If you own an iPad you’ve absolutely got to purchase the GarageBand app. It’s the best $4.99 you’ll spend this week. I don’t care if you’ve never played a musical instrument in your life. You need this app. Why am I so fascinated by GarageBand? First off, it’s a blast to play with. You’ll be [...]
Entries Tagged as 'publishing'
How I Went from Traditional to Ebook Publishing (and Started Selling Again)
March 14th, 2011 · No Comments · opinion
Most struggling authors trying to get published think that anyone with a publishing deal has got it made. I know I used to. While that can be true in rare cases, most often the life of an author – especially the type often tagged as “first-time” or “emerging” – is still a frustrating grind, just [...]
New digital publishing blog/community launching soon
January 25th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I got an early copy of a press release today from Jeff Rivera. He’s in the process of starting a new commentary site that he describes as a cross between Publishers Weekly and The Huffington Post . The site is called The Gatekeeper’s Post, and it’s due to launch next week. It’s not live yet, [...]
Digital publishing platform Onswipe raise $1 million in financing
January 13th, 2011 · No Comments · ebook tools
So do you recall how I’ve said that apps are dead and that the future is in web content (HTML5)? Well, Onswipe feel the same way and that’s why their new platform is targeted at browsers, not apps. t hasn’t been released yet and so far as I can tell no one has even seen [...]
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First One Digital Publishing launched today
January 11th, 2011 · No Comments · ebookstore news, press release
The website for First One Digital Publishing went live today. They’re launching with 4 titles that they’re publishing this month (that’s not bad for an indie press). The ebooks are currently available in the Sony Store and the Kindle Store. There’s also a small library of free ebooks (mostly pd). From the press release:
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The Bonfire Of The Print Publishing Dunces
January 8th, 2011 · No Comments · opinion
They’re Selling Comics On The iPad The Wrong Way The iPad, with its digital downloads, has the ability to offer reams of forgotten comics and sell them to us comics readers cheap. Unfortunately, that’s not what Comics and its competing apps do. They make a broad but shallow pool of content available — little from [...]
Tags:bonfire·dunces·print·publishing
Digital Book World Announces the Publishing Innovation Awards
December 14th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: Digital Book World, the publishing community for the 21st century, has announced a new awards program focused exclusively on ebooks and book apps – the Publishing Innovation Awards.
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Big Six Publishing Kills Writers, Books, And Itself
October 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · opinion
Trying to Buy le Carré No one wants to sell me a book by an author I enjoy, in a format I prefer to read it in. I could game the system, get a gift card, use a US address, and buy it that way. Or I could pay more attention to the results I [...]
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McGraw-Hill introduce new custom publishing platform: Create
October 11th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: McGraw-Hill Education has brought custom publishing into the 21st century with McGraw-Hill Create (www.mcgrawhillcreate.com), an innovative platform that gives instructors unprecedented control over and customization of higher education classroom content. Gone are the days when professors had no choice in how to assemble content for classroom instruction, or had to wait [...]
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