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Kindle Create – Not Ready for Prime Time
This past year Amazon has slowly been merging CreateSpace (CS) with Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). The first was Kindle to paperback. There were some hiccups when it originally rolled and, as of … [Read more...]
Why Ebooks?
According to American Publishers Association’s (APA) latest numbers e-book sales are declining, down by 24.9 per cent. The same report shows a declined in hardback sales, but an increase in paperback … [Read more...]
Writers – A Blogging Toolkit for You
This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure statement. We writers have a lot of demands on our time: marketing, social media, and blogging. Frankly, most of us want to just … [Read more...]
$25 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway
It's exciting with the completion of each step on the way to publication. I've finished a very important hurdle: formatting. The file has been converted. A final look for any details that need to be … [Read more...]
e-Book Preview
Four years ago I began teaching "Introduction to e-Publishing" and "Creating and Formatting e-Books" through the Christian Proofreaders and Editors Network. The next year I taught them at online … [Read more...]
Digital Rights Management
(Disclaimer: I’m not a lawyer. While I try to check legal matters with attorneys and legal websites, I’m not offering legal advice. If you have further legal questions contact a literary … [Read more...]
Let’s Celebrate! Read an E-book Week
March 1 kicked off Read an E-book Week. The Week was officially recognized by Chase Calendar of Events in 2004. Of course, the purpose is make readers aware of the potential of e-reading. I was one … [Read more...]
WordPress tweaks for writers
This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure statement. I've been writing various blogs for nearly ten years, and have used WordPress for most of them. Why? It fit well with the … [Read more...]
Decide for Yourself
On her blog, The Writer's Guide to Epublishing, D. D. Scott offers this advice in her Beginner's To-do List: "Decide for yourself, based on your own skill levels, whether or not you'll be doing your … [Read more...]