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Is the e-book dying? Might just be.

The print book, p-book, is making a come back. Here's an article every writer, publisher, and agent needs to read. The article predicts, of at least hints, that Amazon may be giving away Kindles for free, so that you and I will continue to by eBooks. Isn't that interesting.

It goes on to say that last year p-book sales were up and hints there may be a back lash against eBooks. For that we'll have to wait and see. Still, the trend is an interesting one.

So, is you're in the p-book business, take heart, you're job may not be dying after all.

 

Is the e-book dying? Might just be.

The print book, p-book, is making a come back. Here's an article every writer, publisher, and agent needs to read. The article predicts, of at least hints, that Amazon may be giving away Kindles for free, so that you and I will continue to by eBooks. Isn't that interesting.

It goes on to say that last year p-book sales were up and hints there may be a back lash against eBooks. For that we'll have to wait and see. Still, the trend is an interesting one.

So, is you're in the p-book business, take heart, you're job may not be dying after all.

 

Will the book of the future be more than a book?

The next generation eBook is almost here. the technology is ready, all that is requires is to put the pieces together. Those pieces will include:

• Video
• Audio as separate from
• Music
• Internet connectivity to sources of additional, or explanatory, or corroborating material
• Footnotes will no longer be to a citation at pabe bottom or at the end of the book. They will be alive, taking the reader to the specific citation be it be video, a speech, newspaper article, or book.

Who knows, it may even be equipped with Near Field Communications so that it can "talk" to other books, smart phones, computers, vending machines, your car. Look for change, and more change. There is nothing saying that a book has got to only be a book.

But That's Not All

Soon there will be smart paper, electronic paper (e-paper or electronic ink) exists now, but you may not have heard about it. how would you like a text book that quizzes you as you "write" your answers on the page? Like that? would you rather have the book quiz you verbally? Then you could simply answer. All in natural language. Hey though, be nice. If what we've heard people call computers is any indication, your book can expect to get a real education. <Grin>

Okay, to be serious, what we call - a book - will change more by 2020 than it has in the last 5,000 years. It will be an interactive, Internet enabled devise that is a partner in your success. You got to love progress. 

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Short Fiction at its Best.

Will the book of the future be more than a book?

The next generation eBook is almost here. the technology is ready, all that is requires is to put the pieces together. Those pieces will include:

• Video
• Audio as separate from
• Music
• Internet connectivity to sources of additional, or explanatory, or corroborating material
• Footnotes will no longer be to a citation at pabe bottom or at the end of the book. They will be alive, taking the reader to the specific citation be it be video, a speech, newspaper article, or book.

Who knows, it may even be equipped with Near Field Communications so that it can "talk" to other books, smart phones, computers, vending machines, your car. Look for change, and more change. There is nothing saying that a book has got to only be a book.

But That's Not All

Soon there will be smart paper, electronic paper (e-paper or electronic ink) exists now, but you may not have heard about it. how would you like a text book that quizzes you as you "write" your answers on the page? Like that? would you rather have the book quiz you verbally? Then you could simply answer. All in natural language. Hey though, be nice. If what we've heard people call computers is any indication, your book can expect to get a real education. <Grin>

Okay, to be serious, what we call - a book - will change more by 2020 than it has in the last 5,000 years. It will be an interactive, Internet enabled devise that is a partner in your success. You got to love progress. 

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Short Fiction at its Best.

Writers, authors, self publishing is in your future.

Self-publishing had arrived, and it's big. Gone are the days when it was looked down upon. Today, it's as valid as any other way of publishing your work. Below you will find a link to an excellent article at Novel Nook.

We like this piece because it covers what you need to know in a short, information packed post. It includes marketing, sales, and lists places where you can sell your eBooks and the fees you can expect to pay. This is well worth the time to read and save.

Here is your link to: Self Publishing Explodes.

How to Save a Site

It may be worth taking a moment to mention how to save a Web page to our hard drive. In your browser click File -- > Save As. Then navigate to where you want the page to be stored and just save it. This saves a lot of time, and eliminates a paper trail.

You've got a computer. Your a electronic book author and publisher, so keep your information on your PC or Mac.

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Short Fiction at its Best.

Writers, authors, self publishing is in your future.

Self-publishing had arrived, and it's big. Gone are the days when it was looked down upon. Today, it's as valid as any other way of publishing your work. Below you will find a link to an excellent article at Novel Nook.

We like this piece because it covers what you need to know in a short, information packed post. It includes marketing, sales, and lists places where you can sell your eBooks and the fees you can expect to pay. This is well worth the time to read and save.

Here is your link to: Self Publishing Explodes.

How to Save a Site

It may be worth taking a moment to mention how to save a Web page to our hard drive. In your browser click File -- > Save As. Then navigate to where you want the page to be stored and just save it. This saves a lot of time, and eliminates a paper trail.

You've got a computer. Your a electronic book author and publisher, so keep your information on your PC or Mac.

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Short Fiction at its Best.

Are eBooks and eBook analytics are in your future?

As with so much online, analytics have come to eBooks. the days are gone when the only measure of a books success was sales. Now, you can determine who is buying your work, if it (the work) is being read to the end and a lot more. Publishers will love this, and so will writers.

Here is an excellent article in the October 29, 2012 issue of EContent, by Chris Seymour. Whether you are a writer, publisher. It is well worth the few minutes it will take to read it. Analytics is a good thing for publishers and writers. There is nothing better to improve writers work, and a publishers ability to know what sells, than feedback from the market place. A win-win for everyone. Readers included.

Here is the link at EContent: Ebook Analytics Aim to Enlighten Publishers. EContent is one of our favorite sources for all things content related. Highly recommended, bookmark it's main page and read it routinely. We do.

Are eBooks and eBook analytics are in your future?

As with so much online, analytics have come to eBooks. the days are gone when the only measure of a books success was sales. Now, you can determine who is buying your work, if it (the work) is being read to the end and a lot more. Publishers will love this, and so will writers.

Here is an excellent article in the October 29, 2012 issue of EContent, by Chris Seymour. Whether you are a writer, publisher. It is well worth the few minutes it will take to read it. Analytics is a good thing for publishers and writers. There is nothing better to improve writers work, and a publishers ability to know what sells, than feedback from the market place. A win-win for everyone. Readers included.

Here is the link at EContent: Ebook Analytics Aim to Enlighten Publishers. EContent is one of our favorite sources for all things content related. Highly recommended, bookmark it's main page and read it routinely. We do.

Authors, writers, bloggers stay away from fake reviews.

Just yesterday I was on LinkedIn, and what did I see? A woman advertising for someone, anyone, to give her book a nice positive review in return for a positive review for your book. Bad. Bad Bad. This is a bad idea.

Never, ever, fall for this. When the word gets out that you intentionally gave a book a review that was predetermined to be positive you will be worry. You will be oh - so - very sorry.

There is much in the news lately of fake book reviews. One man was making $ 27,000 per month writing and publishing positive reviews online. He's not doing that anymore.

Have The Courage of Your Convictions

Do your best work and put it into the world. Let it garner the accolades that it deserves. Being deceptive will destroy you, your reputation, and all future work. You're way to smart, and better  than resorting to such tactics.

Authors, writers, bloggers stay away from fake reviews.

Just yesterday I was on LinkedIn, and what did I see? A woman advertising for someone, anyone, to give her book a nice positive review in return for a positive review for your book. Bad. Bad Bad. This is a bad idea.

Never, ever, fall for this. When the word gets out that you intentionally gave a book a review that was predetermined to be positive you will be worry. You will be oh - so - very sorry.

There is much in the news lately of fake book reviews. One man was making $ 27,000 per month writing and publishing positive reviews online. He's not doing that anymore.

Have The Courage of Your Convictions

Do your best work and put it into the world. Let it garner the accolades that it deserves. Being deceptive will destroy you, your reputation, and all future work. You're way to smart, and better  than resorting to such tactics.

Independent autors of eBooks, is an eBook award in your future?

Your opinion matters, click the title of this post and have your say.

Nothing does more for you than the accolades of others. And nothing speak like winning an award for your book. so, let's not over look this fantastic way to promote yourself and your books.

So, do some research and choose wisely. Who knows perhaps one of these days you'll be posting here that you won an award. As always let us hear from you. You opinion is important to us and to you. so what will it be, going to apply for an award?

Here are Ten Awards from 30 Day Books by Laura Pepper Wu, which won the Best Website for Indies Award by the Association of Independent Authors.

1. IPPY Award
2. National Indie Excellence Award
3. Foreword Magazine Award
4. Ben Franklin Award
5. Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Award
6. Mom’s Choice Award (for children’s books)  
7. Reader Views Award
8. The Nautilus Book Award
9. The Next Generation Indie Book Award
10. Axiom Business Book Award

Short Fiction at its Best.

Independent autors of eBooks, is an eBook award in your future?

Your opinion matters, click the title of this post and have your say.

Nothing does more for you than the accolades of others. And nothing speak like winning an award for your book. so, let's not over look this fantastic way to promote yourself and your books.

So, do some research and choose wisely. Who knows perhaps one of these days you'll be posting here that you won an award. As always let us hear from you. You opinion is important to us and to you. so what will it be, going to apply for an award?

Here are Ten Awards from 30 Day Books by Laura Pepper Wu, which won the Best Website for Indies Award by the Association of Independent Authors.

1. IPPY Award
2. National Indie Excellence Award
3. Foreword Magazine Award
4. Ben Franklin Award
5. Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Award
6. Mom’s Choice Award (for children’s books)  
7. Reader Views Award
8. The Nautilus Book Award
9. The Next Generation Indie Book Award
10. Axiom Business Book Award

Short Fiction at its Best.

Facebook's woes continue. Rated lowest in customer satisfaction and lowest for e-business.

Facebook's continues to be the problem child of the social media family. Rated lowest for customer satisfaction and lowest for e-business. Facebook set a new record-low score for e-business and was among the five lowest scoring companies of the 230 measured by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). Facebook lowest ranked social media site for customer satisfaction

Not Good For Facebook

Not good. Not good at all. For those holding Facebook stock this is a real negative indicator and begs the question, do I cut my losses and get out or wait and see?  

Is Your Future Tied to Facebook's Future?

As dear old Mom used to say, "Don't put all you're eggs in one basket." Facebook is still a valid social media tool, of that their is no doubt, however we advise that you diversify your social media campaign. Should Facebook fail, there will be alot of people that get hurt. Do try not to be among them.

Facebook's woes continue. Rated lowest in customer satisfaction and lowest for e-business.

Facebook's continues to be the problem child of the social media family. Rated lowest for customer satisfaction and lowest for e-business. Facebook set a new record-low score for e-business and was among the five lowest scoring companies of the 230 measured by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). Facebook lowest ranked social media site for customer satisfaction

Not Good For Facebook

Not good. Not good at all. For those holding Facebook stock this is a real negative indicator and begs the question, do I cut my losses and get out or wait and see?  

Is Your Future Tied to Facebook's Future?

As dear old Mom used to say, "Don't put all you're eggs in one basket." Facebook is still a valid social media tool, of that their is no doubt, however we advise that you diversify your social media campaign. Should Facebook fail, there will be alot of people that get hurt. Do try not to be among them.

Writers and eBook creators, here's an excellent discussion at LinkedIn's Ebooks, Ebook Readers, Digital Books and Digital Content... Group

Those of us who write ebooks are always looking for information and informed opinion. Here you will find both of those things from folks who publish ebooks. These folks have done this before. It's not "their first rodeo" if you take my meaning.

This group was recommended to me by LinkedIn and I'm happy they did. Here's a link to this discussion : Ebooks, Ebook Readers, Digital Books and Digital Content...

If you are not a member, and taking advantage of LinkedIn, we recommend that you do because it is a fantastic professional resource. For this you pay nothing, unless you choose their upgraded service. What we link to above is part of what you get free of charge.

Writers and eBook creators, here's an excellent discussion at LinkedIn's Ebooks, Ebook Readers, Digital Books and Digital Content... Group

Those of us who write ebooks are always looking for information and informed opinion. Here you will find both of those things from folks who publish ebooks. These folks have done this before. It's not "their first rodeo" if you take my meaning.

This group was recommended to me by LinkedIn and I'm happy they did. Here's a link to this discussion : Ebooks, Ebook Readers, Digital Books and Digital Content...

If you are not a member, and taking advantage of LinkedIn, we recommend that you do because it is a fantastic professional resource. For this you pay nothing, unless you choose their upgraded service. What we link to above is part of what you get free of charge.

Book agents, don’t fight ePublishing. Profit from it.

In May, I presented a seminar at the Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association's yearly conference, CAPA-University. This year, like every other year CAPA has agents from New York and Connecticut attend and talk to the audience.

Venom and Hate

this year one of the agents really unloaded when she said, "I hate amazon." while I was not surprised at the sentiment, I was surprised with the emotion behind the words. Online and self publishing are hurting traditional book publishing and agents are certainly a part of that. That we so not understand is why those agents, who are very smart people, don't find a way to profit from this technological change.

What do Writer's Need?

Writer's need what they always have needed. Help. Help with character development, plot, editing, cover design, and help finding the right publisher. We authors still need these things and will forever. there is no substitute for expertise and this agents have. So, here's our question? Why hate Amazon, or any other publishing house when you can profit from it? All you've got to is figure out how.

Book agents, don’t fight ePublishing. Profit from it.

In May, I presented a seminar at the Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association's yearly conference, CAPA-University. This year, like every other year CAPA has agents from New York and Connecticut attend and talk to the audience.

Venom and Hate

this year one of the agents really unloaded when she said, "I hate amazon." while I was not surprised at the sentiment, I was surprised with the emotion behind the words. Online and self publishing are hurting traditional book publishing and agents are certainly a part of that. That we so not understand is why those agents, who are very smart people, don't find a way to profit from this technological change.

What do Writer's Need?

Writer's need what they always have needed. Help. Help with character development, plot, editing, cover design, and help finding the right publisher. We authors still need these things and will forever. there is no substitute for expertise and this agents have. So, here's our question? Why hate Amazon, or any other publishing house when you can profit from it? All you've got to is figure out how.

Will reading eBooks in your Web browser be the death knell of traditional publishing?

Ebook distributor, OverDrive OverDrive.com, announced plans for a reading platform that runs on your Web browser. Soon, you will be about to read eBooks online or offline on your computer.

So, all of you eBook writers out there, guess what? The potential market just expanded to everyone everywhere who has an Internet connected computer. And that, my friend, is just about everyone everywhere.

 Is this the death knell for traditional publishing? Looks like it to us. Maybe it will kill the Kindle, Nook as well. and it won't do the iPad any good either, as far as an eBook reader that is.

 

 

Will reading eBooks in your Web browser be the death knell of traditional publishing?

Ebook distributor, OverDrive OverDrive.com, announced plans for a reading platform that runs on your Web browser. Soon, you will be about to read eBooks online or offline on your computer.

So, all of you eBook writers out there, guess what? The potential market just expanded to everyone everywhere who has an Internet connected computer. And that, my friend, is just about everyone everywhere.

 Is this the death knell for traditional publishing? Looks like it to us. Maybe it will kill the Kindle, Nook as well. and it won't do the iPad any good either, as far as an eBook reader that is.

 

 

Want to sell a million books?

So, you want to sell a million books. Here's how. Do your book project backwards. Yes, you read that right. Don't write the book and then try to sell it. Here's how it works. Well, in thumbnail anyway.

• Research the topics that sold a million books over he last five or ten years.
• Pick one you like and that has not been done lately.
• Create a new slant, a new opinion, something new and fresh is what you want on a proven theme.
• Research the market viability of the idea. If it looks good.
• Get a agent on-board and get the idea fine tuned. If this is to be un-agented get together people in the business you trust and do the same thing.
• Complete these profiles of your buyers:
  • Demographic
  • Psychographic
  • Geographic
  • Behavioral
  • and Preference Study
• Start researching the book.
• Start thinking about marketing and advertising.
• Fulfillment. How will you get the product to the customer if a paper book. If an eBook this is not a problem.
• Obtain testimonials and recommendation for the back cover, your Website, online, and inside the book as well. Get people known in the field directly related to your book or people known to the public.
• Start writing the book.
• Get going on prepublication publicity and marketing.  
• Finish the book and get it to the printer / agent / publisher.
• Publish the book.
• Ramp up your marketing efforts with
  • article marketing
  • online marketing
  • the book's Website
  • the book's Facebook page
  • socially networked press releases are ready. Send your press release to
    • bloggers
    • libraries
    • newspapers
    • television
    • radio
    • and other pertinent media outlets.
• Continue to market online, schedule personal appearances, put together a book marketing tour, and anything else you can dream up.

That should do it. We said this was done backwards. By starting with the end in mind, you create a book project with a high probability of achieving the one-million seller list. Which is the whole point.

Want to sell a million books?

So, you want to sell a million books. Here's how. Do your book project backwards. Yes, you read that right. Don't write the book and then try to sell it. Here's how it works. Well, in thumbnail anyway.

• Research the topics that sold a million books over he last five or ten years.
• Pick one you like and that has not been done lately.
• Create a new slant, a new opinion, something new and fresh is what you want on a proven theme.
• Research the market viability of the idea. If it looks good.
• Get a agent on-board and get the idea fine tuned. If this is to be un-agented get together people in the business you trust and do the same thing.
• Complete these profiles of your buyers:
  • Demographic
  • Psychographic
  • Geographic
  • Behavioral
  • and Preference Study
• Start researching the book.
• Start thinking about marketing and advertising.
• Fulfillment. How will you get the product to the customer if a paper book. If an eBook this is not a problem.
• Obtain testimonials and recommendation for the back cover, your Website, online, and inside the book as well. Get people known in the field directly related to your book or people known to the public.
• Start writing the book.
• Get going on prepublication publicity and marketing.  
• Finish the book and get it to the printer / agent / publisher.
• Publish the book.
• Ramp up your marketing efforts with
  • article marketing
  • online marketing
  • the book's Website
  • the book's Facebook page
  • socially networked press releases are ready. Send your press release to
    • bloggers
    • libraries
    • newspapers
    • television
    • radio
    • and other pertinent media outlets.
• Continue to market online, schedule personal appearances, put together a book marketing tour, and anything else you can dream up.

That should do it. We said this was done backwards. By starting with the end in mind, you create a book project with a high probability of achieving the one-million seller list. Which is the whole point.

Authors, writers, ePublishers, Mobipocket Creator is the tool for you.

If you're an author you may be asking yourself how you will create eBooks. Have we got a tool for you! It's called Mobipocket and it does some very good things that save you a lot of time and aggravation.

• It creates whole eBooks from a Word file, text file, Portable Document Format (PDF), or Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) file.
• It's wizard creates your table of contents. This is just wonderful for those of you who want to do hand coding because it eliminates you of a great deal of drudgery.
• You can add a personalized cover page as well.
• Include books marks to specific parts of your publication.
• Ten applications are include a Photo Album, Date Book, Recipe Database, Simple Generic Database, more
• Integrated is a browser that lets you preview your book in a Web browser.
• There are three security options: no encryption, encrypted, and password protected.
• Also Digital Rights Management (DRM) to protect the copyright on your work.

You get all of this, and more, for a free download. This is good stuff. Download Mobipocket Creator Here

Authors, writers, ePublishers, Mobipocket Creator is the tool for you.

If you're an author you may be asking yourself how you will create eBooks. Have we got a tool for you! It's called Mobipocket and it does some very good things that save you a lot of time and aggravation.

• It creates whole eBooks from a Word file, text file, Portable Document Format (PDF), or Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) file.
• It's wizard creates your table of contents. This is just wonderful for those of you who want to do hand coding because it eliminates you of a great deal of drudgery.
• You can add a personalized cover page as well.
• Include books marks to specific parts of your publication.
• Ten applications are include a Photo Album, Date Book, Recipe Database, Simple Generic Database, more
• Integrated is a browser that lets you preview your book in a Web browser.
• There are three security options: no encryption, encrypted, and password protected.
• Also Digital Rights Management (DRM) to protect the copyright on your work.

You get all of this, and more, for a free download. This is good stuff. Download Mobipocket Creator Here

EPUB an excellent book by Elizabeth Castro on writing ePublicatons for the Apple iPad and other eReaders

Elizabeth Castro has been my favorite author of books on HTML. Her book on ePublishing, EPUB Straight to the Point is for you.

Here you will find how to use Microsoft Word, InDesign, or your favorite HTML or text editor to create your ePublication files. 

If you're interested in ePublishing, this book is for you.

EPUB an excellent book by Elizabeth Castro on writing ePublicatons for the Apple iPad and other eReaders

Elizabeth Castro has been my favorite author of books on HTML. Her book on ePublishing, EPUB Straight to the Point is for you.

Here you will find how to use Microsoft Word, InDesign, or your favorite HTML or text editor to create your ePublication files. 

If you're interested in ePublishing, this book is for you.

Today you're more than an author, your an eBook publisher. Tomorrow, maybe a Lone Wolf Publisher?

Have you seen the price of eBooks lately? Not expensive are they? That's because there are so many of them. The automation of publication, distribution, and eCommerce means that everything takes place with little human interaction. Employees are expensive. Computers aren't.

So How do Your Profit?

By publishing eBooks, or course. You can do so with a minimum of effort. We are not saying that writing, research, publicity,marketing, sales, and social networking are easy. They are not. Today, the surprising thing is that you are no longer a writer; you're an eBook publisher. And soon you will be even more. You will be a Lone Wolf Publisher.

Lone Wolf Publishing

This is how we refer to to the future status of writing - publishing. As a Lone Wolf Publisher you will be able to do everything from your computer. This is literally desk top publishing, advertising, marketing, fulfillment, Ecommerce. Everything. You will do this for little cost and high reward. If you can sell books, that is.

Lone Wolf Publishing brings challenges. You will need to cut through the clutter of all the other books out there, and cultivate your niche market. For that you will implement a social networking and perhaps an advertising campaign as well. Also done from your computer.

Currently Portable Document Format (PDF) files fill the need for a solid technology to publish in. However like anything else there's a problem.

The Problem

As this technique does not use ePublishing, but PDF files (at least currently) you will need to address the unpaid duplication and transfer of your work. Traditionally, copy protection and password schemes not done well, and will likely not do well here either. So, we may have to accept the lost revenue as a consequence of doing business, or not use this idea at all. After all, that's only what it. Might be a good idea; might not.

Want More Information? Attend Our Program at CAPA-U

We will be discussing this at my presentation: Embracing Publishing Changes By Using Social Marketing at the Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association's yearly conference, CAPA-University. Saturday, May 12, 2012 at the Hartford Steam Boiler Convention Center in Hartford, Connecticut. Download the 2012 CAPA-U brochure.

Today you're more than an author, your an eBook publisher. Tomorrow, maybe a Lone Wolf Publisher?

Have you seen the price of eBooks lately? Not expensive are they? That's because there are so many of them. The automation of publication, distribution, and eCommerce means that everything takes place with little human interaction. Employees are expensive. Computers aren't.

So How do Your Profit?

By publishing eBooks, or course. You can do so with a minimum of effort. We are not saying that writing, research, publicity,marketing, sales, and social networking are easy. They are not. Today, the surprising thing is that you are no longer a writer; you're an eBook publisher. And soon you will be even more. You will be a Lone Wolf Publisher.

Lone Wolf Publishing

This is how we refer to to the future status of writing - publishing. As a Lone Wolf Publisher you will be able to do everything from your computer. This is literally desk top publishing, advertising, marketing, fulfillment, Ecommerce. Everything. You will do this for little cost and high reward. If you can sell books, that is.

Lone Wolf Publishing brings challenges. You will need to cut through the clutter of all the other books out there, and cultivate your niche market. For that you will implement a social networking and perhaps an advertising campaign as well. Also done from your computer.

Currently Portable Document Format (PDF) files fill the need for a solid technology to publish in. However like anything else there's a problem.

The Problem

As this technique does not use ePublishing, but PDF files (at least currently) you will need to address the unpaid duplication and transfer of your work. Traditionally, copy protection and password schemes not done well, and will likely not do well here either. So, we may have to accept the lost revenue as a consequence of doing business, or not use this idea at all. After all, that's only what it. Might be a good idea; might not.

Want More Information? Attend Our Program at CAPA-U

We will be discussing this at my presentation: Embracing Publishing Changes By Using Social Marketing at the Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association's yearly conference, CAPA-University. Saturday, May 12, 2012 at the Hartford Steam Boiler Convention Center in Hartford, Connecticut. Download the 2012 CAPA-U brochure.

Part 5 Publishing in 2012 PDF Publishing

This is a technique that you won't likely find being discussed. We think this is a valid, workable, and profitable way to sell your work. The technology is 'off the shelf'.' Totally mature and secure. You have nothing to fear, or be concerned about. Technical issues can be handled by any competent Web shop.

Advantages

With little more than a Web site, or blog, a book or other publication in Portable Document Format (PDF), and PayPal, you can be your own publishing house. In fact, if you have a project ready to go, you can have it online and for sale in less than 48 hours from now.

This can be done nicely with WordPress, and you can get a WordPress blog for free. Same with PayPal.

• To set up a WordPress blog on your Website.
• For a free blog at WordPress.com.

Your Website, or blog, will do three things for you.

1. It will advertise and sell your work.
2. Be found by search engines.
3. Be the crown jewel of your social networking campaign.

Here there are no middlemen. No one to take a commission from you. No one can refuse to publish your work. You seek no one's approval. You make money or you don't totally on your own because you are totally on your own.

Disadvantages

Piracy of your work. Despite your best efforts your book's security may be broken. should that happen, you will receive nothing from any copies made. This happened to me, as I've written here in a previous post.

So, look for Digital Rights Management (DRM) cracking and illegal sharing of books much like what the music industry went through in the 1990s. See late news below. Apple is involves and did much to end the music privacy. That's good news for all of us.

You are totally responsible for the entire project. this very much includes marketing and sales. there is no one to help you, unless you hire someone. And like anything else it cuts into your profits.

As to pricing your PDF eBook, we suggest you price it according to similar work sold at Amazon, Barns and Noble, and other major eBook outlets.

Late breaking news!

We literally just heard about Apple getting onto the publishing business. This from a friend, editor,and writer, Lindsay Kelloc. Read the entire article here Has Apple just invented a new kind of long-form journalism?

Even better, Apple has created an eBook creation tool iBooksAuthor From Apple.

Part 5 Publishing in 2012 PDF Publishing

This is a technique that you won't likely find being discussed. We think this is a valid, workable, and profitable way to sell your work. The technology is 'off the shelf'.' Totally mature and secure. You have nothing to fear, or be concerned about. Technical issues can be handled by any competent Web shop.

Advantages

With little more than a Web site, or blog, a book or other publication in Portable Document Format (PDF), and PayPal, you can be your own publishing house. In fact, if you have a project ready to go, you can have it online and for sale in less than 48 hours from now.

This can be done nicely with WordPress, and you can get a WordPress blog for free. Same with PayPal.

• To set up a WordPress blog on your Website.
• For a free blog at WordPress.com.

Your Website, or blog, will do three things for you.

1. It will advertise and sell your work.
2. Be found by search engines.
3. Be the crown jewel of your social networking campaign.

Here there are no middlemen. No one to take a commission from you. No one can refuse to publish your work. You seek no one's approval. You make money or you don't totally on your own because you are totally on your own.

Disadvantages

Piracy of your work. Despite your best efforts your book's security may be broken. should that happen, you will receive nothing from any copies made. This happened to me, as I've written here in a previous post.

So, look for Digital Rights Management (DRM) cracking and illegal sharing of books much like what the music industry went through in the 1990s. See late news below. Apple is involves and did much to end the music privacy. That's good news for all of us.

You are totally responsible for the entire project. this very much includes marketing and sales. there is no one to help you, unless you hire someone. And like anything else it cuts into your profits.

As to pricing your PDF eBook, we suggest you price it according to similar work sold at Amazon, Barns and Noble, and other major eBook outlets.

Late breaking news!

We literally just heard about Apple getting onto the publishing business. This from a friend, editor,and writer, Lindsay Kelloc. Read the entire article here Has Apple just invented a new kind of long-form journalism?

Even better, Apple has created an eBook creation tool iBooksAuthor From Apple.