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November 28, 2011
Open Road Is Promoting eBook Gift Giving – GalleyCat
"But what about giving eBooks? While print books make for great holiday gifts, the gift of an eBook is a little bit more confusing. But not to worry, Kindle and Kobo for digital book gift giving of specific titles on a specific date. And iBooks, Nook and Sony all have gift card options."
via Open Road Is Promoting eBook Gift Giving – GalleyCat.
Filed under: eBook News, News, The Biz
November 22, 2011
Tao Te Ching Verse 30
Woman Writing, , Femme Ecrivant Giclee Print by Henri Lebasque at Art.com
In the same way
complete your task
seek no reward
make no claims
Without faltering
fully choose to do what you must do
This is to live without forcing
to overcome without conquering
Filed under: News
November 21, 2011
Nora Roberts: The woman who rewrote the rules of romantic fiction | Books | The Observer
You say it, Nora!
"All some people see is the big R and dismiss it. But I've made my career on my own terms and that doesn't necessarily suit the likes of the New York Times book review.
via Nora Roberts: The woman who rewrote the rules of romantic fiction | Books | The Observer.
Filed under: Inspiration
October 21, 2011
eBookPie Enters the Short-Short eBook Market with Slicebooks – eBookNewser
eBookPie has long been helping authors and publishers sell eBooks in any number of formats, and this week it added Slicebooks, a way for publishers to trim an eBook down to a few chapters and sell it as a separate titles.
via eBookPie Enters the Short-Short eBook Market with Slicebooks – eBookNewser.
Filed under: eBook News, News, The Biz [image error]
October 20, 2011
Ebooks or Printed Books: Which Are Better for You?
"Ever wonder which method of reading is better for you — electronic screen or printed text?
The answer: There is no difference."
via Ebooks or Printed Books: Which Are Better for You?.
Filed under: eBook News, News
October 14, 2011
Forward motion
The excerpt of my upcoming ghost story, The Guy Upstairs is now on my newly designed website. Yes, I said new book. I'm publishing it as an eBook this June and it's in spit-and-polish mode before it goes to my editor.
When I was in high school, I made short movies with my good pal, Tish. We even had a name for our production company (and letterhead, too): TAMALAE Productions. I wish I had a picture of us because we really thought we were It and frankly, had an unhealthy obsession with editing.
Self publishing makes me feel like I'm 17 years old again. There's a heck of a lot of work to be done right on time and many decisions to be made in marketing, advertising and if I should giveaway the cute Nook and Kindle cover that I saw on Etsy.
But the key to pushing this boulder up the mountain is to to stay focused on each step, rather than trying to peek around to see how high I've gone. One wrong move and I'll get squished as the boulder rolls back down the mountain!
I hope you'll enjoy the excerpt and stay tuned as I share more steps along the journey.
Filed under: eBook News, The Guy Upstairs
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October 13, 2011
Library E-Book Checkouts Soar
Great news for authors! There was also a report in eBook Newser that users may soon have the option to purchase if the title has a long wait list. Very exciting to see so much change in such a short period of time.
"E-book checkouts from libraries through September 30 were nearly triple the total for all of 2010, and overall visitor traffic approached an annual run rate of one billion impressions, according to a third quarter 2011 report from digital distributor OverDrive, whose platform is used by more than 15,000 public and school libraries."
via Shelf Awareness for Thursday, October 13, 2011 | Shelf Awareness.
Filed under: eBook News, News, The Biz
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October 11, 2011
Inkubate Connects Authors with Agents, Publishers – eBookNewser
Not sure if this is for me but it's intriguing.
"Publishing is going through a shake-up right now as new startups launch with the goal of cutting out the middlemen and reducing the number of people between the author and the reader. Today I found a startup that plans to introduce more middlemen, not remove them."
Filed under: News, The Biz
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Shelf Awareness for Readers for Tuesday, October 11, 2011 | Shelf Awareness
Okay I admit: the red shoe on the cover was the clincher for me to order this book!
Blood Daughters is entertaining and well-written, with a vivacious heroine at the helm and action that doesn't stop. Villatoro has created a truly original lawwoman in Romilia Chacón; let's hope she's around for many books to come. –Sara Dobie, blogger at WordPress
Filed under: Reading
