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Read an E-Book Week 2011: I’m giving away my geek books!
This year’s Read an E-Book Week (March 6 – 12) is truly exceptional and I want to be a part of this event as much as I can. Apart from creating an infographic about the history of e-books, I’d like to share with you my geek fiction stories published at Smashwords – completely for free. [...]
A geeky banner to Amazon Kindle Store which deserves its own blog post
Yesterday I’ve made this banner to draw attention of techies to my books at Kindle Store. I’m proud of it. It’s so shiny and beautiful – and links to short stories, which generally say shiny gadgets are not always perfect. You can read them on your Kindle, iPhone, iPad or BlackBerry. From now on it’ll [...]
Book-hop music made with an iPhone
For two weeks now I’m using iSequence to compose music for a book trailer. It’s fun and it’s not GarageBand easy. Check the results below (I recognize even a style here, let’s call it book-hop). Read a kick-off post here. One DIY author’s remark: writing a book is great, especially when you also have a [...]
An iPhone made music for a book trailer
Modern self-publishing authors not only write books. They also design covers, record podcasts, run competitions, organize blog tours – everything they think is needed for the book to succeed. I imagine that every day every writer 2.0 is asking himself a question “what else can I do myself?”. In my case, since last Sunday it’s [...]
E-book covers inspired by the design of mobile applications
I’m a mobile freak and here you have another prove of it. These are the brand new covers, I’ve designed with a help of my Twitter friends for two volumes of my short stories, which will be available in a couple of weeks through Smashwords/Barnes&Noble. In the meantime you can download a free edition here. [...]
O planach związanych z Barnes&Noble
Jak wcześniej pisałem, bez żadnej łaski można znaleźć się w ofercie amerykańskiego Barnes&Noble. Wystarczy opublikować książkę w serwisie Smashwords. Gdy publikacja spełni kilka wymogów formalnych, znajdzie się w katalogu Premium, a to oznacza zakwalifikowanie do oferty B&N. Niedawno w mailu do autorów, Mark Coker, szef Smashwords podzielił się informacją, że podobna umowa została podpisana również [...]