He is arguably one of the most successful bloggers and thought-leaders of our time. When Seth Godin speaks, people sit up and listen, even if they’re the CEO of one of the Big 6 publishers. He raised eyebrows with his decision to leave the traditional book publishing industry in order to form his own entity called The Domino Project. But when he made the decision to move on after 12 bestsellers, tongues wagged. Had his precious experiment failed or knowing Godin, was something greater in store? To find out, I asked Godin about this as well as his thoughts on not only the future of the book publishing industry as we know it but also why he calls some book publishers’ decision to pull the plug on libraries’ access to eBooks “silly”. 
BookBaby, the author services company with the world's largest eBook distribution network for independent publishers, announced today that they'll be hosting a self-publishing sweepstakes worth over $2,000. 
May is How To Sell Self-Published Books Month here on Catherine, Caffeinated. Last week I poured a bucket of ice-cold water over your dreams in Read This First (which, thanks to Freshly Pressed, i... 
Post your photo book project on Crowdbooks online publishing platform. Publish your photography book with crowdfunding. 
The battle for authors just went nuclear with one self-publishing and distribution tool offering authors 100% of royalties for all e-books published before July... XinXii is Europe's leading indie eBook publishing and distribution platform. You can still sell your eBook exlusively on XinXii, or you let us distribute your eBook to leading online retailers. 
Have you been following the Amazon eBook "price fixing" case? 
OK....so Smashwords has had "Soft Target" for a week now. I went through and did all the pre-upload formatting that they recommended. Yet it's still "Pending Review," which means it's only for sale on Smashwords, not iTunes, Nook, etc. 
An antitrust suit may provide short-term price reductions on e-books, but once the competition is flattened, Amazon is likely to resume its monopolistic ways. 
Want to make a book? Choose from 3 book making tools: Simple online templates, customizable layouts or full creative control. Make a beautiful book today. 
Agenzia di servizi di editoria digitale, offre agli editori servizi per realizzazione e distribuzione di eBook oltre a web, grafica e multimedia... 
Learn the crucial elements that make up well designed marketing ebooks. |
Unbound is a new way of bringing authors and readers together. We believe both deserve a greater say in which books get published. 
The essentials of editing, production, distribution, marketing – and the realities of making money... 
Some authors, like the novelist James Patterson, are producing 12 or more books a year to satisfy readers who are increasingly used to on-demand entertainment. 
In the traditional publishing model, an author with an idea would need to attract the attention of an agent or publisher who would evaluate the idea and the author's credentials and abilities in order to make a decision. 
Beverly Akerman gleans the secrets of DIY bestsellerdom from Martin Crosbie, who went from mainstream reject to e-book sensation... 
Want to publish a book? You can either kill a bunch of trees, or get with the 2010s and publish it as an ebook. 
Can anyone recommend a self-publishing company other than CreateSpace, and why you recommend it? 
Vook Has A New Smooth Tool For Making eBooks... Is it really the easiest way to create, style, distribute, and track sales—all from one cloud-based app? 
Mark Coker says the lawsuit against Apple and five publishers will end up harming those who write, publish, sell and enjoy e-books. 
Several articles with a short resume. "Books in the KDP program have the option to go free for five days during each 90-day cycle they’re in the program. (If you opt to re-up after the first three months you get another five free days.) With five days to play with I figured two now, two later, and then one. That gives me three shots at getting the famed KDP free “bounce.” The theory is that if you put your ebook up for free lots of people will download it and this will drive you into the algorithms as a hot-selling item. Amazon is the perfect example of “and the rich get richer,” since they like to promote books which are already selling well." |
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