Category: English
The Simplest Way to Sync Notes Between iPhone and iPad You Probably Don’t Know About
Writers use many note-taking applications on their iOS devices. Some of them are very advanced, like Evernote, but frankly, how often do you tag notes, mark them as favourite or print? If you want to have a quick way to write something down (quick = minimal number of taps) and you want your notes to [...]
Thoughts on Sharing Free Content at Paid Piracy Websites
Piracy is about sharing for free a content for which you have to pay money elsewhere. But what if you find at a file-sharing site a content which is free anywhere else? And what if you actually have to pay for it? One of my books, Hasło niepoprawne, is available at Chomikuj.pl, Poland’s most popular [...]
Get Ready, Sunday Kindle Book Giveaway Starts on June 5!
Get ready, Kindle readers! A new, exciting weekend book event is coming. Make sure you won’t miss it. It’s a Sunday Kindle Book Giveaway. Every weekend you’ll have a chance to win a free copy of Kindle e-book from a featured author. How can I take part? It’s very easy. All what you have to [...]
Self-Publishing: How You Can Learn and Improve
Check all articles from Technology for self-publishers series. Those who say that self-publishing is a vast world of bad quality writing, are right… still right. They do not take into account the fact that self-publishers learn and improve. Self-published authors, those who think seriously about their writing, are highly motivated to find answers to their [...]
Jetpack – a Single Plugin Which Is Making Writer’s Life Easier
Jetpack is a turbo plugin which is making every WordPress blogger’s life easier, but it’s especially useful for writers, who instead of learning html would want to focus on writing – not only new blog posts, but also new books. What’s so special about Jetpack? More time, less stress – these are the benefits. The [...]
Which Links Shared on Twitter Are Mobile Friendly?
Recently Mashable published interesting numbers showing that Twitter users are likely to share a story without actually reading it. In my opinion, one of the major reasons is that users are afraid of opening links on their mobile phones. And as much as 37% of users access Twitter via mobile devices as this infographic shows. [...]
Tech Quotes – What Would Technology Say About Humans
Sophisticated things smart people say about other people – everybody loves it. But what if such things were said from a totally different perspective? Nowadays technology is able to analyze, think, judge, choose and response. What was a part of science fiction world now starts to leak into reality. It’s high time to realize that [...]
Self-Publishing: How You Can Sell Globally
Check all articles from Technology for self-publishers series. On a surface it sounds obvious. Sure, if I publish a book at Amazon and Amazon delivers Kindle devices and content to more than 100 countries, that means I have a worldwide distribution. It’s obvious for English speaking authors, but it opens lots of possibilities for non-English [...]
Things to Consider When You Redesign a Blog
Are you planning to redesign a blog? If you are looking for advice based on a personal experience, you may find this post interesting. I’d like to share tips in reference to recent changes at Password Incorrect blog. First, and probably the most important tip: don’t start with looking for a new theme. It’ll give [...]
Self-Publishing: How You Can Innovate
Check all articles from Technology for self-publishers series. Times when writers were the last people on earth to embrace technology are over. Internet with all the advanced tools and solutions is a chance to be at the forefront. Pioneering can draw unexpectedly huge attention, also from the potential readers of your book. There are two [...]
How Readers Embrace Electronic Books
The original title of this exceptionally interesting study by Bain & Company is “Publishing in the Digital Era”, but there is so much useful information about readers and reading here, that I think it’s worth stressing it in a post’s title. The study shows the pace of digital content adoption, the split between devices, age [...]
Kindle for the Web – How It Can Be Used by Authors
In September last year Amazon introduced a new tool, Kindle for the Web, which allows users to read and share first chapters of books without leaving a web browser. In addition to a good-looking preview interface, there are two useful features: sharing and embedding. The latter one is a very good, yet underestimated tool which [...]
Self-Publishing: How You Can Build Better Relations
Check all articles from Technology for self-publishers series. Digital environment is leading to an essential change of a relationship’s direction. In a traditional model the major flow was vertical, one way, from publisher to readers. Now the relationship becomes horizontal, two way, between the author and reader – at the level of the reader. Before [...]
Publishing in the Digital Era [Infographic]
This infographic is based on a very interesting study prepared by Bain & Company. I’ll share in a separate post a couple of thoughts and comments. via thenextweb.com Posted via email from Password Incorrect
Pat the Bunny for iPad & iPhone [Video]
via youtube.com Posted via email from Password Incorrect
Self-Publishing: How You Can Reduce Costs
Check all articles from Technology for self-publishers series. The price of a book is what really matters to readers. It’s where self-published authors can compete with traditional publishers, as the examples of Amanda Hocking or J.A. Konrath show. Many Kindle Store writers choose $0.99 price tag. They can afford it, as the cost of publishing [...]
28 Out of 100 Top Kindle E-books Are Self-Published
After a February excitement about Amanda Hocking earning millions of dollars from Kindle Store, I wanted to check how self-published authors are doing a couple of weeks later. From a Kindle Store list of top 100 e-books I’ve selected those ones, which were published by the authors themselves. It was not an easy task, as [...]
Self-Publishing: How Technology Is Making You More Powerful [Introduction]
Check all articles from Technology for self-publishers series. This is a kick-off post of a series of articles devoted to describe free tools, which can self-publishers write, publish and promote better books. If you decide to self-publish an e-book, you’ll become more powerful than you think. You can do it with a help of tools [...]
Loading ...