Tips
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6 Tips and Tricks to Use Kindle for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch
Kindle for iOS has just been updated to version 2.8 (iTunes link), which complies with Apple’s new in-app purchase rules. Kindle Store button was removed from home page – it was obvious. I’ve also checked endings of free samples to see what Amazon did with their Buy Now link, which in older versions was switching [...]
How to Read Adobe DRM Books on Your Android Device
Are looking for a convenient way to manage and read on your Android device all ePub books including those with Adobe DRM? Pick up one single application – Aldiko. First, let me answer the question you may now have: “why would I do it?” There are a couple of instances you’ll need such a solution: [...]
Storytelling Applications for Your Smartphone
Here’s a handy list of storytelling applications for iOS, Android and other mobile platforms. Note-taking and writing apps were covered already, but storytelling is not only about creating stories, but also sharing them. What’s even more important, technology allows to tell stories instantly – you can think of them, create and share on one device [...]
Note-taking and Writing Apps for iPhone and iPad
Sometimes it’s hard to find ideas for a new blog post, short story or a poem. That’s why it’s so important to catch them at the moment they come to mind. Mobile devices are a great way to capture ideas, no doubt about it. You’ve got a mobile phone always with you. It’s much quicker [...]
How to Effectively Publish and Promote Books to iPad and iPhone Users
Users of devices with Apple’s iOS mobile operating system (iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch) are a very attractive group of potential readers. There are two major reasons: 1. iOS is a very versatile system, allowing the author to distribute books via different sets of tools and channels. 2. iOS users are more willing to buy [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
What Is Your Primary E-reading Device? [Poll]
I would appreciate, if you leave your quick vote. Although many of us may access their digital bookshelves from a number of devices, I wanted to keep the poll simple. Please check only one answer, make sure to choose your primary e-reading device – the one you use most intensively to read e-books. Computer desktop, [...]
5 Tips on How to Use Your Smartphone to Read Ebooks
In this article I’d like to share tips on how to use your smartphone as an e-reader. Nobody wants you to read long novels on this decent device. Just the opposite – enjoy its most prominent features: mobility, connectivity and instant access. Based on my personal experience (I’m reading on an iPhone since late 2008) [...]
Tablet or E-reader: Which Device Should I Choose to Read E-books? [Questionnaire]
There are a lot of useful reviews which thoroughly list pros and cons of e-reading devices (like Kindle, Nook or Kobo) and tablets (f.e. iPad, Archos or Galaxy Tab). But eventually it’s you, not the reviewer who will be reading e-books on a device you’ll spend money on. So instead of sharing a next review, [...]
Use Mobile Twitter to Discover and Instantly Buy Kindle E-books
How much time do you spend on Twitter every day? Do you connect with a service via your mobile phone or a tablet? This article is for you. Do you know that you can use Twitter as a quick and convenient way to download Kindle ebooks? You can start reading a book in a couple [...]
How You Can Sell E-books to Mobile Twitter Users
There are great services like Ether Books, which are designed to reach mobile readers and populate their minds with high quality reads tailored to mobile conditions. But what to do when you are not lucky enough to be one of Ether authors? If you are a self-publisher actively using social media to find readers and [...]
Now Users Can Download Your Book Directly From a Tweet to Kindle for iOS
This easy little trick should be helpful for every writer who is using Twitter to promote his books. With a recent update of Kindle for iOS (v. 2.5) iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch users can import their own books to the application (here I’ve described how to do it). Wouldn’t you like tweeple to read [...]
How to Read Adobe DRM Books on Your iPad or iPhone
So far if you wanted to read a book bought at one of the e-bookstores, you had to open in with a dedicated application. But there are many e-bookstores from markets other than US (which is my example), which don’t have an app yet. How to read their books, if you have an iPad and [...]
3 Ways to Add Books to Your iPad or iPhone
There is a growing number of e-reading applications available for iOS devices, to which can add books from external sources. I’m personally using Stanza, iBooks, Kobo and Bluefire Reader, but I’m sure there are more – please share them in comments. If you have one of those apps, you can add ePub or pdf books* [...]
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