Technology
4 Ways Writers Can Use Readability
Readability is a service which turns web pages into a clutter-free reading mode. In times when more and more people suffer from Internet distractions it seems to be helpful solution for readers – as well as writers – of web content. I’ve covered Readability a couple of times already. In this post I’ll list ways [...]
Simple Tip to Embed All Readability Buttons on Your Blog
Recently Readability introduced support for Kindle. Web content publishers can install on their sites a special Send to Kindle button. It’s a good addition to already existing Read Now/Later. Readability provides all available codes at Free Publisher Tools page. Some bloggers would like to have both buttons in one panel. How to do it? Now, [...]
Readability Adds Kindle Support – Great News for Readers and Writers
A few days ago Readability added support for Kindle devices. This is another big addition to already the most powerful tool designed to reduce web clutter and help you focus on reading. There are a couple of web-to-Kindle tools available already, naming only Instapaper, Delivereads or SendToReader, but I’m really glad my favorite distraction-removing service [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
40+ Free Tools for Authors
This post is designed to give you a concise, yet comprehensive preview of most important free tools you can pick up to publish and promote your e-books. I hope it will help you discover the ones, which in a best possible way fit your author profile and personal needs. I’ll update the list frequently. It’s [...]
3D Technology in Books? It’s Already There!
The world is simple: no 2D is as attractive as 3D. Full stop. With 3D technology coming to TV sets, everyone is making calculations. Some people already bought the expensive equipment to play 24/7 those two films available in 3D technology. So, what is this 3D book technology, who patented it, how much does it [...]
5 Instances You May Need Help from Readability
Many people suffer from Internet distractions and Readability is a one-stop solution to fight them. It’s a trending service which helps turn the Internet into a place where you can focus on reading. I’ve covered it already and I’m going to write at least one more post about how it can be used by writers. [...]
Lots of useful info: how green are e-books [infographic]
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Why It’s Good to Install Readability Button on Your Blog – and How to Do It
Readability is a tremendously promising service, which helps to get rid of Internet distractions in order to focus on the most important thing: reading. You can easily associate it with Inspapaper and Read It Later – with one major advantage: Readability can turn all the distractions off at the very moment the user is visiting [...]
Readability Brings Focus to Online Reading
Everyone knows how hard it is to read articles on the web, on pages full of banners, sliders, widgets, sharing tools and pop-up windows of all kinds. I love what Instapaper and Read it Later are doing to create a better reading environment. Readability makes it even easier. It can turn every web page into [...]
A rather weird invention which recreates the page flipping sensation for e-readers [video]
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Self-Publishing, a Source of Innovative Thinking and How to Benefit From It
The presentation you’ll see below was prepared for Ebook Lab Italia conference. I wanted to highlight a prevailing characteristic of self-publishers, yet not discovered and fully utilized by publishers and readers. It’s the innovative thinking.
Transtories – Google-Translated Stories v. 2.0
Both iPhone and hashtag stories are much better known than this literary experiment. I’ve been trying to use Google Translate a few times before, including Google-translated Day, but the feeling I always had was that it’s not there yet. But now I’m fully convinced I’m doing the right thing. What’s more important: it’s not too [...]
How Technology is Changing a Publishing Industry
I’ve been invited by the Polish Institute of International Affairs to share my knowledge on how new technologies determine the information flow in a publishing industry. This presentation is a part of the 20th Annual EINIRAS Conference “From Content to Knowledge in International Relations”, which is organized by The Polish Institute of International Affairs. The [...]
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