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My experience with the Espresso Book Machine
I was in midtown NYC earlier today when I stopped to have a coffee and catch up on my RSS feeds, and I saw a couple of blog references to a video of the Espresso Book Machine (EBM) posted over … Continue reading
Posted in books, business, publishing, self publishing, services
Tagged books, bookstores, EBM, espresso, hands on, jonestown, mcnally, pod, print on demand, printing, publishing
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Ebook recap for January 2011
What was January like in the world of ebooks? Why, it was exactly like this list below! (More or less.) For our amusement, Electric Literature shoots bullets into books (and a Kindle) and films it. The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) … Continue reading
Posted in ebooks, news, online, people, publishing
Tagged ebooks, january 2011, news, publishing, recaps, timelines
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Amazon's new lending feature is probably going to anger some publishers
When it comes to Kindle features, Amazon tends to follow the aphorism that it’s easier to ask forgiveness than permission. This strategy doesn’t always work–see the text-to-speech controversy–but it helps give Amazon the element of surprise in the marketplace. With … Continue reading
Posted in authors, business, commentary, ebooks, publishing
Tagged Amazon, controversy, dtp, features, independent publishers, indie, kindle, lending, opt in, opt out, publishing
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Publetariat asking for dollar donations to stay afloat
If you write with the intention of publishing, and if you’re online much at all, you’ve probably come across Publetariat, a popular online community serving authors and publishers. Today the editor posted a public request for donations to keep the … Continue reading
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Tagged donations, financial crisis, online resources, publishing, self publishing, websites, writers
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Amazon and Seth Godin partner up to create new worldwide publishing imprint
I’ve long had some precognition that I might be psychic, but now it’s confirmed; just a week after I posted a more or less random item about Seth Godin freebies, Amazon has announced that they’re partnering with him to launch … Continue reading
Posted in announcements, authors, books, business, news, people, publishing
Tagged Amazon Kindle, domino, marketing, partnerships, pod, publishers, publishing, seth godin
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Dehydrated books, or how to make money off of fan fiction and unauthorized sequels
Imagine that this evening I follow a friend’s link to a new Harry Potter book, one that essentially replaces “The Sorcerer’s Stone” in the canon with a Year 1 adventure that’s darker and closer in tone to the final few … Continue reading →