IBooks Author – Mulled Cider

 I’ve been mulling over some authors’ concerns about Apple’s author agreement regarding the use of its proprietary ebook authoring software, iBooks Author. While I understand people’s worries about not being able to sell the book they created on Apple’s platform anywhere but in iBooks, I’m not going to let that deter me from giving iBooks [...]

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Virtual Autographs – A Personal Experience

I had a delightful surprise waiting for me today from renowned blogging and Online Visibility Expert, Denise Wakeman. Recently, I’ve been exploring how to go about autographing the digital books I’ve authored as a way of making a personal connection with my readers. The top two players in this emerging technology are Kindlegraph and Autography. [...]

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Autography – Another Way to Autograph Your Ebooks

In a recent post, I told you about a very cool new way you can autograph your Kindle ebooks, known as a Kindlegraph. Turns out that Kindlegraph is not the only player on the scene. Robert Barret kindly informed me that his company, Autography, allows authors to actually insert an autograph into a digital book, [...]

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Self-publishing Week in Review – January 22

Fallout has begun over this past week’s announcement from Apple, who announced they were getting into the digital textbook market in a big, big way. While the overall press coverage of the event was positive, some expressed concern that Apple’s new technology would be available only to the elite few, leaving the majority of students [...]

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Authors – Get Out of Your Chair Alive!

If you are reading this, chances are you spend quite a bit of your time sitting down at your computer, writing blog posts, special reports, articles and participating on social media sites… plus, with the new opportunities afforded by the self-publishing revolution, many of you are now stepping into the role of author-entrepreneur and you [...]

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“Can I get your Kindlegraph?” How to Sign Your Ebooks

Wouldn’t it be cool if you could autograph your digital books for your readers? Well, now you can…sort of… Kindlegraph is a new service that lets readers request an electronic “signature” and personalized inscription (known as a Kindlegraph) for your ebooks and then delivers the inscribed message directly to the reader’s Kindle device. The service [...]

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iBooks Author – What does it mean for you?

The speculation about Apple’s long-anticipated event at the Guggenheim has been laid to rest, with the company announcing today their entry into the textbook market. By partnering with three companies who are responsible for nearly all textbook sales… Apple has wrapped up nearly 90% of the market. You can already find the new Textbook section [...]

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Apple, Self-publishing and You

Everybody in the self-publishing world is waiting, nibbling their nails or twirling their hair or doing whatever they do to help displace the anxiety that comes from not knowing what is going to happen when Apple commands at least part of the world’s attention at their much-touted event at the Guggenheim this Thursday… After all, [...]

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Self-publishing – The Winter Rose

There is something incongruous but enchanting about seeing camellias in full bloom here south of Atlanta this time of year, with bare trees and winter temperatures often dipping below freezing at night. These beautiful plants, originally from China, are known fondly here in Georgia as the Winter Rose. Seeing something so beautiful yet so unexpected, [...]

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Writing, Creativity and the Glass Slippers

In the first few days following the purchase of my new iPad2, I was nearly certain I would be adding an additional purchase to my new tech toy… an external keyboard. After all, most everyone who was anyone online recommended a keyboard if you were going to aspire to any real writing… and of course, [...]

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