Barnes and Noble Pubit! will retire on July 10th, 2013 and all publishing will be exclusively through Nook Press. I love the new interface of Nook Press – clean, effeicient and so easy to understand and use…. 2 THUMBS UP! Changing to Nook Press is easy: Just follow the link below and log in with […]
10 Free eBook Publishing Guides
Here is a short list of free ebook publishing guides. I do not have any affiliation or claim to any author or publishers in regard to any books on the list, and cannot guarantee they will be helpful or illuminating in your self-publishing business. They are free. (NOTE: I do not personally use Mobipocket or […]
Free eBook Formatting Guides: Style, Marketing and Software Programs
Short list of FREE ebook formatting marketing and style guides, as well as top ebook formatting tools to Create, Promote and Market your ebook.
Amazon Break Through Novel Award Contest
Sixth annual Novel Award contest offers a $50,000 advance and publishing with Amazon Publishing. 5 categories, 5 finalists. Contest Closes January 27th.
Smashwords Direct – Smashwords Accepts epub file uploads
After years of wanting this feature, Smashwords launched (Dec. 2012) a much needed improvement to their system – Smashwords Direct allows the support of ebooks that “contain richer, more sophisticated formatting”. “Smashwords Direct allows you to upload your own professionally designed .epub file to Smashwords. You can use Smashwords Direct to replace a Smashwords Meatgrinder-generated […]
Smashwords Mark Coker talks about e-Publishing (March 2011)
Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords.com, talks about his ebook publishing and distribution platform. Smashwords makes it easy for any author in the world to upload a finished manuscript and instantly e-publish as a multi-format ebook to most of the major ebook retailers.
Author Central: An Effective Marketing Tool for Authors
Many authors don’t take advantage of or are not even aware that Amazon provides a free author page (Author Central), not just on their .com site, but on their International sites as well.