The 2009 Amazon Break Through Novel (ABNA) semi-finalist, Richard Hine shares his insights into the ups and downs of in creating his breakthrough novel “Russell Wiley is Out to Lunch” – a humorous (satire) look at corporate office life.
eBook Publishing Software Engineer, Liza Daly
Liza Daly of Threepress Consulting, Inc. gives an overview of her free, multi-platform Ibis Reader and the advantage of HTML5 to create multi-media ebook apps that work across any device.
Book Covers that Annoy Booksellers
An informative, tongue-in-cheek list of what to do if you WANT bookstores to NOT carry your book — something every writer desires, right?
eBook Cover Design Tutorial: Choosing Colors
More often than not, the topic of your book helps determine the color theme. For example, a book on babies or weddings use whites or soft pastels; murder mysteries may include red or black; boating, oceans and space science themes utilize blues, blacks or even green.
eBook Cover Design Tutorial: Breaking Down the Elements
A picture says a thousand words: for an author, it’s more like 120,000 words. The right book cover image is crucial for attracting customers. J.K. Rowlings’ cover art for the book, the Sorcerer’s Stone (Philosopher’s Stone), uses key ingredients to entice, but NOT reveal the story. Breaking down these elements into their basic parts, we can create a list to follow when you are creating your book covers. (This list is by no means definitive; feel free to add or substitute.)
Roz Morris — Book Manuscript Editor on How to “Nail Your Novel”
The single most important element for any new book is a good polish and edit. In the world of traditional print publishing, the publishing house assigns an editor to the author and his/her book to make it shine. As ebook authors, we have the same duty to create the best, well-written book possible–a daunting task to do alone–especially for a new author.
Taylor Christian Fyhrie – Christian Marketing and Promotion
Taylor Christian Fyhrie, Christian Marketing. Originally coming from the real estate marketing business on a national level, Taylor has branched out to get involved in the local community as well through his company, Red Eye Promotions. He is also the co-creator of extremely successful Spokane’s Got Talent.
The Future of Self-Publishing eBooks for 2011
The Changing Face of Book Sales… Book retailers are transforming as many customers go online to purchase. This move has put a lot of pressure on traditional chain stores to create revenue and profits. Similarly, digital books continue to gain market share, and are now “estimated at 8% to10% of revenue fro some major publishing”, […]
Kathy Kinney Special Giving Thanks Podcast
This special “Giving Thanks” podcast is amazing. Kathy is truly an inspiration and one that sees life (and herself) for its goodness and beauty. And how giving to others is “what makes life worth living.” I hope you enjoy this wonderful “Giving Thanks” podcast as much as I do.