Especially, as I wrote the last article, about educating indie authors on how to work with libraries, I realized that the Smashwords» technology and distribution platform solves two of the largest barriers to libraries acquiring indie ebooks: putting the books into library distribution channels and getting
them into ebook platforms that patrons are already comfortable with.
Not exact matches
However, Rainforest QA has now released their mobile app testing
platform («Quality Assurance as a Service»), along with an
ebook about scaling mobile testing itself, using their crop of over 50,000 crowdsourced testers to zero in on specific issues (and they get into this in detail in a recent eB
ebook about scaling mobile testing itself, using their crop of over 50,000 crowdsourced testers to zero in on specific issues (and they get
into this in detail in a recent
eBookeBook).
You may also wish to repurpose some of your short reports
into eBooks (sold on their on website) or books for the Kindle
platform.
Until this week, you needed a US business address to get your
ebooks into Amazon's Kindle store via their self - service Digital Text
Platform (DTP).
Tim, Our company, BB
eBooks, helps turn your manuscript
into an
eBook for the major
eBook platforms.
Here is a
eBook account set up worksheet that will allow you to pull all of the information you need
into one place before you start and that way you can move easily through the set up process on each
platform.
The makers of the app also informed they wish to evolve
into the best
ebook reading app on the Windows
platform and have already planned several enhancements towards achieving that goal.
There is lots of competition on the cloud
platform that lets you import RSS and
ebooks into a singular
platform and store all of your notes, highlights, and annotations in the cloud.
If Apple turned iBooks
into an iBooksView, a general purpose widget for rendering
ebooks, every single
ebook app on the
platform would improve as a result.
The main purpose of our new report, «
Ebook Licensing Guide for Public Libraries and Publishers,» resulting from the collaboration between Publishing Perspectives, the leading international book publishing news and opinion magazine; Bookwire, a platform specializing in the worldwide distribution of more than 100,000 ebooks and audiobooks of more than 1.000 publishers from around the world, and Dosdoce.com, a company specializing in the development of digital business models, is to provide professionals in the book world with a broader insight into the numerous opportunities offered by new ebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to those mo
Ebook Licensing Guide for Public Libraries and Publishers,» resulting from the collaboration between Publishing Perspectives, the leading international book publishing news and opinion magazine; Bookwire, a
platform specializing in the worldwide distribution of more than 100,000
ebooks and audiobooks of more than 1.000 publishers from around the world, and Dosdoce.com, a company specializing in the development of digital business models, is to provide professionals in the book world with a broader insight
into the numerous opportunities offered by new
ebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to those mo
ebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to those models.
From something that was considered a domestic online enterprise, eSentral has grown
into a digital
platform monster serving more than 40,000
ebooks for the market of Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore, and all this started on landscape which did not have an
ebook industry to begin with.
Dig deep and get a firm understanding of how these channels work, what you'll need in order to leverage their self - publishing
platform, costs, timeframes, one - time fees, recurring fees, and the process for converting your manuscript
into an
ebook.
Pressbooks Public is an indie author
platform that turns public libraries
into writing centers for local authors, helping them to format their books for distribution in library collections, and commercial
ebook and print - on - demand channels.
We then dive deeper
into the issue of major
ebook stores on the iOS
platform and why they stopped selling books within the apps.
Recently they updated their Android Kobo App which allows side loading of
ebooks into its Android
platform.
I basically learned how to turn a Word document
into something to be able to use as an
ebook and then started using Kindle Direct Publishing, Amazon's publishing
platform, to publish from there.
Fishcake Publications has been set up as a small, independent publisher primarily focused on helping authors, whether already established or unpublished, get their work
into the digital realm on as many
eBook platforms and formats as possible, therefore maximising their potential exposure and making their work accessible for the general public worldwide.
If they are not careful the core talent of the book trade may well combine in new types of ventures — collectives and transparent relationships where writers and editors go
into business together on a 50:50 basis and are enabled by web
platforms,
ebooks and print on demand... disintermediation of a more radical sort.
Copy Editing, to Cover Design, to Interior Layout,
eBook creation, Advanced Reader Copies, Global Distribution, Ingram Catalog, Virtual Assistance, one year Membership in AuthorU.org, full registration at the Author U annual Extravaganza, one year membership in APSS, Author Photo Shoot, Crowdfunding
Platform, Printing Discounts,
Platform Strategy Session, National Top 10 Library or a National Top 10 Independent Bookstore sales campaign, One - on - One sales presentation to 20 buyers and Librarians across North America, BookBar in Colorado will carry book with 100 % of sales going to author, the Tattered Cover Press print package, entry
into both the USA Best Book Awards and International Book Awards, $ 300 in legal assistance.
It can protect the most popular
eBook formats, ePub and PDF, and perhaps its greatest strength is that it does so without locking end - users
into a single device,
platform or vendor.
Diesel
eBooks has deployed a flexible platform enabling partners to quickly incorporate ebooks into their marketing strategy via multiple vehicles including syndication, affiliate programs, and white label opportun
eBooks has deployed a flexible
platform enabling partners to quickly incorporate
ebooks into their marketing strategy via multiple vehicles including syndication, affiliate programs, and white label opportun
ebooks into their marketing strategy via multiple vehicles including syndication, affiliate programs, and white label opportunities.
It also has instructions on how to hack the OS
into a fully functional android
platform for those that want to turn their
ebook into a tablet....
While the Times has been reviewing and ranking
ebooks for a short time, this marks the first time an author — albeit an author with a strong
platform due to his well - known body of work as an entertainment critic, as opposed to an unknown debut author — has crossed over
into its mainstream book reviews with a two - page review.
OverDrive's magazine service features no circulation cap, simultaneous use for titles, and premium content, all conveniently integrated
into the same
platform users come to for their
eBook and audiobooks.
It locks
ebooks into certain
platforms so that you can only read your purchased
ebooks on specific apps and devices.
According to Autography co-founder Tom Waters, the
ebook signing software
platform will be extending its work
into foreign markets in the near future.
With Draft2Digital adding OverDrive as one of its
eBook distribution
platforms, indie authors have a new and easy way to get their books
into more than 38,000 public, corporate, and school libraries, in 40 + countries worldwide.
as one of its
eBook distribution
platforms, indie authors have a new and easy way to get their books
into more than 38,000 public, corporate, and school libraries, in 40 + countries worldwide.
There is no shortage of
ebook distribution
platforms, both free and for fees or royalties, that will help authors get their works
into the hands of readers across different device preferences.
A Kickstarter project called The People's E-Book needed $ 20K to fund an
ebook creation
platform for artists, authors, and alternative presses who want to try new things, publish new books, and push
into new territories.
There is no shortage of authors writing books and thanks to the multitude of
platforms to create an
ebook or a print - on - demand physical book, there is also no shortage of ways an author can go about getting his work
into the hands of the reading public, even while bypassing the traditional publishing industry altogether.
Europe's leading
ebook distribution
platform, XinXii, has formed a partnership with the largest bookselling chain in Spain to incorporate its self - published
ebook titles
into Casa del Libro's online store.
Kobo recently raised the ire of some authors due to restrictions in its self - publishing
platform, Writing Life, due to the appearance of erotica and adult - themed self - published
ebooks making their way
into online book retailers» children's sections, with the end result being a statement from the company that they will not consider for sale certain inappropriate thematic elements and that, like most of the other retailers including Amazon and Barnes and Noble, they would be deleting titles whose metadata or keywords seemed intentionally misleading.
With so much emphasis placed on the expansion
into foreign markets at this year's FutureBook event, where even the major
ebook distribution
platforms were discussing their investment and planning in global expansion, self - published authors truly stand to benefit from the opening of larger reader markets, but only if... [Read more...]
Over the coming months, Kobo will work to integrate the Shelfie
platform into its Android and iOS apps, enabling readers to add their print libraries to their reading history to generate ever more tailored
eBook recommendations, as well as the option to get digital versions of print titles they already own.
With so much emphasis placed on the expansion
into foreign markets at this year's FutureBook event, where even the major
ebook distribution
platforms were discussing their investment and planning in global expansion, self - published authors truly stand to benefit from the opening of larger reader markets, but only if they are prepared to do so.
Getting the 122 riddles from this ancient epic
into an
ebook format offers an additional
platform for the young of all ages to enjoy reading on their tablets, iphones, etc..
The Kindle
platform has emerged as the leader in the
eBook field, and there couldn't be a better way to break
into this market than through Amazon.
But he spoke primarily in the interview towards authors who are interested in getting their books
into a wider variety of global
ebook markets, especially self - published authors who want to use
platforms like Kobo's Writing Life to distribute their
ebooks.
Conversion is the step when authors convert word - processed files
into e-book-friendly formats for the various
ebook platforms, like the Amazon Kindle and B&N Nook.
In the next few months, Kobo said it will work to integrate Shelfie's
platform into its Android and iOS apps, enabling readers to add their print libraries to their digital reading history, and more tailored
ebook recommendations.
If you want to self - publish, I recommend you look
into other (cheaper) options, such as CreateSpace or IngramSpark if you want to do print, and Smashwords, Draft2Digital, and the direct - to - ereading - device
platforms such as Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing, if you want to do an
ebook only.
One of the major benefits of using your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch as your
platform for reading
ebooks is that you're not locked
into a single app and store as you are with the Kindle and Nook hardware.
The Windows Phone 7 Kindle app is the first major
eBook reading app for Microsoft's latest mobile
platform and it includes new features built
into a Kindle app for the first time, such as personalised recommendations integrated within the Kindle app's home screen and the ability to send book recommendations to your chums without even stepping outside the app.
By following these guidelines, your
eBook should get
into «Premium Status», which means Smashwords will commence distribution of your EPUB to other
platforms.
Often we have clients who have been in the writing game for quite some time and are interested in taking a novel from their backlist and turning it
into an
eBook for sale at Amazon, Nook, Kobo, and other
eBook platforms.
In our next several posts, we will delve deeper
into each social media
platform and provide you with
eBook marketing ideas and examples you can use to improve your
eBook sales.
The indie booksellers that joined using the American Booksellers Association's IndieBound
platform used a simple search facility to integrate Google
ebooks into their sites (like this).
This course is designed to help you transform that idea, or already written book,
into a fully fledged
eBook that can appear on Amazon, Nook, iBooks and other ePublishing
platforms.
I would suggest that the reason more major print publishers are open to submissions these days is because they are aware that a lot of writers, and I mean a lot, are simply turning to self - publishing
ebook platforms to get their novel out
into the world.