Have you ever sat there, thinking “I wish I could write?” Not “I wish I could write like [Joe Schmo]” or anyone in particular, just “I wish I could write.” I think you can. I don’t mean ‘the one novel that’s in all of us.’ Believe me, not everyone has a novel in them. Just write something. Write anything. …
Still judging books by their covers? Too right. A major online book promoter sends out a newsletter two or three times a week promoting mostly indie-published books. Some of the covers are solid creative gold. Some reveal the art of the not-so-good cover. Here’s just a handful from November… …
How to generate clean, compatible files without having to use multiple editing softwares? Kindle has it’s own proprietary format for e-books, and we’ve been looking to ditch the horror that is Kindle Create. We now have a new workflow for e-books. …
Producing digital books formatted for reading on electronic devices should be simple. But achieving the strict technical standards laid out for EPUB files can be difficult. Here’s our initial experience using the Sigil EPUB editing software. …
Netflix. Spotify. iTunes. Microsoft Office 365. Graze. Sock Panda. Yes, you can now subscribe to socks. The question is, are E-book subscriptions the Future? …
Stock photo database plus Photoshop equals the unintentionally comical cliché of many covers, one image.
One of the most persistent is The Woman With the Birdcage. The original image by Lorraine Molina of a woman in period costume with (and sometimes without) a birdcage has been recoloured, cut-out, superimposed and generally bastardised on many covers for at least a decade. Our collage is of only ten random covers which use this image – there are more. Click on the thumbnail to see the full horror. …
Some seventy years after its invention the Flesch readability test is used by marketers, policy writers and bloggers; but do Readability Scores work? …
Amazon’s MOBI format for Kindle is strictly proscribed and validated whenever a file is uploaded to Amazon. Working with Kindle Create software should be the best route to a valid e-book file. But unless your book is the simplest, text-only layout, Kindle Create is a struggle. …
The electronic book comes in many different formats, from EPUB to PDF to Kindle’s MOBI and many others. You may not know that not all EPUBS are alike. …
If you saw our rejection of Digital Rights Management, or DRM, the fundamental objections are practical. So what are the practicalities of Digital Rights Management? …
