pages…maybe to see the publication date or if it is a first edition. When you are browsing through Amazon, instead of the physical book, you see the book’s…
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The Future of Ink
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Anatomy of an Ebook – The Bones That Hold Your Digital Content Together
20 May 2013 | 6:05 amSend to Kindleby Sue Painter Many people say they want to create an ebook, an information product, or a special report – some type of digital content. It’s similar to saying that one wants to become a writer – lots of people think about it but very few ever do. I often coach people through the process of creating digital content. What I’ve realized is that if one has never actually created an ebook or some other type of content, one often really doesn’t know where to start or how to build one’s content. All digital content has bones – and these bones need to work together to… -
SlideShare: The Over Achiever is Under Utilized [tutorial]
17 May 2013 | 6:05 amSend to Kindleby Kathleen Gage Using social media to market your digital products is a must do. This goes without saying for most people, but the difficult part for many people is knowing which social media to focus on and how to optimize what they are doing. We’ve all heard that for a good majority of people the standard fair works: Facebook LinkedIn Twitter YouTube Google+ One that’s been under the radar is SlideShare. SlideShare is the world’s largest community for sharing presentations. With 60 million monthly visitors and 130 million pageviews, it is among the most… -
Are There Different Types of Virtual Book Tours?
15 May 2013 | 6:05 amSend to Kindle by D’vorah Lansky, M.Ed. I’d like to thank Denise and Ellen for graciously hosting me, as a guest blogger, in celebration of the launch of my newest book, 21 Ways to Launch a Successful Virtual Book Tour. In answer to the question posted in the title of this article; “Are there different types of virtual book tours?” my response is, “indeed there are!” While there are popular virtual book tour formats that can be easily replicated, in truth, the format for a virtual book tour is only limited by your imagination! In this article I’d like to share with you… -
10 Reasons Why Self-Published Books Don’t Sell – and What You Can Do to Ensure Yours DOES
13 May 2013 | 6:05 amSend to Kindleby Kristen Eckstein One of the biggest complaints I hear from self-published authors who found The Ultimate Book Coach after they published their books is, “My book isn’t selling. Can you help me?” And 99.9% of the time when I look at their book on Amazon or their website, I can name several reasons why they’re having problems selling their books. Here are 10 reasons why their self-published books don’t sell, and what you can do to make sure yours does. 1. Obscure subject—Books that do well are those in a popular niche. If you do an Amazon search and find hundreds of… -
What the Music Biz Taught me About Perfection
10 May 2013 | 6:05 amSend to Kindleby Lou Bortone Lou (3rd right) and the band back in the day! “Music biz? I thought you were a video marketing guy,” you may be asking… Yes, I spent over 2 decades in the television industry, but I bet you didn’t know that I was in a local rock band in and after college! First, I was in a cover band called “Parallax,” and later, I was a drummer in a Boston pop group called Tour de Force. We achieved a bit of notoriety (and lots of radio airplay) on the local scene in the mid eighties. We played shows all over New England, including a show at Boston’s prestigious…
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Overdrive
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Summer Marketing Materials: Now Available!
20 May 2013 | 10:15 amSummer is just around the corner. Time for road trips, the beach, vacations, and lazy summer days! I can think of nothing I’d rather do today (one of the first days above 70 degrees here in Cleveland) than read library… Read more -
Big Library Read Facebook Chat with Michael Malone on May 23rd
20 May 2013 | 9:30 amThrough their incredible generosity, author Michael Malone and his publisher, Sourcebooks, have invited millions of readers around the world to simultaneously enjoy ‘The Four Corners of the Sky’ through June 1st as part of the Big… Read more -
Kicking Off Summer with New MP3 Releases On Sale
19 May 2013 | 7:00 pmDeal watchers, coupon clippers, and savings sleuths, listen up! HarperAudio is offering a deal that cannot be ignored. For the next two weeks, over 100 of their brand new May and June MP3 releases are on sale for a whopping 30%… Read more -
Top Five Titles That Take You to Ireland
17 May 2013 | 6:00 amAre you an armchair traveler? While I do enjoy traveling to a new city or exploring a new place, I cannot always find the time or the budget to fulfill my every whim. Instead of feeling gloomy, I… Read more -
Don’t Bury the ‘Hachette’: Check Out these Newly Added eBooks!
16 May 2013 | 12:47 pmYou probably know that on May 8th, thousands of popular front-list eBook titles from Hachette Book Group were added to Content Reserve. Featured Hachette authors include David Sedaris,… Read more
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eBook Reader Blog
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Kobo Aura HD Review
20 May 2013 | 8:37 amToday I was finally able to get the Kobo Aura HD review posted, which includes some pictures, a couple of videos, and a written review. The video review ended up being really long this time. I was able to cover a lot of details and show some complaints. I also decided to put together a [...] -
Google Play Books Now Supports Uploading Your ePub and PDF eBooks
17 May 2013 | 6:38 amFor the past two years I’ve been saying that Google needs to add the option to upload ebooks to Google Play Books, and this past week Google finally did just that. Those with a Google account can now upload ePub and PDF documents and ebooks and read them through the Google Play Books app for [...] -
Amazon Buys Color Screen Tech Company – Color Kindles in The Near Future?
15 May 2013 | 11:44 amThis past week Amazon purchased a company called Liquavista that specializes in an alternative type of display technology called electrowetting. Electrowetting displays are similar to E Ink displays used on current Kindles (Kindle ebook readers, not Kindle tablets) in that they are more energy efficient than traditional LCD displays and unlike LCD they are readable [...] -
New 13.3″ Flexible E Ink Mobius Displays Introduced
15 May 2013 | 9:33 amE Ink has announced that they have co-developed a new large format epaper display technology with Sony called Mobius that is going to start being mass producing later this year. Mobius displays measure in at 13.3 inches, and have a resolution of 1200×1600. The size is meant to correspond with a typical A4 size sheet [...] -
Apple Doesn’t Like E Ink eBook Readers and Thinks They’re a Waste of Time
14 May 2013 | 9:18 amThat title isn’t necessarily a statement of fact. But when you stop and consider the circumstances and evaluate the evidence, it’s pretty easy to come to that conclusion. Why else wouldn’t Apple release a dedicated E Ink reading device to go along with their ebookstore? Apple opened the doors on the iBookstore back in early [...]
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FreeBookSpot Latest Books
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Hex Appeal: Seductive Spells for the Sassy Sorceress (by Lucy Summers)
20 May 2013 | 1:39 pmOnce again, Lucy Summers puts a lighthearted face on witchcraft as she offers girl-to-girl advice on charms, chants, and other spellbinding methods for attracting guys and making dating problems vanish in that proverbial puff of smoke. Presented in a fun-to-read question-and-answer format, her brand-new Hex Appeal shows how to [list][*]Captivate that dream guy with potent potions to make his head spin [*]Make unwanted admirers disappear with a powerful banishing spell [*]Discover witchcraft's secret ingredients that give a girl true hex appeal [/list]Stylishly chic color illustrations, a… -
Excel 2007 PivotTables and PivotCharts (Mr. Spreadsheet's Bookshelf) (by Peter G. Aitken)
20 May 2013 | 1:37 pmDevoted entirely to PivotTables and PivotCharts, this book shows you how to take full advantage of these powerful tools, which enable you to pull meaningful information from masses of seemingly meaningless data. Loaded with illustrations and real-world examples, it takes you step by step through creating a PivotTable formatting, filtering, and grouping data creating PivotCharts from those data and more. You’ll learn to work with multidimensional data, how to create and manipulate PivotTables using VBA, and—most importantly—you’ll discover what these tools can do for you. Read more... -
Excel as Your Database (by Paul Cornell)
20 May 2013 | 1:36 pmExcel As Your Database guides those of you who need to manage facts and figuresyet have little experience, budget, or need for a full-scale relational database management system. Youll learn how to use Excel to enter, store, and analyze your data. This book is written and organized in a way that assumes you have some familiarity with Excel, but not with databases. The book features quick-start solutions, practice exercises, troubleshooting tips, and best practices. This book covers Excel 2007 and 2003. The author clarifies not just how to use a technique, but under what realistic scenarios. -
Oracle SQL the Essential Reference (by David C. Kreines)
20 May 2013 | 1:35 pmSQL (Structured Query Language) is the heart of a relational database management system. Despite SQL's long history and relative simplicity, few developers and database administrators are truly masters of the language. The syntax can be confusing, especially because each vendor enhances SQL in various ways, and each new system release brings with it new SQL statement options. Oracle SQL: The Essential Reference will keep everyone who needs to access an Oracle database using SQL developers, DBAs, designers, and managers ahead of the learning curve on standard SQL and Oracle's extensions to it. -
Letting Go of the Words, Second Edition: Writing Web Content that Works (by Janice (Ginny) Redish)
20 May 2013 | 1:34 pmWeb site design and development continues to become more sophisticated. An important part of this maturity originates with well-laid-out and well-written content. Ginny Redish is a world-renowned expert on information design and how to produce clear writing in plain language for the web. All of the invaluable information that she shared in the first edition is included with numerous new examples. New information on content strategy for web sites, search engine optimization (SEO), and social media make this once again the only book you need to own to optimize your writing for the web.
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OnlineProgrammingBooks.com
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Java Enterprise Performance
14 May 2013 | 11:10 amJava Enterprise Performance, a free online eBook by technology experts at the Compuware dynaTrace® Center of Excellence. This book is for IT senior managers, team leaders and practitioners responsible for the performance of business-critical applications. Description Performance is a topic of increasing importance for anyone who uses applications to support their business activities. Today performance [...]OnlineProgrammingBooks.com has a Facebook page, giving a new way to see our latest announcements and posts without leaving the comfort of your Facebook newstream. So check out… -
Introduction to High Performance Scientific Computing
9 May 2013 | 6:15 amIntroduction to High Performance Scientific Computing teaches the bridging topics between numerical analysis, parallel computing, code performance, large scale applications. Description While good texts exist on numerical modeling, numerical linear algebra, computer architecture, parallel computing, performance optimization, no book brings together these strands in a unified manner. The need for a book such as the present became [...]OnlineProgrammingBooks.com has a Facebook page, giving a new way to see our latest announcements and posts without leaving the comfort of your Facebook… -
Free eBook: iOS Succinctly
1 May 2013 | 11:19 pmiOS Succinctly, written by Ryan Hodson, is available in pdf and kindle formats. This free eBook is for developers looking to step into the sometimes frightening world of iPhone and iPad app development. Description Written as the companion to Objective-C Succinctly, this e-book guides you from creating a simple, single page application to managing assets [...]OnlineProgrammingBooks.com has a Facebook page, giving a new way to see our latest announcements and posts without leaving the comfort of your Facebook newstream. So check out facebook.com/freecomputerbooks and like us today!Free… -
Learn Vimscript the Hard Way
16 Apr 2013 | 12:23 amLearn Vimscript the Hard Way, by Steve Losh, is free to read online. It is a book for users of the Vim editor who want to learn how to customize Vim. Description It is not a guide to using Vim. Before reading this book you should be comfortable editing text in Vim and know what [...]OnlineProgrammingBooks.com has a Facebook page, giving a new way to see our latest announcements and posts without leaving the comfort of your Facebook newstream. So check out facebook.com/freecomputerbooks and like us today!Free Business and Tech Magazines and eBooks -
Dreamweaver CS6 Basics
12 Apr 2013 | 1:34 amThis free eBook, Dreamweaver CS6 Basics, is a series of lessons intended to help people learn the basics of Adobe Dreamweaver. Covers versions CS5, 5.5, 6. Description These tutorials are designed to get you through the basics of making web sites in Dreamweaver with the most flexibility and the least amount of work. Think of [...]OnlineProgrammingBooks.com has a Facebook page, giving a new way to see our latest announcements and posts without leaving the comfort of your Facebook newstream. So check out facebook.com/freecomputerbooks and like us today!Free Business and Tech Magazines and…
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Knowledge Is Free
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Oracle Magazine
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Your Unofficial Raspberry Pi Manual
20 May 2013 | 1:02 pmYou’ve surely heard of the Raspberry Pi: the palm-sized computer with enough power to run servers or media centres complete with retro gaming. Download Now Rasberry Pi has the connectivity to control security systems and enthusiast projects; and with the software tools to encourage the teaching and understanding of programming. Since its launch in 2012 the Raspberry Pi has exceeded expectations, becoming a must-have piece of computer hardware for enthusiasts and tech-heads. For a small project developed to be sold to schools and colleges to teach programming principles, that’s not bad. -
Joomla! 3 Essential Training
20 May 2013 | 1:01 pmIn this course, Jen Kramer shows how to build a custom Joomla! template that automatically tailors and sizes content for a wide range of displays, from desktops to mobile devices. Download Now This course covers using Joomla! 3 with its built-in Bootstrap framework, and a start-to-finish development strategy that covers everything from converting the wireframe to HTML, to styling the headers and footers. Jen also shows how to incorporate Dreamweaver and the Firefox developer tools into your workflow, and accommodate multiple layouts and color variations in a single template. Download Now -
The Ultimate Windows 8 Kit
20 May 2013 | 1:00 pmBecome familiar with Windows 8. Whether you’ve pre-ordered a Windows 8 device or are just wondering what’s new. Download Now Included in the Ultimate Windows 8 kit is one 44 page guide and two Windows 8 cheat sheets: - Getting Started: Your Guide to Windows 8 - Windows 8 Cheat Sheet: Touch and Mouse Gestures - Windows 8 Cheat Sheet: Keyboard Shortcuts Download Now -
Apple iPhone — Free Quick Reference Card
20 May 2013 | 12:59 pmThis Apple iPhone Quick Reference provides shortcuts, tips, and tricks for the popular mobile device. Download Now Use it to brush up on the basics and to find alternate methods to your favorite commands. This printable quick reference is yours to use, distribute, and share at your organization! Along with this free reference card, you will also receive a 30-day trial of CustomGuide training, including over 7,000 Online Skills Assessments and Interactive Tutorials. Download Now
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Wow! eBook
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The Art of Multiprocessor Programming, Revised Reprint
20 May 2013 | 11:00 amBook Description Revised and updated with improvements conceived in parallel programming courses, The Art of Multiprocessor Programming is an authoritative guide to multicore programming. It introduces a higher level set of software development skills than that needed for efficient single-core programming. This book provides comprehensive coverage of the new principles, algorithms, and tools necessary for effective multiprocessor programming. Students and professionals alike will benefit from thorough coverage of key multiprocessor programming issues. This revised edition incorporates… -
Principles of Data Integration
20 May 2013 | 10:56 amBook Description How do you approach answering queries when your data is stored in multiple databases that were designed independently by different people? This is first comprehensive book on data integration and is written by three of the most respected experts in the field. This book provides an extensive introduction to the theory and concepts underlying today’s data integration techniques, with detailed, instruction for their application using concrete examples throughout to explain the concepts. Data integration is the problem of answering queries that span multiple data sources… -
Observing the User Experience, 2nd Edition
20 May 2013 | 10:53 amBook Description The gap between who designers and developers imagine their users are, and who those users really are can be the biggest problem with product development. Observing the User Experience will help you bridge that gap to understand what your users want and need from your product, and whether they’ll be able to use what you’ve created. Filled with real-world experience and a wealth of practical information, this book presents a complete toolbox of techniques to help designers and developers see through the eyes of their users. It provides in-depth coverage of 13 user… -
Letting Go of the Words, 2nd Edition
20 May 2013 | 9:31 amBook Description Web site design and development continues to become more sophisticated. An important part of this maturity originates with well-laid-out and well-written content. Ginny Redish is a world-renowned expert on information design and how to produce clear writing in plain language for the web. All of the invaluable information that she shared in the first edition is included with numerous new examples. New information on content strategy for web sites, search engine optimization (SEO), and social media make this once again the only book you need to own to optimize your writing for… -
Data Virtualization for Business Intelligence Systems
20 May 2013 | 9:27 amBook Description Data virtualization can help you accomplish your goals with more flexibility and agility. Learn what it is and how and why it should be used with Data Virtualization for Business Intelligence Systems. In this book, expert author Rick van der Lans explains how data virtualization servers work, what techniques to use to optimize access to various data sources and how these products can be applied in different projects. You’ll learn the difference is between this new form of data integration and older forms, such as ETL and replication, and gain a clear understanding of…
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A Kindle World blog
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Kindle Tips: MONDAY's Free Kindle Fire App of the Day is Fraction Calculator Plus. Lonely Planet has a sale on its PDF eBooks at $10 ea. + a free USA Kindle book. Sony's coming 13.3-inch eReader-Notepad.
19 May 2013 | 8:00 amFraction Calculator Plus It's only Sunday but this smart father-daughter duo has made good use of press-releases to promote their apps that are now very popular, and the Irish Examiner story on them tells us that for MONDAY, May 20, their Fraction Calculator Plus will be Amazon's Free App of the Day for the Kindle Fire (and other Android devices). It's not a big savings, as the app is only $0.99, but every little bit... And, it draws attention to their free "Calculator Plus" app, which is now the highest-rated app in all Amazon app categories out of a total of 83,981 apps at the… -
Kindle Fire Tip: ABC Player app for Kindle Fire HD allows watching of full ABC shows for free without Flash Player. Some Caveats.
17 May 2013 | 5:38 pmABC Player app available for Kindle Fire HD allows watching of full episodes of favorite ABC shows The ABC Player app allows you to watch, from a selection of the most recent episodes of almost any ABC show (primetime and daytime), full ABC shows you may have missed or want to re-watch. It says that you can find episodes "by Most Popular, Most Recent, and Evening vs. Daytime" (I've not found this search function -- please let me know if you find it) and can pause these, with your place saved for resuming from that point later (this does work). Closed captioning is available… -
Kindle news: U.S. Justice Dept calls Apple "Ringmaster" in e-book price-fixing. Why Android is Winning the Tablet Wars. New NBC-Universal PRIME video deals. The Big Deal (500 books) is back.
16 May 2013 | 8:04 amApple being seen as instigator of eBook price-fixing attempts In addition to the TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog) report, which sources the NY Times article which may not be accessible to some near the end of any month, here are the recent articles on the e-book pricing wars going back a year and through 'today' for those interested in any details of the last year's results from federal, state, and UK lawsuits that have left Apple, alone, fighting the U.S. Justice Department lawsuit still. The publishers have bailed. The trial begins June 3 in New York. I stopped… -
Kindle News: Amazon Coins. Purchase of Liquavista brighter color screen-techology for outdoor reading. Amazon's new Cloud Player for PC. Kindle romance-book-focused podcast w/ Goodreads.
14 May 2013 | 6:56 amAmazon's Amazon Coins: Why? They're worth a penny each, and 100 make $1.00. Most of us with Kindle Fires will have received email notices Monday that we've been given 500, or $5 worth, of these, to spend on apps or games for the Kindle Fire tablets. I'm not sure what the reason is for the coins except it seems as if what has the appearance of play money may seem easier and, for some, more fun to use, as if we weren't really spending (because we'd bought the coins earlier) but there's a deal of sorts in that if you buy these in bulk, Amazon says you'll get a discounts "of up to… -
Kindle News: Amazon Cloud Drive Photos app for Apple devices + some info re the Android Cloud Drive Photos app. Amazon working on 3D smartphone?
11 May 2013 | 4:26 amAMAZON'S NEW CLOUD DRIVE PHOTOS APP FOR APPLE DEVICES FIRST: Amazon Cloud Drive Photos app for Android (and for ORIGINAL Kindle Fire) was released November 5, 2012 and described here, in detail, in the blog article for that date. At that time, the Kindle Fire 2nd Generation tablets were to have these Cloud Drive photo features built in, but as of today, I can download photos from my Cloud Drive to my HD tablet but NOT upload photos from the Kindle Fire HD tablet to my Cloud yet, although I can email them to anyone, including myself, for receipt of these on a different device. Oddly…
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The Kindle Chronicles
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Vivienne Roumani Interview – Video Extra
19 May 2013 | 8:45 amThis is a video excerpt from my May 14, 2013, Skype interview with Vivienne Roumani, director of the documentary “Out of Print,” narrated by Meryl Streep. The full audio interview is in Episode 250 of The Kindle Chronicles podcast, uploaded on May 17, 2013. For screenings and other information about the film, please be sure to check out http://outofprintthemovie.com . If you are seeing this on an E Ink Kindle as part of your 99-cents-per-month Kindle Subscription (thank you!), you will need to switch to your computer, tablet, or smartphone to watch the video. Once you are on… -
TKC 250 Vivienne Roumani
17 May 2013 | 7:19 pmDirector of “Out of Print” Interview Starts at 16:37 He [Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos] wanted to give me a half an hour–he gave me 45 minutes. And it was really an amazing interview. He was very bright, very warm, very gracious, and you got the sense that he really wanted to do good. That’s the sense you got–of course, still being a brilliant businessman, and those are not mutually exclusive. Show Notes and Links: Intro Belmont Hill School News “Amazon is Going to Buy Liquavista” by Nate Hoffelder – January 21, 2013 “Confirmed: Amazon Bought… -
Amazon Coins Arrive on Your Kindle Fire
13 May 2013 | 6:39 amI’m at my parents’ home, without my Kindle Fires, so I can’t check this out personally yet. But Jeff Bezos at Amazon.com’s landing page is announcing that everyone with a Kindle Fire will find 500 Amazon Coins, worth $5, in their account. “You can use the coins to buy apps and games, as well as items inside apps and games,” Amazon’s CEO writes. “And if you want to purchase additional coins for yourself or your family, you get to do so at a discount.” So the coins apparently won’t help you buy your next Kindle book to read on your… -
Doug Rushkoff’s Preparation for Colbert Pays off Handsomely
11 May 2013 | 3:23 pmIf you heard my interview with Douglas Rushkoff, author of Present Shock, in TKC 244 last month, you know he planned to spend two full days getting ready for his encounter with Stephen Colbert. Well, it looks as if his preparation paid off, because the interview on May 7 went very well indeed. It was a lightning round of ideas, manic theorizing and hilarious parries. At one point Colbert illustrated the interruptibility of our present-shocked lives by taking out his iPhone and tweeting a photo of Rushkoff making a point. “I want to send this out to my friend Lou-Dog,” Colbert… -
TKC 249 Guy Kawasaki
10 May 2013 | 8:02 pmFounder of Alltop, author ofAPE: Author Publisher Entrepreneur – How to Publish a Book Interview Starts at 13:55 People say, “Well, Guy, if you’re successful and more people become self-publishers there’s going to be more crap out there.” That’s true…. You could make the case that the cave-in started when Gutenberg had a printing press. Up till then you only had scribes working for the Pharaohs and the Pope and rich people. Let’s just face it: that horse is out of the barn, and that horse is procreating already, so you ain’t going to put…
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The NOOK Blog articles
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App Buzz: PBA Bowling Challenge
20 May 2013 | 6:49 amReady, Set, Bowl! The true-to-life action of PBA Bowling Challenge is so real, you’ll be tempted to lace up your bowling shoes every time you reach for your NOOK. While I had an unspectacular bowling career on my 2-person middle school team, I still look back fondly on those days spent at the local alley. But the sleek PBA Bowling Challenge app is a whole different (bowling) ball game. I had a great time picking out the exact ball that fits my style of play, and customizing the color for maximum opponent-intimidation impact I love playing the career mode, where… -
Free Fridays: Sanctus by Simon Toyne & Sherlock Holmes: The Blue Diamond App
17 May 2013 | 6:08 am"Hard to think of it as a debut, better to think of it as the beginning of a massive new adventure.” -The Daily Mirror (UK) Today’s Free Fridays book selection is the sophisticated thriller Sanctus by Simon Toyne. [PLEASE NOTE: There are also foreign language versions of this book available for NOOK, but they are not free. Please make sure that you download the English language version here.] Television veteran Simon Toyne’s debut novel is an ambitious conspiracy thriller that Brad Meltzer and Dan Brown fans will devour. The whole world is watching when a cloistered… -
Literature's Best Hero Dogs
16 May 2013 | 5:02 amOne of the loveliest books I've read recently is Sue Halpern's A Dog Walks Into a Nursing Home. In this engaging memoir, Halpern recounts the adventures of Pransky, her pet Labradoodle, who became a beloved therapy dog at a local nursing home. As is often the case, the human half of this inseparable duo had more to learn about life from her canine companion than she ever could have imagined. To celebrate the book's publication, I asked Halpern to name her favorite hero dogs, and she offered a fascinating list: When I was a child, one of my favorite… -
NOOK First: Compelling Reads from Emerging Authors
15 May 2013 | 4:29 amThe latest NOOK First collection offers a wide range of books for every type of reader--from a madcap PI mystery to the true story behind a hit motion picture. Below are four highlights from the current collection, but make sure to explore the entire offering of NOOK First titles. Good Night Sweet Angel by Clare McNally After escaping her marriage, Jenn Galbraith hoped to start a new life with her four-year-old daughter, Emily. But Jenn’s ex-husband has other plans. Evan follows them to their new home in Vermont, determined to take their lives. He succeeds only in… -
8 Questions for Dan Brown
14 May 2013 | 9:49 amDan Brown's highly-anticipated new Robert Langdon adventure, Inferno, is available for NOOK starting today. To herald this major publishing event, we asked Brown to share some thoughts on his foray into the world of Dante's masterpiece: You've said you first read the Inferno in High School. When did you first realize that Dante's work would be the basis for a novel? I’ve known for at least a decade that I would one day write a novel incorporating the world of Dante Alighieri. While researching Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code, I was immersed in church history…
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The IndieView
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IndieView with Erica Lucke Dean, author of To Katie With Love
20 May 2013 | 6:00 amOther than the two main characters who were completely cooked up in my head (and maybe taken from my own quirky personality at times) my characters were all based on someone I knew at the time. Loosely based, but they can see themselves in there, I think. We used to call each other by our character names at the bank. I miss those days…ok maybe I just miss the people. Erica Lucke Dean – 20 May 2013 The Back Flap Banker Katie James has a serious thing for romance novels. She’d almost rather settle for a fictional boyfriend than risk her heart on a flesh-and-blood man. -
#Free for your #Kindle, 5/20/2013
20 May 2013 | 3:30 amThe author of each of these books has indicated their intent to schedule these books for a free day for the Kindle versions today on Amazon. Sometimes plans change or mistakes happen, so be sure to verify the price before hitting that “buy me” button. Cloud Shadows by Milo Crispin Amazon US Amazon UK Dead(ish) by Naomi Kramer Amazon US Amazon UK Author’s interested in having their free book featured either here on Monday or a sister site on Thursday, visit this page for details. -
IndieView with Chanda Stafford, author of First
16 May 2013 | 6:00 amAs someone who loves reading all different types of literature, I suppose my target reader is a person like me. First has romance, a young adult main character, suspense, cool futuristic technology, and a moralistic dilemma: does anyone have the right to take another person’s life? Chanda Stafford – 16 May 2013 The Back Flap Seventeen-year-old Mira works on a farm in the ruins of Texas, along with all of the other descendants of the defeated rebels. Though she’s given her heart to Tanner, their lives are not their own. When Socrates, a powerful First, chooses Mira as his… -
IndieView with Sawney Hatton, author of Dead Size
13 May 2013 | 6:00 amGenre-wise, Dead Size is many things: a dark comedy, a psychological fantasy, a murder mystery, a police thriller, a love story. In a word, it’s different. There’s something for everybody… while perhaps not being for everybody. Sawney Hatton The Back Flap Gulliver Huggens has issues. He watched his family perish in a tragic car accident as a child. He doesn’t know how to win the heart of the girl at the coffee shop. And he shares his home with a clan of mischievous tiny people. Yet these all turn out to be the least of his troubles. A secret race of Giants dwelling in the… -
#Free for your #Kindle, 5/13/2013
13 May 2013 | 3:30 amThe author of each of these books has indicated their intent to schedule these books for a free day for the Kindle versions today on Amazon. Sometimes plans change or mistakes happen, so be sure to verify the price before hitting that “buy me” button. Ping Ping Panda: The Power of Personal Responsibility by Bernadette Shih and Stephen Smoke Amazon US Amazon UK The Knightmare by Deborah Valentine Amazon US Amazon UK Author’s interested in having their free book featured either here on Monday or a sister site on Thursday, visit this page for details.
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Review: 77. Nicholas by Grace Burrowes…
20 May 2013 | 6:00 amGrace Burrowes’ Lonely Lords series feature men who don’t think they deserve love, for whatever reason. drey’s thoughts: Nicholas Haddonfield is in a pickle. His dying father has demanded he marry, but he carries a pile of baggage which makes that a difficult proposition. Then he meets Leah Lindsey, who’s in a pickle of her own – she has to marry this Season or end up in dire straits. Being one of Grace Burrowes’ heroes, Nicholas’ honor cannot let doom befall Leah – not while there’s something he can do about it. And so they end up… -
Deborah Harkness’ SHADOW OF NIGHT paperback is coming!
18 May 2013 | 6:00 amDeborah Harkness’ SHADOW OF NIGHT, the #1 New York Times bestselling sequel to A Discovery of Witches, is out in paperback on May 28! And thanks to the publisher, I have a Q&A to share with you, along with a giveaway! Read on… A CONVERSATION WITH DEBORAH HARKNESS Q: A Discovery of Witches debuted at # 2 on the New York Times bestseller list with publications following in 37 countries. What has been your reaction to the outpouring of love for A Discovery of Witches? Was it surprising how taken fans were with Diana and Matthew’s story? A. It has been amazing—and a bit… -
Review: 76. Fury’s Kiss by Karen Chance…
17 May 2013 | 6:00 amI really liked Karen Chance’s Dorina Basarab, but the series’ release pace means I go a while in between books… drey’s thoughts: Dorina Basarab is a dhampir – she’s half-human, half-vampire. She doesn’t have a lot of friends, but outweighs that with innumerable enemies; the vampires hate her kind. As in, kill-on-sight hate. So it’s surprising that she’s kept herself in one piece for this long. Then again, it pays to have family in high places… Fury’s Kiss opens with Dory being rescued, not that she figures it out with any… -
Review: 75. Kitty Rocks the House by Carrie Vaughn…
16 May 2013 | 6:00 amHave you checked out Carrie Vaughn’s Kitty Norville series? I’m addicted to these books, and couldn’t wait to check out the latest, Kitty Rocks the House! drey’s thoughts: Kitty’s barely back in Denver, and she has a funeral to attend, finds out her sister’s losing it, and meets a new werewolf who wanders into town. All while she’s trying to build an alliance to fight Roman in the Long Game. Then Rick disappears with a vampire-priest. Yup, apparently there are vampire-priests. Brings to mind a book I enjoyed earlier this year – The Blood Gospel… -
May’s FEATURED AUTHOR: Shannon’s recommended reads…
15 May 2013 | 6:00 amHow fast is May going by? Faster than I’d like it to, that’s for sure. BUT it’s another Wednesday, and today our Featured Author Shannon Polson stops by with a bunch of books for you (& me) to check out! I’m at a bit of a loss to recommend favorite books. My answer to this impossible question has always been whatever I’m reading at the time; if that’s true, then right now it’s Andre Aciman’s collection of essays called Alibis, which is indeed worth your time. My all time favorites in high school were Great Expectations, Tess of the…
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Review of Awakening Evarun by Tom Barczak
18 May 2013 | 5:52 pmA thief named Talus hides among the ruins of Galadash. Hunted by the wizards and dragons who rule there, he escapes with the help of a boy who is more than what he seems, and who opens the door to the greatest adventure Talus has ever known.So begins Awakening Evarun Part I of VI. Awakening Evarun is a serial novel. Part II of VI will be coming soon.4 starsAwakening Evarun is the first part in a seven part series. It tells the story of a man hiding on the streets trying to avoid the attention of the wizards who rule and their dragons. When he is noticed by their minions a young… -
First Annual Book Bloggies
11 May 2013 | 5:53 pmI was recently informed that I have been nominated by the folks at JKSCommunications for an award in their first annual Book Bloggie awards. JKS is a literary publicity company that works with tons of bloggers to help promote books. They have four categories of awards and I have been nominated for Indie Reviewer of the Year. If anyone would care to vote you can find the surveys on their Facebook page. If anyone has a moment to go out and check out the other categories and vote to help me win a little bit of acclaim I would certainly appreciate the support.Thanks in… -
Reviews - Chinese Heritage Tales by Camille Piccot
7 May 2013 | 7:15 pmEmma Chan-McDougal receives a special gift from her Auntie Gracie: a rag doll named Raggedy Chan. But Raggedy Chan is no ordinary doll. She is a beautiful Chinese princess who lives in a jasper palace on the enchanted isle of Kunlun. The peace of her island home is threatened when Drought Fury steals Winged Dragon, bringer of rain. Without Winged Dragon, Kunlun will wither and die. To save her stricken homeland, Raggedy Chan sets forth alone. Her quest leads her to America, where she meets people who distrust her because she’s different. Can Raggedy Chan adapt to the strange ways of this… -
Review - Silver Knight by Caron Rider
5 May 2013 | 3:22 pmWhen seventeen-year-old Diana recognizes an elderly priest in a video on YouTube, she realizes that reincarnation is real and that she’s been alive before! Every night in her dreams, she relives her past learning that it’s kill or be killed. Now a bishop at the Vatican whom she saved in another life calls on her once more. She is needed to help defeat evil within the catacombs of Rome. But when she arrives in Rome, she meets Alexander – the man of her dreams! Through the centuries she has loved him…betrayed him...been killed by him. Will she give him another chance or this time will… -
The Fall of Ossard by Colin Taber review
1 May 2013 | 12:01 amOssard is falling... Growing up in a city of Merchant Princes, Juvela discovers she can see what others can't. The very currents of the celestial are open to her, and that includes the truths they hide: An escalating series of unsolved kidnappings have been haunting the city-state, leaving its shadows pooled deep with innocent blood. Has Juvela been cursed with the Witches' Kiss - or perhaps something worse? Yet, more is to come, for not only has she witnessed an abduction, but she will have to endure a role in the victim's ritual death. For Juvela is about to become forsaken, and that's…
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Author Solutions
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The 4 most important elements of a great novel
6 May 2013 | 3:22 pmThe Author Learning Center was created with the purpose to help authors learn from other authors to improve their craft, understand their publishing options, plus gain insights on marketing and bookselling. I have made the statement before that I think it is the most comprehensive resource on the web for aspiring authors to learn about writing, publishing and marketing. The latest example that supports my case is this interview with Meg Waite Clayton, author of Wednesday’s Daughter’s among others. Every good story has a beginning, middle and end. If you don’t have those,… -
Best-selling author Robert Dugoni shares how rejection can actually help you become a better writer.
23 Apr 2013 | 9:55 pmI have written many times about how much I respect the way the San Francisco Writers Conference runs their event. The sessions are always quite diverse and the keynote addresses are always top-notch. The other thing I really enjoy is meeting and hearing from authors who have been commercially successful. There are some exceptions, but for the most part, I have found these authors to be humble and encouraging to writers. Take for example this interview with Robert Dugoni. He is the author of a number of best-sellers, including Bodily Harm, Murder One and The Cyanide Canary. He shares how to… -
Will shorter attention spans and smaller screens impact the books we write?
21 Apr 2013 | 2:37 pmPhoto Illustration by C. J. Burton for The Wall Street Journal Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal, ran an interesting article titled, The Age of Bite-Size Entertainment, with the subtitle, As the world goes mobile, get ready for more movies, books and music that can be snacked on in a single sitting. In the opening paragraphs, the writer made these observations. When soap operas “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” come back to life online later this month, episodes will run for 30 minutes, about half as long as the hourlong blocks that ran on broadcast… -
Bestselling and prolific Goosebumps author, R.L. Stine shares how he comes up with ideas.
13 Apr 2013 | 9:15 amAt the San Francisco Writer’s conference this past year, R.L. Stine, bestselling author of the Goosebumps series gave an amazing keynote address. He had some great insights for all authors, but the thing I was most interested in was his discussion of how he comes up with ideas. What I have said for quite some time is that authors have to find their own way and method for writing. In this interview, which is featured on the Author Learning Center, Stine informs and inspires and affirms the idea that there is no formula for every writer to use. Enjoy. Filed under: authors, book… -
Phase 3 of a successful book marketing campaign: After your book is available for sale.
10 Apr 2013 | 4:19 amThis is the third and final installment of the series I have posted on the phases of a successful book marketing campaign. The final phase “post-publication,” might also be known as liftoff, because your book is now officially launched and ready to soar. Potential activities during this exciting stage could include the following: National coverage may be one of your goals, but the best place to start is locally; then expand from there. HOLD YOUR BOOK LAUNCH EVENT. Congratulations! You are a published author. Time to celebrate. If fact, this is one of the most important things…
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Indie Spotlight: Chris Dietzel
18 May 2013 | 4:54 pmHow hard can gaining an audience for your book really be? Surely, the biggest battle is getting it signed by a publisher, right? Well, as a long-time blogger and newbie to the marketing and publicity side of publishing, I'm here to tell you that, as an author - whether you self published or were picked up by a small press - the hard work is only just beginning... And Chris Dietzel, author of The Man Who Watched the World End, agrees with me. Heck, this former MMA cage fighter has a pretty cool analogy about fighting vs writing for you to sink your teeth and fists into.... Check it out:… -
Where Writers Write: Adam Golaski
15 May 2013 | 4:10 amWelcome to another installment of TNBBC's Where Writers Write! Where Writers Write is a weekly series that will feature a different author every Wednesday as they showcase their writing spaces using short form essay, photos, and/or video. As a lover of books and all of the hard work that goes into creating them, I thought it would be fun to see where the authors roll up their sleeves and make the magic happen. This is Adam Golaski. Adam is the author of Color Plates and Worse Than Myself. He edited The Problem of Boredom in Paradise: Selected Poems by Paul Hannigan. His… -
The Indie Ink Runs Deep: Christoph Paul
14 May 2013 | 1:43 pmI've been tossing around the idea of blogging a tattoo series for nearly a year now. I know there are websites and books out there that have been-there-done-that already, but I hadn't seen one with a specific focus on the authors and publishers of the small press community. After hoarding the photos and essays I've been collecting from these guys since July of 2012, and with the promise of spring peeking its deliciously sunny head out through all of this winter gloom, I decided there was no better time than now to finally unveil THE INDIE INK RUNS DEEP mini-series! Today's indie ink is… -
The Audio Series: Eli Brown
13 May 2013 | 2:00 amOur new audio series "The Authors Read. We Listen." is an incredibly special one for us. Hatched in a NYC club during BEA week, this feature requires more work of the author than any of the ones that have come before. And that makes it all the more sweeter when you see, or rather, hear them read excerpts from their own novels, in their own voices, the way their stories were meant to be heard. Today, Eli Brown reads to us from his novel Cinnamon and Gunpowder. Eli Brownlives on an experimental urban farm in Alameda, California. His first novel, The Great Days, won the Fabri… -
Indie Spotlight: Samuel Sattin
11 May 2013 | 12:34 pmFor years, we've stood by and listened (and possibly participated) as people discuss what exactly moves a book from the literary fiction realm into one of genre fiction. If it's plot heavy and straight forward, does it become genre? If it's prosey and character driven, does it then become literary? What if a book contains both a strong plot and flowery language? Is it possible for a book to hover above such classifications? Samuel Sattin, author of League of Somebodies and contributing Editor at The Weeklings, has something to say about that very discussion and where he feels his own…
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Book Of The Day – The Mystery of Smugglers Cove
19 May 2013 | 11:38 pmToday’s Book of the Day is a highly rated Children’s/Middle Grade book by Paul Moxham – and it’s 67% off. The Mystery of Smugglers Cove has a great 4.2 star rating and is on sale for only 99 cents – save $2! “This book is for kids with a vast imagination. I think it is amazing and everyone should read it. A great job by the author!!!!!” Harik S. – Amazon Reviewer The Mystery of Smugglers Cove by Paul Moxham Rating: 4.2 Stars Genre: Children’s/Middle Grade Price: $0.99 save $2 Visit Paul Moxham’s website Paul Moxham on Twitter… -
More Bargain and Free Books for 5-20-13
19 May 2013 | 11:03 pmRelax with your Kindle and enjoy another set of 2 bargain books and 2 free books. Please “LIKE” and let all the book lovers in your life know about ENT. Book Of The Day: The Mystery Of Smugglers Cove, by Paul Moxham, has a great 4.2 star rating and is on sale for only 99 cents – save $2! BARGAIN BOOKS High Stakes Gamble by Mimi Barbour Rating: 4.2 Stars Genre: Romantic Suspense Price: $0.99 “Mimi writes a wonderful story. From the first words to the last word you cannot wait to read more.” – Shirleen M. Aurora and Kai is back together again in this… -
Kindle Daily Deal, Bargain and Free Books for 5-20-13
19 May 2013 | 10:53 pmAdd more books to your Kindle library with today’s Kindle Daily Deal, 2 bargain books and 2 free books. Remember to “LIKE” and share your one stop source for book deals with everyone. Book Of The Day: The Mystery Of Smugglers Cove, by Paul Moxham, has a great 4.2 star rating and is on sale for only 99 cents – save $2! KINDLE DAILY DEAL Beach House No. 9 by Christie Ridgway Rating: 4.0 Stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Price: $1.99 Save $6.00 Subject to change back to full price at any time. When Jane Pearson arrives at Griffin Lowell’s beach house, she… -
More Kindle Deals for 5-20-13
19 May 2013 | 10:47 pmHere’s another collection of 2 bargain books and 2 free books for you to check out! Make sure to “LIKE” and share these deals with fellow book lovers. Book Of The Day: The Mystery Of Smugglers Cove, by Paul Moxham, has a great 4.2 star rating and is on sale for only 99 cents – save $2! BARGAIN BOOKS Selling Scarlett by Ella James Rating: 4.4 Stars Genre: Contemporary Romance Price: $0.99 Save $3.00 Make sure price is still 99 cents before clicking “Buy”. “I loved her story telling style and was hooked from the start. Selling Scarlett is most definitely… -
Bargain and Free Books for 5-20-13
19 May 2013 | 10:40 pmCheck out these 2 bargain books and 2 free books for your reading pleasure. Please “LIKE” and share your love for ENT with friends and colleagues. Book Of The Day: The Mystery Of Smugglers Cove, by Paul Moxham, has a great 4.2 star rating and is on sale for only 99 cents – save $2! BARGAIN BOOKS One Night With a Rock Star by Chana Keefer Rating: 5.0 Stars Genre: Christian Fiction Price: $0.99 Save $3.00 Make sure price is still 99 cents before clicking “Buy”. “The plot is wonderful, with characters that come to life, and will have you falling in love with…
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Book Feature – The Forgotten One by Laura Howard
18 May 2013 | 5:37 amIndie Book Promo is happy to welcome Laura Howard to the blog!! She’s the author of The Forgotten One and is here to share some information about her book. If this sounds like the type of book that you would enjoy reading please find some buy links at the bottom of the post and pick up a copy! About The Forgotten Ones Allison O’Malley’s plan is to go to grad school so she can get a good job and take care of her schizophrenic mother. She has carefully closed herself off from everything else, including a relationship with Ethan, who she’s been in love with for… -
Book Feature with James Tarantin, author of The Equation: The Yes After Yesterday
16 May 2013 | 5:00 amIndie Book Promo is happy to welcome James Tarantin to the blog today! He is the author of The Equation: The Yes After Yesterday and is here to share some information about his book. If this sounds like something that you would be interested in reading, please find some buy links at the bottom of the post and pick up a copy or two. The Equation: The Yes After Yesterday – by James Tarantin Synopsis: The Legendary Larry King writes “The Equation is a Cross-Cultural Odyssey, an asset that will inspire in people the science of accomplishment.” The Equation Book tells a true,… -
Interview with the Association for Natural Psychology, author of Overcoming ADHD Without Medication: A Guidebook for Parents and Teachers
14 May 2013 | 5:00 amIndie Book Promo is happy to welcome the Association for Natural Psychology to the blog today! They are the authors of Overcoming ADHD Without Medication: A Guidebook for Parents and Teachers. He’s here to share some information about his book and if this sounds like the type of book that you would be interested in reading, please find buy links at the bottom of the post and pick up a copy for you and a friend! IBP - Tell us about your new release? Association for Natural Psychology - Overcoming ADHD Without Medication provides parents with practical ideas to help their children… -
Book Feature – Junie Moon Rising by June Collins
11 May 2013 | 5:00 amIndie Book Promo is happy to welcome June Collins to the blog! She is here to share some information about her latest book, Junie Moon Rising! If this sound like something that you would be interested in reading, please find some buy links at the bottom of the post and pick up a copy or two. Blurb This sequel to Goodbye Junie Moon begins where she left off, in Washington, after testifying in Senate Hearings. She has sacrificed her business, and put herself at risk, by succumbing to her conscience and becoming a whistle-blower. In Vietnam she saw so much death and so many devastated lives,… -
Interview with Jordan Rosenfeld, author of Forged in Grace
9 May 2013 | 5:00 amIndie Book Promo is happy to welcome Jordan Rosenfeld to the blog. She is here to share some information about her book, Forged in Grace. If this sounds like the sort of book you would be interested in reading, please use the buy links at the bottom of the post to pick up a copy or two. IBP: How would you describe your book in 20 words or less without using the blurb? Jordan: A dark story of friendship—secrets, scars and healing—with a thriller’s pace and a touch of magic realism. IBP: State a random fact about yourself that would surprise your readers. Jordan: I am a teller of very,…
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[Pixel Picks] Deals & Steals for May 20th: Part 2
20 May 2013 | 9:39 amReady for some more great reads? Check out these Kindle Book Deals & Steals tonight! For non-U.S. readers, Kindle content availability and pricing will vary. Genre: Cookbooks, Mystery, Paranormal, Romance, Suspense Chasing Justice by Danielle Stewart Still free? Click Here to find out! Piper Anderson has been given a fresh start in the picturesque town of Edenville, North Carolina. But her plans of settling into a normal life are derailed when she witnesses a prominent judge in her community committing a violent assault. Running from her own past and fueled by a passion to make the judge… -
[Only 99c] Jane Austen Collection: 18 Works
20 May 2013 | 6:40 amJane Austen Collection: 18 Works, Pride and Prejudice, Love and Friendship, Emma, Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, Lady Susan & more! by Jane Austen Genre: Classic Literature, Jane Austen Doma House Publishing presents to you this version of The Complete Works of Jane Austen, which has been designed and formatted specifically for your Amazon Kindle. Unlike other e-book editions, the text and chapters are perfectly set up to match the layout and feel of a physical copy, rather then being haphazardly thrown together for a quick release. This edition covers everything including… -
[Pixel Picks] Deals & Steals for May 20th: Part 1
20 May 2013 | 6:04 amFor even more of the best eBook deals, be sure to check Pixel of Ink every day! For non-U.S. readers, Kindle content availability and pricing will vary. Genre: Children's Books, Contemporary Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Suspense Hurricane Season by Michaela Thompson Still free? Click Here to find out! The story of a storm, an illicit love affair, and moonshine… actually, two illicit love affairs. The 1950s leap off the page in this classic cozy mystery set in northern Florida in the Eisenhower era, complete with Johnny Ray on the jukebox and a Womanless Wedding – this one… -
[Pixel Picks] Deals & Steals for May 19th: Part 2
19 May 2013 | 9:36 amTake a peek at these Deals & Steals and snag your favorites while they last! For non-U.S. readers, Kindle content availability and pricing will vary. Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense, Urban Fantasy The Reverse Commute by Sheila Blanchette Still free? Click Here to find out! Sophie Ryan, a middle-aged woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown, is stuck in a dead-end job barely paying her bills. Adding to her problems, she and her husband, Ray, live in an old New Hampshire farmhouse with endless, humorous calamities. One night when Ray is out of town, Sophie… -
[Hot Deal] A Breath of Eyre – Save 80%
19 May 2013 | 6:36 amA Breath of Eyre by Eve Marie Mont Genre: Historical Fiction In this stunning, imaginative novel, Eve Marie Mont transports her modern-day heroine into the life of Jane Eyre to create a mesmerizing story of love, longing, and finding your place in the world. Emma Townsend has always believed in stories – the ones she reads voraciously, and the ones she creates. Perhaps it’s because she feels like an outsider at her exclusive prep school, or because her stepmother doesn’t come close to filling the void left by her mother’s death. And her only romantic prospect –…
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AAP Merges With Association of Educational Publishers
20 May 2013 | 11:40 am[Press Release]Association of Educational Publishers, Association of American Publishers to MergeWashington, DC and Wilmington, DE; May 20, 2013 – The Association of Educational Publishers and the Association of American Publishers are pleased to announce an agreement to merge, combining AEP’s quality programming and professional development with AAP’s public policy advocacy to provide the strongest services for the preK-12 education publishing industry in a rapidly changing environment.“We are especially proud of the programs we’ve developed at AEP and are glad that they will be… -
Bowker Launches SelfPublishedAuthor.com
20 May 2013 | 8:48 amAfter months of adding services for self-publishing authors to its ISBN platform, Bowker has taken the next step in offering information and services for independent authors.The book industry data and services provider has launched SelfPublishedAuthor.com, an information, advice and resources portal with information on self-publishing books and ebooks.In February, Bowker partnered with DCL and Vook to offer its customers who purchased ISBN numbers ebook production and distribution options. In May, Bowker teamed up with book publicity firm Smith Publicity to offer public relations services.The… -
Simon & Schuster Creates New Global Ebook Strategy Position
20 May 2013 | 6:45 amRecognizing the global growth of ebooks as well as the significant U.S. ebook market, Simon & Schuster has created a new senior-level position dedicated to developing the publisher’s worldwide ebook business.Doug Stambaugh will fill the role as vice president of global ebook market development and strategy. He will report to Simon & Schuster executive vice president of operations and chief financial officer Dennis Eulau.According to an internal memo from Simon & Schuster CEO Carolyn Reidy, Stambaugh will,help us further develop our ebook business in a manner that best… -
CourseSmart Updates Android App With New E-Textbook Features
20 May 2013 | 6:39 am[Press Release]CourseSmart Enhances Android Application Offering Significant New Features to Maximize eTextbook ExperienceCourseSmart eTextbooks Now Includes Online and Offline Capabilities, Ensuring Digital Course Materials can be Accessed on the GoCourseSmart®, a leading Educational Services Platform and the world’s largest provider of digital course materials, has announced today CourseSmart eTextbooks, a significant upgrade to its dedicated mobile application specifically designed for the Android Operating System (AOS). In response to customer demand, CourseSmart’s new… -
Where Best-Selling Ebooks Get Listed
20 May 2013 | 5:02 amAs of yesterday, the New York Times ebook best-sellers list is only available online. Additionally the Times will no longer include cover prices on its best-seller lists. This, because of “the fluid variety of pricing in today’s marketplace,” Pamela Paul, editor of The New York Times Book Review, told The New York Observer.You know that DBW publishes a weekly ebook best-seller list. In fact, this week’s list comes out tomorrow. But maybe you haven’t read the methodology, which describes how and why the DBW list shows price and publisher: “titles are grouped into sub-lists by price…
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New York Times Plans to Expand via Digital into other Countries
19 May 2013 | 10:52 pmThe New York Times attracts over 40 million readers to their website every month and the company sees it as a drop in the bucket. The newspaper is planning to expand into foreign language markets with a localized edition and unique content written by reporters based in those countries.One of the big reasons why the New York Times is expanding their digital unit outside of the US is because 30% of their internet traffic stems from outside the US. This will increase the amount of advertising revenue they should generate. They generated $191 million via advertisements in Q1 2013 and the… -
Digital Comics: Hunter Gorinson on Valiant’s Digital Strategy
19 May 2013 | 9:39 pmValiant Entertainment is the newest incarnation of a legendary comics publisher that was founded in 1989 by former Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter, drew in fans with strong, character-driven stories, and then fell on hard times and ceased publication in the early 2000s. The current owners bought the company in 2005 and began launching comics based on updated versions of the original Valiant comics, including X-O Manowar, Harbinger, Bloodshot, and Archer and Armstrong, last summer.From a digital point of view, Valiant is in an interesting position. They are one of the first publishers to… -
Postmedia Implements Digital Paywalls for all Canadian Newspapers
19 May 2013 | 8:52 pmPostmedia Network Canada Corp will be updating the remainder of their digital newspapers and implementing a full paywall structure. The National Post is one of the last big name newspapers only allowing the general public to view 10 free articles a month, before being asked to take out a subscription.Print subscribers of the National Post and the Financial Post can continue to get full access to the newspaper’s digital properties. Digital readers who do not have a print subscription can pay $0.99 for the first month and then $9.99 a month thereafter. Digital-only readers can also sign up… -
Zinio Takes Z-Pass out of Beta
19 May 2013 | 5:39 pmZinio has officially launched their new Z-Pass digital magazine subscription service, after being in Beta for the last four months. Creating a Z-Pass is simple and flexible. Customers choose three magazines from over 300 of the most popular titles among Zinio’s 5,500+ digital library, including Car and Driver, Surfer, Maxim, Cosmopolitan and Food Network Magazine for $5 per month. Additional magazines can be added to a Z-Pass for just $1.50 per title. Premium titles, including Star and The Economist can be added for an additional fee. Z-Pass customers can change their magazine line-up… -
Book Expo America Hackathon Focuses on Digital Discovery
18 May 2013 | 7:49 pmeBook and digital discovery is one of the most hot button issues facing the digital publishing industry. Many existing publishers and small start-up companies, such as BookLikes, NetGallery, Slice and many others, are throwing themselves into the fray. To stimulate growth and awareness in a burgeoning sector, a group of major media industry participants led by The Perseus Books Group, Librify, BookExpo, The AlleyNYC, and William Morris Endeavor will organize the industry’s first ever hackathon, an ambitious collaborative digital programming event.The Publishing Hackathon at Book Expo…
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Living Metal Present: Versus
20 May 2013 | 6:23 pmAfter the incident on Mars, both Anna and Sara are now fugitives and running from the law. They have the abilities to fuse and manipulate metal. Their only course of action was to use the data that they acquired to help others like themselves before the Government could get to them first. In Verses, plans that lay before them do not all way go the way they wanted. For Anna, she will find out first hand. Standing in her way was another of her kind, Nakita. She on the other hand has only on thing on her mind. Nakita wanted revenge and doesnât care to be discreetly of her… -
Living Metal Phase Two: Bullet Proof Heart
20 May 2013 | 5:38 pmAfter discovering another augmented human like herself, Anna, a local cop for New Dicon City sets out in hopes to find the one called Sara. With no luck on her side she was unable to find her. Exhausted from her search Anna stops to rest at a burger joint on the outskirt of town. Unknown to her that is was ruse set by the Red Skull Gang whose determent to get their revenge on Anna. This is part two to of my promotional comic that takes place between chapter five and six of my novel called Living Metal: Rebirth. -
Living Metal Phase one: Mercury Tears
20 May 2013 | 4:04 pmAfter awaking in the middle of a fire fight between two CTC retrieval team and the Neo Ameras, Sara fears for her life and looses control. She proceeds to kill anyone that she deems as a threat. Her acts were caught on video and was reviewed by one of the heads of the CTC corporation name only as Core. To his surprise what had been lost for a century have now resurface right in front of him. This is what his chance to continue the Living Metal project, and nothing will stand in his way. This first two comics of this series is a promotional comic book for my novel, Living Metal Rebirth. This… -
Roadkill
20 May 2013 | 11:51 amONE MAN'S JOURNEY INTO HELL, AS HIS LIFE, CONSUMED BY BLOOD LUST, SPIRALS OUT OF CONTROL. "A gripping tale of good and evil that offers disturbing a insight into the sometimes horrifying capabilities of the human mind. If that doesn't keep you awake at night, remember this - the Beast is still out there!"-Karina Gioertz (Author of Blood Bound: A Thriller Novel) A beast stalks the bleak and barren moorland. It is an unknown thing, a creature from the darkest, most terrifying of nightmares. When Ralph collides with a deer one starless night, old forgotten thoughts of blood and death re-emerge,… -
Agnes Grey
20 May 2013 | 8:56 amAgnes Grey is a novel by English author Anne Brontë, who was, let's face it, the least awesome of the Brontë sisters. She was, however, a lesser genius in a family of literary geniuses - so it certainly deserves to be read if you're a lover of 19th Century British lit. Agnes Grey is an autobiographical novel which recounts the experience of a young governess born of a financially-ruined clergyman. During England's Victorian period, there wasn't much else for a respectable and intelligent young woman to do: you were either wealthy and had governesses to care for your children, or you…
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The Octennial Cycle
13 May 2013 | 7:17 pmIt takes cicadas 17 years to come out of the ground. It takes 430 days for a beluga whale to gestate before it’s born. I takes roughly 9 months to reach the planet Mars, from Earth. It can take a couple of hours for me to write a typical blog post. And it’s taken 8 years for Diesel to hold its first store-wide sale. Good things come to those who wait. Or somethin’ like that. We rarely use the Diesel blog as an overtly promotional vehicle, but this is such a rare event that, for once, we’re going to break this unofficial cardinal rule. One of the reasons this is our first sale is that… -
Story Sandwich
5 May 2013 | 4:35 pmAs you may know, a good chunk of our content, here at the Diesel blog, is dedicated to the art of storytelling in all its glorious manifestations. But a good story isn’t just about words in a sentence in a book or eBook, you know. It can also unfold through music and images. Which is why, on this sunny East Coast Sunday, I’d like to focus your attention to one of the best things I’ve seen all week. Just in case you were wondering. Ha! Oh sure, having been blessed – or cursed – with bottomless curiosity, I’ve run across quite a few great things on the interwebs, this week. The… -
Used
23 Apr 2013 | 8:25 amIt’s kind of oxymoronic to describe something that never physically deteriorates as “used,” but that’s exactly what’s occurring in the latest chapter of the continuing evolution of the eBook marketplace. As you may have recently read, Amazon has been awarded a patent for a “Secondary Market for Digital Objects.” By objects, they mean bits and bytes not hardware – in other words, what’s commonly referred to as content. Last week, Apple applied to the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a similar patent. What this means is that “used” eBooks are a step closer to… -
Reading Emotions
14 Apr 2013 | 9:00 pmThere are certain words that I keep going back to time and again. If you’re no stranger to this blog, you know that compassion and empathy are two of them. And this certainly won’t be the last time you’ll read them here. I guess I’m on somewhat of a mission to plant them into the collective consciousness as much as I possibly can. A futile endeavor? Maybe not. A new study, you see, maintains that there are words denoting emotions which tend to dominate certain historical eras. According to this piece from NPR “a group of researchers from England used a computer program to analyze… -
Schoolgirls with Demonic Piercing Light Murder Guns
7 Apr 2013 | 8:09 pmThis may seem like a non-sequitur, but I’d like to focus your attention on a craze that’s sweeping the nation. The nation of Japan, that is. Some internet memes catch on like wildfire. Remember planking? But this specific, for lack of a better term, fad, is a whole different ball game. It’s called Makankosappo (Demonic Piercing Light Murder Gun). But more about that in a sec. I’ve always been pretty fascinated with Japanese culture. Ever since I visited the Land of the Rising Sun, even more so. Japan is a place of contradictions and mixed signals. Nothing is really quite what it…
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The Emerald Scepter
20 May 2013 | 7:18 pmBy Paul Kemprecos. Published by: Suspense Publishing. Price: $9.99 USD. Category: <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/category/3">Fiction</a> / <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/category/892">Adventure</a> / <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/category/1306">Action</a> / <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/category/3">Fiction</a> / <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/category/874">Thriller & suspense</a> / <a… -
New Beginnings (The Ivory Series, book 2)
20 May 2013 | 7:11 pmBy Melissa Crowe. Price: $1.99 USD. Category: <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/category/3">Fiction</a> / <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/category/1206">Fantasy</a> / <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/category/1211">Paranormal</a>. Melissa Crowe “So, when you say you need to go to Egypt and find The Creator. What does that mean exactly?” After 66 years as a blood drinker, Vaughan makes moves to regain the mortality that was stolen from him. When you make a deal with the devil, there’s… -
Newby Newton and The Jellybean Tower - Book 1
20 May 2013 | 7:06 pmBy K.L. Nesbitt. Price: $3.99 USD. Category: <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/category/3">Fiction</a> / <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/category/61">Children’s books</a> / <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/category/855">Fiction</a> / <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/category/3">Fiction</a> / <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/category/61">Children’s books</a> / <a… -
Not So Superpowered
20 May 2013 | 7:05 pmBy Liam Gibbs. Published by: Devil You Know Publishing. Price: $0.99 USD. Category: <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/category/3">Fiction</a> / <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/category/58">Graphic novels & comics</a> / <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/category/3249">Superheroes</a> / <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/category/3">Fiction</a> / <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/category/1206">Fantasy</a> / <a… -
The Red-Headed League (Annotated)
20 May 2013 | 7:03 pmBy Arthur Conan Doyle. Published by: Gray Cadence Publishing House. Price: $0.99 USD. Category: <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/category/3">Fiction</a> / <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/category/879">Mystery & detective</a> / <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/category/1120">Short Stories</a> / <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/category/3">Fiction</a> / <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/category/879">Mystery & detective</a> / <a…
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Call For Artists: RANT for $$
20 May 2013 | 4:43 amCall For Artists: RANT for $$ (via http://www.michalbrzezinski.org) Artists, don’t waste your ranting skills in LinkedIN groups! Open Call AxisWeb has an ongoing open call for Rant writers. Please see The Rant: Pitch for It! for more information about this paid writing opportunity. INSPIRE / INFORM / PROFILE / CRITIQUE / DEBATE / REVIEW The Axisweb webzine looks… Related Posts :Call to action — For Independent artists, self-published authors, and print on demand publishing companies Call to action — For Independent artists, self-published authors, and print on demand publishing… -
Why freelancing is always a full-time job
19 May 2013 | 9:37 pmWhy freelancing is always a full-time job (via Matador Network) Freelancers like to refer to the frightening, frustrating income style we’ve insanely chosen for ourselves as “Feast or Famine”: Sometimes you’ve got more work than you can shake your sweatpants at, and sometimes checking the mail is the most productive prospect you have for the day. There… Related Posts :5 Ways To Get Noticed and Earn a Full-Time Writing Job 5 Ways To Get Noticed and Earn a Full-Time Writing Job Guest Post by: Brittany Behrman Entering the writing field, whether you aim to be a jo ...Book Art - Book… -
#Humor for #Writers – The #BookLover Problem With A Good #Book
18 May 2013 | 11:06 pmThe Book-Lover’s Problem With A Good Book Sounds familiar? Credit: http://inkygirl.com/ Related Posts :Humor for Writers - The problem with being literalHumor for Writers - The problem with being literal A panda walks into a bar. He orders a drink and a meal. When he’s finished, he pulls ... -
San Francisco Book Festival This Saturday
18 May 2013 | 4:45 amSan Francisco Book Festival This Saturday (via PR Newswire) SAN FRANCISCO, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – The San Francisco Book Festival is holding a FREE and open to the public daytime book fair and publishing seminar on Saturday, May 18, 2013 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel, 450 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA 94102. The seminar is… Related Posts :Twitter fiction festival kicked off Wednesday Twitter fiction festival kicks off Wednesday (via AFP) Twenty-nine storytelling projects from around the world are being showcased from Wednesd ...A chance to get… -
ePublishing Week in Brief – May 13th ti 17th, 2013
17 May 2013 | 9:31 pmePublishing Week in Brief – May 13th ti 17th, 2013 Publishing industry roundtable plots a survival story Serial entrepreneur and Financial Times columnist Luke Johnson could be excused for having a pessimistic outlook on the publishing sector, having “lost a fortune” following his purchase of the UK arm of Borders, the book chain in 2007. At a roundtable discussion to launch this year’s Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award, the co-founder of private equity firm Risk Capital Partners says he “passionately” hopes books continue to prosper.
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Good Writing vs. Talented Writing
20 May 2013 | 11:00 amFrom Brain Pickings:The secrets of good writing have been debated again and again and again. But “good writing” might, after all, be the wrong ideal to aim for. In About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, and Five Interviews, celebrated author and literary critic Samuel Delanysynthesizes his most valuable insights from thirty-five years of teaching creative writing. . . .One his key observations is the crucial difference between “good writing” and “talented writing,” the former being largely the product of technique (and we know from H.P. Lovecraft that “no aspiring… -
Don’t bend
20 May 2013 | 10:00 amDon’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.Franz KafkaClick to Tweet/Email/Share This Post -
What You Need to Know about Book Piracy
20 May 2013 | 9:00 amFrom Claire Ryan at The Raynfall Agency:Okay, we all know about this. Piracy, the great and terrifying force that’s destroying authors’ means to make a living on one hand, and getting their work in front of thousands of new readers on the other. There’s plenty of conflicting information out there.1. Piracy is not something that can be stopped.This is because of the limits of technology. Sorry, guys. It’s not possible to stop piracy completely through technological means. If there was a way to do it, the big media companies would have found it by now, seeing as they’ve spent the last… -
Profound and hilarious poetry written by arranging book spines
20 May 2013 | 8:00 amFrom io9:Nina Katchadourian borrows the words she uses for her unusual poetry from the spines of books. She arranges those spines, book upon book, so that they form brief poems that are often insightful and surprising.Link to the rest at io9 and thanks to Joshua for the tip. You can buy Nina’s poems on AmazonClick to Tweet/Email/Share This Post -
How Amazon’s Rising Headwaters Could Threaten Google
20 May 2013 | 7:30 amFrom ReadWrite:From the earliest days, it was clear to me (and a few others, obviously) that Amazon was no ordinary company, at any level. However, three attributes set it (far) apart in my mind:Vision and ambition that were orders of magnitude beyond those of others team that I encountered (until, that is, I met Google);A cult-like dedication to customer experience/satisfaction that permeated every decision made by every person at the company; and,A business model that not only valued long-term cash flow and absolute profit potential, but also deemed near-term profits and profit margin…
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James Patrick Riley — Becoming a Scriptwriter
19 May 2013 | 10:30 pmJames Patrick Riley as Silas Rhodes in "Courage, New Hampshire"The blast of a shotgun that fired too close to his ear did its damage and, for a time, writer/creator/producer James Patrick Riley could barely hear.Nearing the end of the first episode of the mini series “Courage, New Hampshire,” a critical scene was still being filmed. But the hearing loss incurred from that blast left Riley unable to adequately hear the final words between the series lovers.“I had to ask Drew Ganyer (Director of Photography) if it went well and he assured me it did.”But it wasn’t until he could… -
Friday Book Review, Halftime
17 May 2013 | 9:30 amHalftime, by Bob P. Buford“The real test of a man is not when he plays the role that he wants for himself, but when he plays the role destiny has for him."~Vaclav HavelWhat if the second half of your life could be more effective and successful than the first? Bob Buford explores how we can assess, regroup and direct our lives from success to significance. No matter our financial condition or cultural stature, we can possibly become more of what God intended us to be in the second half of our life than the first.Halftime is that period just like during a sporting event where we can stop,… -
Indie Pub Part 4
15 May 2013 | 12:49 amWe're continuing in our look at Independent Publishing. So far we've covered the changes in the publishing world, how to format your book for print and for e-publishing, and how to make an eye-catching cover. Today we're going to look at where to sell what you write. Where to Sell What You Write If you were publishing through the traditional, legacy publishers, this would be less of an issue. The advantage that the legacy publishers have typically had over the independent author is the issue of distribution and marketing. That being said, many legacy and boutique publishers, facing rising… -
Autocrit - My Bestest Buddy, by April Gardner
12 May 2013 | 11:08 pmWelcome to our guest!By April Gardner Someone on the John 3:16 Marketing Network recommended the website AutoCrit.com. I looked into it, and so far, it has all the appearance of being useful tool for writers. In the company's own words, “The AutoCrit Editing Wizard is an instant book editor. With the click of a button it shows you the problems in your manuscript.”Copy, paste, click “analyze.” That simple.The free version analyzes 1,500 words each day. It will check for overused words, sentence length variation, and clichés and redundancies.The paid version increases… -
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10 May 2013 | 2:00 amAN UNHOLY COMMUNIONby Donna Fletcher Crow In this third novel of The Monastery Murders Series, Donna Fletcher Crow turns to well-researched consideration of the occult. Felicity Howard wakes from dreaming of a black-clad figure plummeting to death from a tower, only to see the actual event happen and the body roll to a stop at her feet. The apparent suicide is Hwyl Pendry, a former student of Felicity’s fiancé, Father Antony. In the hand of the deceased is a…
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5 Reasons You Should Stop Writing
19 May 2013 | 5:00 amSometimes the best thing a writer can do is not write. There are going to be times when our brains are fried, our imaginations are dried up, and our lives are demanding we put non-writing priorities first. In these situations, is it ever acceptable to just surrender and throw down the pen for a while? My answer is absolutely. In fact, sometimes it’s wise to deliberately plan to stop writing. Let’s consider a few instances in which not writing is not only acceptable but important. 1. To let a story breathe By the time we finish writing a novel, our objectivity will have packed its… -
A Powerful Storytelling Tool: Getting Readers to Fill In Your Character’s Blanks
17 May 2013 | 5:00 amThis post is by Roz Morris. You know that moment when you’re reading a story and you know what a character is thinking? You’re so in touch with him that you feel it yourself? Wonderful, isn’t it? But this has to be handled with care. There are times when readers are eager to fill the blanks; just as many times, though, they are not. If you can work out when they will and when they won’t, you have a powerful writing tool. Two instances in which readers wont know what your character is thinking 1. Establishing characters When writers introduce a protagonist, they often want to get… -
Are Your Bad Guys Dying in the Right Order?
15 May 2013 | 5:00 amThis week’s video talks about the proper sequencing for the defeat of your antagonists in your story’s climax. Video Transcript: When it comes to the climax, we’re always intent on giving readers the biggest bang for their buck, and that would seem to mean always saving the biggest explosion for last. But there’s actually another consideration to keep in mind when ordering the events of your climax. Now, before I get any farther, let me just stop to clarify that when I talk about climactic explosions or killing bad guys, I’m just applying these terms generally to antagonists. There… -
17 Steps to a Reader-Grabbing Title
12 May 2013 | 5:00 amSmart readers know better than to judge a book by its cover (or maybe not), but what about judging a book by its title? A book’s title is there not just to identify the book, but also to make a statement about what’s inside its pages. Readers will gain their first impression of your book from either its cover or its title, and that makes your title one of your most important bits of marketing. No pressure, right? Some authors wait until after finishing the first draft to title the book. Some, like me, need at least a working title before the idea can even begin to gel. Traditionally… -
What House-Sitting Teaches You About Writing
10 May 2013 | 5:00 amThis post is by Jessica Baverstock. When it comes to describing our characters’ houses, belongings, and preferences, it’s easy to cut corners. We may write in our personal preference or just the first thing we think of. These descriptions provide insights into your character’s mind. Done well, they can be an excellent opportunity to show instead of tell I came to a better understanding of how easily belongings reveal personalities during a recent house-sitting gig. I was referred by a friend so I knew little about the people whose house I’d be inhabiting for a month. As…
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Patchett Rallies Author Troops to Get Involved With Health of The Publishing Industry
19 May 2013 | 7:15 amEvery so often authors immersed in the traditional world of publishing pop their heads above the precipice and make grandiose statements about independent publishing, the retail book trade, and, in particular, self-publishing and self-published authors. Garrison Keillor tried it prior to Book Expo 2010 with an article for the New York Times, and last summer Sue Grafton tried her hand at making -
Guest Post: Appearances Can Be Deceptive - Vincent Flannery
15 May 2013 | 8:31 amThe word appearance has two meanings: one literally means to appear; the other describes what something looks like. Let’s talk about the first meaning, which is the first thing a writer thinks about: how am I going to get this book to readers? Most writers will have gone through the arduous task of sending work out to agents or, in some cases, directly to publishers. (Though very few -
Publishing Service Index - May 2013
9 May 2013 | 10:42 amThis is the PUBLISHING SERVICE INDEX for MAY 2013. This update reflects some review updates and the review of Llumina Press. TIPM continues to receive a regular feedback on services since the last index at the end of March, both positive and negative, and this is also reflected in the latest index ratings. CLICK TO ENLARGE (KEY) DIY - Do-it-yourself bespoke sevices ASS - Author -
Class Action Complaint Against Penguin/Author Solutions - Part 2
8 May 2013 | 4:01 pmThe class action complaint lodged with the New York court at the end of April alleges that ASI misrepresent its company and services with the intention of luring authors in with claims that its books can compete with “traditional publishers,” offering “greater speed, higher royalties, and more control for its authors.” The suit also alleges that ASI profit from “fraudulent” practices, fail -
Class Action Complaint Against Penguin/Author Solutions - Part 1
7 May 2013 | 8:23 amOn April 26th US law firm Giskan SolotaroffAnderson & Stewart filed a class action complaint on behalf of three authors in the Southern District Court of New York. The plaintiffs have been named as Penguin Group (USA) and Author Solutions of Bloomington, Indiana. For the uninformed, you might wonder why a leading global publisher and the largest company of paid-publishing services are named
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The Bookshelf Muse
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Physical Attribute Entry: Chest
17 May 2013 | 3:30 amPhysical description of a character can be difficult to convey—too much will slow the pace or feel 'list-like', while too little will not allow readers to form a clear mental image. If a reader cannot imagine what your character looks like, they may have trouble connecting with them on a personal level, or caring about their plight. One way to balance the showing and telling of physical description is to showcase a few details that really help 'tell the story' about who your character is and what they've been through up to this point. Think about what makes them different and… -
Donald Maass Wisdom: Cultivate Reader Interest Through Unexpected Emotions
15 May 2013 | 3:30 amRecently I was at a workshop with Donald Maass and the topic of Emotional Writing came up. As you can imagine, I immediately perked up and my fingers became cyclones over the keyboard of my iPad, taking notes. photo credit: Send me adrift. via photopin cc The gist of it was this: the most powerful stories have emotional writing, the kind where we dig deep into our own feelings and then put them on the page. Donald encouraged us to move past ‘expected’ character emotions and try for something deeper, more primal. Something unexpected. We were to take a scene from our book, list the primary… -
Using Nonverbal Communication to Wow Readers WEBINAR
13 May 2013 | 12:01 pmHi everyone I just wanted to post a reminder about our webinar TODAY at WANA International. This is a great opportunity to talk show about one of the biggest problems writers face: showing character emotion. Here's more info below, along with the REGISTRATION LINK. Hope to see you there! Using Nonverbal Communication to Wow Readers Instructors: Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi Email: jaddpublishing@gmail.com Date: May 14th, 2013, 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm EST Description: Readers read to have an emotional experience, to feel what’s happening on the page. With the vast… -
Physical Attributes Entry: Butts
11 May 2013 | 12:30 amPhysical description of a character can be difficult to convey—too much will slow the pace or feel 'list-like', while too little will not allow readers to form a clear mental image. If a reader cannot imagine what your character looks like, they may have trouble connecting with them on a personal level, or caring about their plight. One way to balance the showing and telling of physical description is to showcase a few details that really help 'tell the story' about who your character is and what they've been through up to this point. Think about what makes them different and… -
Hiding Emotions: Just Act Normal
8 May 2013 | 12:30 amAs humans, we value honesty and strive to be as truthful as we can as often as we can. But in truth, protection is also important to our species, and many times it trumps honesty. To protect ourselves, everyone periodically resorts to deception—to avoid consequences, to get what we want, to keep from hurting ourselves or others. One of the most common deceptions I see has to do with our emotions. We mislead others to think we’re feeling one way when we’re really feeling something else. Why? To avoid questions we don’t want to answer, to deny our true feelings and avoid having to face…
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The Creative Penn
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What Writers Can Learn From Dan Brown’s Inferno
17 May 2013 | 11:10 pmBack in 2000, Dan Brown changed my life. I have a Masters in Theology from the University of Oxford and religion, art history, architecture and spirituality are just some of my obsessions. Up until 2000, I thought that the only option to be a successful author in that arena was to follow in the footsteps of Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose. But then Dan Brown made the religious thriller mainstream and commercial and it now has a great niche all of its own, with Steve Berry, James Rollins, Scott Mariani and others writing in the genre. There are now so many options for readers like me… -
Let’s Get Visible. Cracking The Amazon Algorithms With David Gaughran
14 May 2013 | 11:45 pmThere are two main ways that people will find your books. (1) Through your book This is all about your book retailer sales page, targeted email marketing and promotions and other things that have nothing to do with your “platform”. After all, how many books do you pick up where you know nothing about the authors at all? Quite a few I’d imagine. (2) Through you This is all about your platform and how you reach people in the world. This includes content marketing, social, multimedia, PR and anything that relates to you. One thing to keep in mind when weighing up how to spend… -
5 Ways Writing Short Stories Can Boost Your Writing Career
11 May 2013 | 11:35 pmUntil a few months ago, I had never written a short story for publication. But then I was commissioned to write three for the Kobo Descent competition based on Dante’s Inferno for the launch of Dan Brown’s new book, also called Inferno. I read about 50 stories and lots of information on how to write them and then I jumped in. You can get all three stories here. It was a LOT of fun, and I experimented with a genre I haven’t written before. I wrote two dark mystery stories and one post-apocalyptic story which was something very new to me. So I know personally that short… -
You Have Permission
9 May 2013 | 1:54 amYou can’t write that. You can’t think that. You can’t imagine those things. You don’t have permission to be that person, to think like that, to write like that, to publish that. You’re a nice girl. What will people think of you? That’s my inner critic speaking, but I’ve also heard those words echoed from people close to me over the years. I think it’s only been in the last six months that I have given myself permission to let the raw side of me loose on the page. I’m finally finding my voice. It’s scary as hell because it turns out… -
Writing Travel Memoir, Tackling Risk And Adventuring With Alastair Humphreys
6 May 2013 | 11:05 pmI am definitely a travel and experience junkie and I still have ‘itchy-foot’ syndrome which means I have to get away to somewhere different regularly. I definitely have a travel memoir in me, perhaps one day it will see the light of day! But in the meantime, I have a special interview for you with Alastair Humphreys, named as a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year and someone who motivates me personally. Podcast Sponsor: Get a free audiobook and 14-day trial today by signing up at AudiblePodcast.com/thecreativepenn Alastair is an adventurer, author of 5 books and a…
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Why Does An Author Need to Have a Blog?
13 May 2013 | 8:20 pmby D’vorah Lansky, M.Ed. I’d like to thank Shelley for graciously hosting me, as a guest blogger, in celebration of the launch of my newest book, 21 -
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Be Original and Win Loyalty
8 Apr 2013 | 7:40 amIn the publishing and writing field, you have to be original in literary output only then you can think of winning the loyalty of the readers which is
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5 Self Publishing Mistakes You Can Avoid
20 May 2013 | 4:00 amUnfortunately, some people have a negative perception of self publishing. This is because some self publishing authors make detrimental mistakes that prevent their books from being taken seriously. If you want to be seen as a professional author with a successful book, be sure to avoid these five self publishing mistakes: 1)Doing the interior yourself - You’re a writer; not a book designer. Leave this task to the professionals and focus your time on writing and promoting your book. 2)Using a template cover - Most readers judge a book by its cover, so having an eye-catching, quality… -
5 Pinterest Marketing Tips for Self-Publishing Authors
17 May 2013 | 4:00 amWhen used appropriately, social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn can be effective tools for book marketing. The hottest social media trend right now is Pinterest! Like the other social media sites, it can help self publishing authors facilitate communication with current and potential readers, generate sales, and increase awareness of their books. This photo sharing site enables users to “pin” images and videos to virtual pinboards, or “Boards,” and share them with others. Users can organize their pins based on their interests; a few popular… -
Weekly Self Published Book Review: Traegona: The Ember Rune
16 May 2013 | 4:00 amBook reviews are a great way for self-publishing authors to gain exposure. After all, how can someone buy your book if he or she doesn’t know it exists? Paired with other elements of your book promotion strategy, requesting reviews is a great way to get people talking about what you’ve written. When we read good reviews, we definitely like to share them. It gives the author a few (permanent) moments of fame and allows us to let the community know about a great book. Here’s this week’s book review by Midwest Book Review: Traegona: The Ember Rune K. S. Krueger Publisher: Outskirts Press… -
Congratulations to the 2013 CIPA EVVY Awards Finalists
15 May 2013 | 4:00 amLater this week, on May 18th, the Colorado Independent Publishers Association (CIPA) EVVY Awards will be hosting the 2013 award banquet. The event will take place at Marriott Denver South at Park Meadows and all proceeds will benefit the literacy projects of the CIPA Education and Literacy Foundation (CIPA ELF). CIPA is a nonprofit association of independent book publishers, authors, future authors and related publishing service providers that has been providing leadership since 1992. Members come from many states as well as from Colorado and three foreign countries to take advantage of… -
Self Publishing Week in Review: 5/10/13
14 May 2013 | 4:00 amAs a self-publishing author, you may find it helpful to stay up-to-date on the trends and news related to the self publishing industry. This will help you make informed decisions before, during and after the self publishing process, which will lead to a greater self publishing experience. To help you stay current on self publishing topics, simply visit our blog every Tuesday to find out the hottest news in self publishing this week. How I Self Published, Sold 60,000 Copies, And a Literary Agent Found Me One of the many self publishing success stories. Read and be inspired. New Publisher…
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5 Must-Have Apps For On-The-Go Authors
15 May 2013 | 4:00 amI have a new best friend, y’all. Her name is Siri. (Sorry Toni!) I know I’m really late to this party, but I just got an iPhone 5 last week and we are officially operating as one unit. It’s the first thing I reach for when I wake up and the last thing I check before bed. But enough about my and my obvious technological dependency issues (my therapist and I will have plenty of time to talk about that down the road, I’m sure). What I really want to share with you is how much time I’ve been able to save with my marketing efforts by using a handful of awesome (and… -
Gut Check: How Bad Do You Want It? (Publishing Success, That Is!)
8 May 2013 | 5:00 amI think my husband is a little bit weird. I don’t think I’m the only partner to think this way about her significant other (am I right?), but it wasn’t until very recently that I started to figure out what makes him so (adorably) socially awkward. Back when I was in college, I spent my Tuesday nights taking advantage of Domino’s Two for Tuesday deal and watching American Idol in my dorm room. When Michael was in college, on the other hand, he spent Tuesday nights at the computer science lab, working diligently on his current coding assignment and studying his butt… -
Book Layout Made Easy with a Professionally Designed Word Template [Guest Post]
22 Apr 2013 | 5:00 amThe following is a guest post from Tracy Atkins who (along with The Book Designer, Joel Friedlander) has developed a series of book design templates just for indie authors. Read to the end for a discount code that’ll save you almost 50%! Layout is for the birds. As a self-published author, one of the hardest parts of getting my book to print was converting my manuscript into a fully formatted book. I came to find that laying out a self-published book correctly is one of those jobs that seems simple at first, but can take an incredible amount of time. Getting all of the pagination right,… -
Feeling Stuck? End Book Marketing Paralysis in Just 5 Minutes
18 Apr 2013 | 5:00 amLast night, I jumped out of bed after having one of THOSE dreams. You see, wacky dreams are kind of my thing, but they (luckily) usually keep to the neutral/non-scary end of things. Every once in awhile, though, I’ll have one like this: [Harp-y Dream Sequence Sound Effect] I’m laying in bed, watching a bit of TV before bed. The next thing I know, I’m in my bedroom closet, hiding from the Daleks, these Doctor Who villains who attack you with weapons that look like a whisk and a plunger (I know). Anywho, they’re barging into my house yelling… -
The Justin Timberlake School of Rocking Your Book Launch
10 Apr 2013 | 5:00 amIn addition to charming you with his suave style, sweet dance moves, and amazing falsetto melodies, Justin Timberlake can teach you a thing or two about how to rock your book launch. Teach us, oh master. Seriously. For those of you under-the-rock-dwellers, Mr. Timberlake recently released his third album, the 20/20 Experience, and sold 968,000 copies in the first week. That’s a lot. Even for Justin. Most of the agencies that project numbers for these sorts of things estimated Justin’s third album in seven years would move about 500,000 copies at best, given the market for music…
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Backspace: The Writers Place
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Brenda Novak Online Auction for Diabetes Research – bid on manuscript critiques, and more!
10 May 2013 | 5:28 amEvery year, beginning May 1 and continuing through the end of the month, New York Times and USA Today bestselling Author Brenda Novak runs an online auction for diabetes research. The auction takes a full year to plan and pull off, but it’s a labor of love—an effort to help all the people who, like her youngest son, suffer from diabetes. This year, the Salt Cay Writers Retreat has donated a long list of items to the auction, including a full scholarship to the retreat, a cocktail party for 4 at Folio Literary Management’s New York City office, signed books, and homemade salsa and… -
Why Literary Agents Attend Writers Conferences (It’s Not What You Think) by Karen Dionne
2 Apr 2013 | 5:48 amAs co-founder of the online writers community Backspace, I’ve been organizing the Backspace Writers Conferences held twice-annually in New York City for the past 9 years. Recently a writer who is considering attending Backspace’s newest offering, the Salt Cay Writers Retreat taking place this October on a private island in the Bahamas, wondered how we’re able to assemble such a high-level group of bestselling authors, editors, and agents for a week-long workshop. “Other than the locale and swimming with dolphins,” she asked, “what do you think the faculty members hope to get out… -
Faith and a Box Full of Clock Parts by Karen Dionne
26 Mar 2013 | 4:03 amI’m ten years old. My Big Ben-style alarm clock has stopped working. Maybe I wound it too tightly, maybe it’s just worn out. Whatever the reason, the alarm hasn’t gone off in days. I know I can fix it, if only I can get a look inside. When I tell my parents, they don’t laugh. Instead, my dad gives me a set of miniature screwdrivers, my mom gives me an empty shoebox, and on that day, my writing career is born. Okay, technically, I didn’t take up novel writing until I was in my mid-forties. But by encouraging me to go ahead and try to fix that clock, even though they knew full well… -
Announcing the Salt Cay Writers Retreat – a unique opportunity from Backspace for advanced literary fiction, memorists, and nonfiction writers
18 Mar 2013 | 6:43 amDid you know that William Styron put the finishing touches on Sophie’s Choice while vacationing on Salt Cay, Bahamas? Or that Anne Morrow Lindbergh worked on Gifts From The Sea during a visit to Salt Cay as well? Now you too can practice your craft on this beautiful private Bahamian island. While the Salt Cay Writers Retreat curriculum is particularly suited for advanced literary and upmarket commercial fiction writers, memorists and narrative non-fiction writers, any author who wishes to take their writing to the next level is welcome to join us for a memorable week of writing and… -
10 Tips for Launching A Book Without Losing Your Mind by Randy Susan Meyers
27 Feb 2013 | 12:11 pmRandy Susan Meyers will be on the faculty at the 2013 Backspace Writers Conference May 23-25, New York City Unmitigated panic. Unrelenting fear. Ulcer-inducing worry. Two years ago my book was launching and I should have been on cloud nine. I was realizing a life-long dream at a time when many my age popped Lipitor. I was edging close to a sedative habit. Looking back to my novel debut, terror defined my anticipatory state-of-being. How would I bear bad reviews? (Weeping. Definitely weeping.) What if I got no reviews? (More weeping) What if no one came to my book launch party? What…
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Ebook Friendly
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The learning device for education [infographic]
20 May 2013 | 10:03 amIn this newly published infographic Lenovo tries to convince that their ThinkPadX131e is a much better device for education than the iPad. Classrooms have gone digital, and the ThinkPad X131e was made for education. The reliable, customizable, and easy-to-use device helps teachers and empowers students. Durability, manageability, multi-port connectivity, and storage – it’s all important, but the first question to ask is whether it should be a tablet or not. What’s your opinion: should it be a tablet or a notebook? If a tablet, which operating system should it run? Via… -
A cartoon explains ebook price-fixing case
19 May 2013 | 12:41 pmEbook price-fixing case is back on the agenda. While everyone discusses Steve Jobs’ emails, Amazon is playing with ebook prices – and it’s not only about pulling them down. Dan Brown’s Inferno is a good example - its ebook version is most expensive on Amazon. In September last year, attorney Bob Kohn created a comic strip that was trying to explain ebook price-fixing settlement. ComMetrics put it into an infographic, letting users better understand what is the issue about. Is agency model bad? Can retailers have the power to adjust prices (up and down)? When the… -
Ebook love #95 [picture]
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Happy Kindle – pixel art based on Happy Mac icons [picture]
18 May 2013 | 6:37 amBrazilian designer Carlos Peixoto created these wonderful black & white icons every addicted Mac user will recognise in no time. Which happy Kindle you are? Via Dribbble. Happy Kindle – pixel art based on Happy Mac icons [picture] was originally published on Ebook Friendly. -
The price of Kindle edition of Dan Brown’s “Inferno” jumps to $22.70
18 May 2013 | 5:30 amA few days after the launch of Inferno, the 4th book from Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon series, its price has jumped by 54%, from $14.75 to $22.70. I’ve made an update to a comparison of the book’s prices in major ebookstores, but for a couple of reasons this case needs a separate treatment. On May 14, the day of launch, Amazon was the place where the digital version was the cheapest, compared to competition. It somehow proved the point, that its Amazon to pull ebook prices down. The launch price of the ebook version was $14.99 in Kobo, Nook Store, and iBookstore. A couple of…
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Indie House Books
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Indescribable Joy
20 May 2013 | 8:02 amby Joel Dison Who would not want more joy in their life? How about joy that is indescribable? For the Christian, however, joy is more than just something we wish to have and experience. According to Galatians 5:22, joy is a part of the fruit of the Spirit. That means joy should be a natural outpouring of the Holy Spirit’s work in our lives. Why is it, then, that even Christians are often hungry for more joy in our lives? Why are we constantly searching for joy? The post Indescribable Joy appeared first on Indie House Books. -
I Stopped Time
20 May 2013 | 5:54 amBy Jane Davis “Can you think of a really good memory? Perhaps you can see it when you close your eyes. Now, imagine you can take it out and look at it whenever you want to!” Turn of the century Brighton. A spark is ignited when wide-eyed Lottie Pye enters Mr Parker’s photographic studio and discovers the new medium that will shape her life, becoming a passion. 2009: Disgraced politician Sir James Hastings has resigned himself to living out his retirement in a secluded Surrey village. He doesn’t react when he learns that the mother who abandoned him as a baby has died at the age… -
An Interview with Author Sindhu S.
20 May 2013 | 4:42 amSindhu S. IHB: Briefly describe your journey in writing your book. Sindhu:I wrote the book seven years ago. It took about six months to write the story, following a sudden burst of creativity, at the end of which I suffered lingering writer’s bloc. I forgot about the book completely for the next five years. Two years back my son, who turned 19 that year nudged me to complete the publishing process. I completed at least seven rounds of revision, roped in a few friends to read the manuscript and point out areas that called for improvement. It was a painstaking process. Two… -
Survival Seeds For Life
20 May 2013 | 4:15 amby Zachary Carver You will soon see the headlines saying; Heirloom Seeds… Organic Seeds… and Non Hybrid Seeds… are ALL BANNED! The setup for this coming ban can be found in both the Monsanto Protection Act and the EU Plant Reproductive Law. The post Survival Seeds For Life appeared first on Indie House Books. -
OFF THE MARKET
20 May 2013 | 4:13 amby Casia Shreyer Living in a small, religious community can be hard for any teenager, but it was especially hard on Paul Arnold. Paul had been a decent kid with two younger brothers, a loving mother, and an asshole abusive father. But Paul stayed and took the abuse until his youngest brother was old enough to get the hell out. And out they got, straight to the big city, swearing never to come back. The post OFF THE MARKET appeared first on Indie House Books.
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Vyrso Voice
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The 30-Day Praise Challenge
17 May 2013 | 10:54 amToday’s guest post is by Becky Harling, an author, speaker, and women’s ministry consultant and life coach. Becky and her husband, Steve, have served together in pastoral ministry for over 30 years. The greatest adventure of my life began with a challenge from my mentor, hours after I had been diagnosed with breast cancer. The challenge was this: try spending 20 minutes a day praising God for five days. At the time, I thought, “What a bizarre idea! I have just been diagnosed with cancer. The last thing I feel like doing is praising God. Shouldn’t I fast, pray, and beg God for… -
3 Ways You Can Share God’s Good News
16 May 2013 | 1:24 pmLooking for a bit of good news? The Gospel of Matthew is full of it. In fact, the word “Gospel” literally translates to “good news.” According to the Blackaby’s devotional Encounters with God: The Gospel of Matthew “Matthew was writing to tell the good news of Jesus’ miraculous and miracle-filled life, His life-giving messages, His sacrificial and atoning death, and His hope-inspiring and divine resurrection from the dead.” What have you done lately to share God’s love and good news? Prayed with a coworker? Testified to a nonbeliever? Sang at church? If you’re not sure how… -
Finding the Freedom of Forgiveness
14 May 2013 | 8:11 amToday’s guest post is by Suzanne Eller, one of the speakers and writers from the national Proverbs 31 ministry and cohost of the national radio show Encouragement Cafe. Just forgive; Jesus did. Choose to forgive. The Bible says we should. What do you do when you’re faced with advice like this, but you walk away still burdened with feelings about, or entanglements with, a person or the past? The word “forgive” is not, as many people think, one-dimensional. It doesn’t just mean “let go and let God”—a challenge for anyone who has experienced traumatizing abuse, injustice,… -
Unraveling the Mystery of the ‘Beloved Disciple’
13 May 2013 | 10:57 amFor centuries, scholars and theologians alike have been arguing over who wrote the Gospel of John. Was it John the Apostle? Was it Lazarus? Was it some unknown priest or disciple? No one knows for sure, but there is one primary clue about the Gospel’s authorship that answers a more meaningful question: What does it mean to be a true disciple of Christ? Who Wrote the Gospel of John? Instead of blatantly revealing the author, the Gospel of John gives a simple hint to the author’s identity. In John 13:23, the author identifies himself as the “the disciple whom Jesus loved.” The… -
On Sale Now—Blackaby’s Encounters with God: The Gospel of Luke
10 May 2013 | 12:10 pmLuke, the New Testament’s longest book, is full of profound insight and dramatic encounters in the life of Jesus. Full of many of the Gospels’ best-loved stories and parables, Luke’s narrative is powerful and uplifting. Thinking of leading a study through Luke’s Gospel? Looking for a powerful study to do on your own? Check out Encounters with God: The Gospel of Luke. This informative study from bestselling author Henry Blackaby is on sale right now for only $7.49. You’ll get seven in-depth lessons, including: God Works through Ordinary Lives Jesus…
