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Storyist Software Offers Easy ePub to Self-Publishers
About a month ago I came across the software Storyist for the first time. I was taken by Storyist’s idiosyncratic interface and knew right away that it had to be the work of a single individual. You...
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Liz Castro: EPUB Straight to the Point
It’s no secret that I’ve spent an entire career designing and producing books for print: letterpress, offset and now digital printing, but all print. I’ve been a little uneasy about the rise of the...
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Amazon Kindle vs. Apple iPad: Could Chris Brogan Be Wrong?
Last week I read an interesting post by Chris Brogan about Amazon’s continuing march toward distribution dominance. (Amazon and the Kindle Conspiracy) Chris knows what he’s talking about, and I learn...
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Apple’s Pages ePub Export: First Look
Does it seem like you have to be a programmer to get your book into the ePub format? Sometimes it does. As a print designer, I’ve never learned much HTML, CSS or any of the other standards that are...
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This Week in the Blogs, October 17 – 23, 2010
Lots of things started to change this week, both inside and outside. I’m bundled up and looking for my hat, fog has rolled in, and the dogs won’t budge from the hot air vents near the floor. This week...
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Sundman: Friedlander on the Future of Publishing
Wetmachine, a “group blog on telecom policy, software, science, technology, and writing” is the online home of author John Sundman. John has self-published his novels for 11 years. Recently he...
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Need Ebook Conversions? Check the Ebook Conversion Services Directory
[Approximate reading time: 4:07] Questions from readers and clients are where I find out what is causing the most confusion for self-publishers. Lately, one area has dominated the questions I’ve been...
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Mark Coker of Smashwords at BAIPA: Indie Revolution in Full Swing
This past weekend we had our monthly meeting of the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association (BAIPA). The featured speaker was Mark Coker, founder and CEO of Smashwords.com, the independent e-book...
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Today Apple unleashed a host of new products and features that will certainly move the bar in mobile computing, cloud functionality and the complete integration of social media into the operating...
View Articlee-Book Cover File Size Specifications
I’ve been getting a lot of questions recently about e-book covers and, specifically the size and proportion requirements for submitting the cover image of your e-book when you upload it to a retailer...
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