Sentences with phrase «of ebook publishing platforms»

The iBooks store is known to be the Mikey of ebook publishing platforms — rejecting epub files for small formatting issues that are not a problem to any of the others.

Not exact matches

The new generation of publishing houses focus on getting independent authors onto various ebook distribution platforms such as Kindle, iBooks, and Nook.

asks Mark Coker, the founder and CEO of Smashwords — one of the few ebook self - publishing platforms that didn't clean house in October.

Other recent developments in the POD / self - publishing space include Amazon's merger of Booksurge and CreateSpace; Lulu's adding 200,000 eBooks from traditional publishers to their platform; and Andrew Sullivan is self - publishing a book via Blurb.

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This as - of - yet untapped level on consumer — the person who wishes he read more books or was more up - to - date on current events, but simply doesn't have enough time to devote to this type of reading — is becoming a bigger focus among digital publishing platforms; last week, Rooster announced the March 11th launch of its «snippet» reading subscription that lets users consume serialized books at a fraction of the cost of full - size ebook subscriptions, again, optimized for smartphone reading.

Ebook distribution platform Smashwords, one of the top retailers for self - published and digitally published works, unveiled a new program today that will make it even easier and more lucrative for libraries to put indie authors» titles in the devices of digital reading patrons.

An agreement announced today between ebook distributor and self - publishing platform Smashwords and OverDrive, the largest provider of digital content to public and school libraries, is going to give self - published authors one of the few remaining pieces in the publishing puzzle, namely the ability for libraries to... [Read more...]

The world of self - publishing is rife with unfriendly, non-intuitive platforms that demand a strong technical knowledge to be able to produce compelling ebooks.

The Final Appearance of America's Favorite Girl Next Door, will be available exclusively as an eBook using Lulu.com's self - publishing platform and released by Shelf

The Final Appearance of America's Favorite Girl Next Door, will be available exclusively as an eBook using Lulu.com's self - publishing platform and released by Shelf Media Group, December 6th, 2011.

You've probably noticed how I've recently published a lot of eBooks on Amazon's Kindle publishing platform.

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 moEbook 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 thoPublishing 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 thopublishing 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 moebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to those models.

Founded in 2012, we're working hard to prevent businesses from giving up most of their profits to the big names of eBook publishing, and instead give them the ability to launch their own sales platform.

There is a lot of confusion about what size to make ebook covers and what type of files are needed by different publishing platforms.

The library can be a magnet for ebook discovery and a distribution platform for helping authors self - publish... The article mostly broadens our awareness of how a library and its expert staff can help ensure that the right title finds the right reader at the right time — and how the considerable research expertise can help deepen and strengthen the research in the book.

Depending on which of our Ready - made Cover Design options you select, after we customize your purchased cover design you will receive a file you can use with your ebook or print publishing platform.

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.

I mention in the book — Write to Launch — that when you're producing a paperback or ebook you need to understand and follow the rules of the publishing platform you are using.

Then I told the world about some of the things I've learned while setting up Studio Tendra, namely that all ebook publishing platforms are a joke

This week, Trident Media Group joined the ranks of respected agencies like Dystel & Goderich, Knight Agency, and Andrea Brown Literary in agreeing to help their clients publish their manuscripts to ebook platforms.

Many authors have spoken out on the superfluousness of having an agent take on roles that the indie author can easily fulfill; if ebook platforms like Kindle Direct Publishing were to ridiculously insist that they would only accept ebook submissions from literary agents, that would be the end of indie authors and agents would once again be almost a requirement for authors to put their works in front of readers.

As more and more writers turn to self - publishing, they're going with a platform that can provide a wide variety of distribution channels and the opportunity for low - cost ebook gifting and promotion.

Amazon's CreateSpace holds the top position for print production of self - published titles, with 39 % of the industry in 2011, while Smashwords produced more self - published ebooks than any other platform with 47 % of the market.

An agreement announced today between ebook distributor and self - publishing platform Smashwords and OverDrive, the largest provider of digital content to public and school libraries, is going to give self - published authors one of the few remaining pieces in the publishing puzzle, namely the ability for libraries to stock their work.

Self - published authors of genre fiction are a driving force in the ebook market and so we are looking forward to offering Smashwords» 250,000 titles to all the users of the txtr platform in 20 countries, alongside bestsellers from well - known publishers.»

While long form journalism and e-novellas have taken off thanks in large part to digital publishing, short story authors are still feeling the frustration of being relegated to anthologies or trying to swim their titles in the sea of other 99cent - ebooks without a platform for discovery.

Amid the uproar and media firestorm surrounding the recent discovery of inappropriate subject matter available in the children's digital sections of some ebook retailers» websites, Kobo and several other self - publishing platforms took a bold stance and blocked self - published titles from sale until a thorough review... [Read more...]

Self - published titles continue to grow on the Nook Platform and the company said they represent about 25 % of all eBook sales on Nook devices and sales are growing roughly 20 % each quarter.

For many self - published authors, the various ebook distribution platforms that have made it easier than ever to put content in front of readers are the only avenue to publication.

Now, Hong Kong - based self - publishing platform Towerbabel is furthering not only digital reading and enjoyment of ebooks, but has built its platform to also be a collaboration tool for authors, editors, designers, and artists, while also helping participants engage in social writing.

While educational initiatives have put devices in place, retail websites like Flipkart and Amazon India have introduced easy ebook purchasing, and even major self - publishers have brought the platform to authors in India, the lack of internet connection has been blamed for disappointing results in publishing.

Self - publishing and distribution platform Smashwords released the news that Bowker has declared the site to be the top producer of ebooks in 2012, and the second largest producer of self - published titles following CreateSpace.

Ahn went on to describe some of the processes which Korean ebook publishing platforms employ, notably a very user friendly drop - and - drag system which he compared to the ease of using Power Point, a factor which may lead to greater numbers of self - published authors, even as greater numbers of readers go digital.

The four most - popular eBook publishing platforms are: Kindle iBooks Nook Google Books For the most part, they are relatively similar in terms of offering the ability to publish and sell one's eBooks online.

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Aside from these types of self - publishing, there are different major ebook platforms available for authors to choose from and here are some of them:

McGuire is the founder of the Pressbooks platform, an open source content management system and book formatter that outputs designed books in all major publishing formats: PDF (for print and digital distribution), EPUB and MOBI ebook formats, as well as a fully native Web version of each book.

There is only one mention of the Kindle, an out - of - context observation that «Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing platform has enabled writers to produce ebooks.»

The article inspired me to share my experience of self publishing a book and ebook... and how to do it for almost free using the Amazon Createspace platform.

Note: Whether for print books or ebooks, self published authors who do NOT use a self publishing platform (such as Createspace or KDP) and who do all the production, printing, distribution and marketing of their books themselves do not receive «royalties.»

2) BARNES & NOBLE (claims to have 27 % of the ebook market, must create account on «Pubit», only U.S. authors for now, market very limited, free to publish, royalties 65/30, can change price at any time, can publish to other platforms)

At this level, besides total book design, including print and ebook formatting, you'll also get access to two of my premium online courses on book marketing and building an author platform, my step - by - step book launch checklist, as well as one month of publishing support... along with some book promotion graphics to make your book look awesome.

My opinion is that it would be worthwhile for both libraries and indie and self - published authors to find or create a platform for indie, small press and self - pubbed authors to have a way of distributing and lending their ebooks in the library space.

Instead of publishing your book directly to all of the individual platforms, you can choose to go through an eBook distributor such as Smashwords.

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The Pressbooks platform lets you create your own book easily and quickly with a minimal investment of time, money and effort and then self - publish it in the ebook and print bookstores of your choice.

I wouldn't want to try self - publishing without a decent marketing plan and some kind of platform, but there are some no - name authors doing well with ebooks.

But the difference with publishing on Amazon is that my ebook can be read on my pc, smartphone and a variety of tablets including on the iPad... however, the iBook reader is restricted to only Apple platforms so my ebook audience is restricted to only those with access to Apple technology.

While Frum's title is not a piece of long - form journalism like those digital titles published by platforms like Atavist and Kindle Singles, the popularity of those platforms can be found in this ebook.