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Links on Mobile E-books & Self-Publishing 07.08.2011

• Book Marketing: How 4 Authors Are Finding Success With Social Media
  August 1, 2011
  Andy Meek is a senior business reporter for The Memphis Daily News. You can follow him on Twitter @AndyMeekTN. The book industry is in upheaval. The recent news that Borders will liquidate and shutter all of its 399 stores is the latest sign of print’s unstable market. In many ways, tech advan...
• Why People Buy Ebooks: A Comparison Between Countries And Kindle Marketing Techniques
  July 7, 2011
  So I’ve just moved from Australia to England and it’s fascinating to me how different ebook and Kindle sales are here, on the other side of the world, albeit in a similar culture. In the video I explain the different reasons to buy ebooks in Australia vs UK, and there is text below. read more
• 7 Distraction-Free Writing Environments for Authors
  July 15, 2011
  As someone who writes and publishes constantly, the tools that I use are pretty important to me. I’ve written before about how the distraction-free writing enviroments that are embodied in some recent writing software really help me to focus and get a lot done in the time I have available. read mo...
• How to Market Your Book with Free Giveaways
  June 30, 2011
  Guest: Dan Petrovic Marketing a book means being creative. After all, there are new book releases coming out every other day. Staying ahead of the competition means thinking about how you can make a title and its author memorable. This is where giveaways really come in handy. People like to receive...
• Does Self Publishing Make It Too Easy?
  July 25, 2011
  Do the safeguards of traditional publishing offer significant advantages over DIY? By Edward Nawotka As author Bob Mayer discusses in today’s feature story, digital self-publishing has shortened the distance between reader and writer, both literally, figuratively and temporally. Previously, fans...
• 7 Steps to Successfully Market Your Book!
  July 13, 2011
  Guest Author: Rebecca Hamilton A lot of articles focus on how to market your book once you’ve published. Admittedly, I haven’t gotten there yet. I have some interested publishers, but also an open to the new trend of self-publishing. I’ve started putting thought into marketing early on. In thi...
• Is E-book Innovation at a Standstill?
  July 11, 2011
  Digital publishing promised innovation, but you can still count the number of breakthrough projects on one hand. By Edward Nawotka E-readers at the Tokyo Book Fair 2011 If you go back 12 to 18 months, the publishing world was in love with the promise of enhanced e-books, transmedia storytelling pla...
• Self-Publishing, Yes and No — The Book Designer
  July 18, 2011
  Self-Publishing, Yes and No, or what authors should be thinking about today.
• Amazon To Launch Tablet By October [REPORT]
  July 13, 2011
  Amazon’s rumored tablet computer will be introduced before October, according to a report.The tablet, which would vie with Apple’s iPad 2, among other products, will be one of three new hardware products from Amazon coming in the third quarter, according to The Wall Street Journal.The other d...
• How-to: Preview Kindle Ebooks in a Web Browser
  July 5, 2011
  Sometimes, if you are on your computer and visit Kindle Store, you’d like to start reading a book immediately – before making a decision to buy.You can obviously send a free sample to a device connected with your account, but some people just don’t want to clutter their Kindles or Kindle apps...
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