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Author Platform #003: eReading

If I was writing this article just five years ago, when asked what an ebook is, I would probably have said a PDF. Where PDF is an acronym for Portable Document Format which, unlike say an Word document, is read-only and retains all the source formatting and layout.
Nowadays, with the increasing ubiquity of ereaders, it might [...]

iPhone & iPad

Literary Festival: A World First

I am thrilled to announce the winner of this year’s Guildford Book Festival Short Story competition. As far as we know, it’s a world first for any literary festival for the winning story to be converted into an iPhone app.
It’s called Train in the Night by Christopher Franks who hails from Cambridgeshire.

It’s a captivating tale of [...]

Authors Tales

Addicted to Wedding Cake

I’m thrilled to have been able to help new author Keith Churchouse publish his second book this year on the Amazon Kindle – and via the Kindle app, on the iPhone and iPad too.

Addicted to Wedding Cake is a user manual of how to get divorced in the most painless way possible. Keith’s been there, got [...]

iPhone & iPad

Do iPad or do I Kindle?

Well I never thought I’d ever buy Knitting for Dummies. But I just got a copy via the Amazon Kindle Store to read, or is that to watch, on my iPad.

So am I taking up crocheting books or, as fabulous author’s coach @ledasammarco suggested on Twitter, knitting light bulbs?

No, I am just checking out how embedded [...]

Happenings

Guildford Book Festival Short Story Competition

The Bookwright is thrilled to be sponsoring this year’s Guildford Book Festival Short Story award.
The prize is fabulous and, as far as we know, a first for any literary competition anywhere in the world.
The winning entry will be converted into an iPhone app that can be either read or listened to – we call these Commutabooks.

The [...]

iPhone & iPad

iPad: five killer apps for authors

As I mentioned in my earlier blog – Do iPad or Do I Kindle? – the iPad delivers something very specific for authors that ereaders don’t…
- quite simply, it’s the ability to write.

Will I be getting one? You bet!

Will I wait a while? Yes too as I specifically want it do act as my mobile writing [...]

iPhone & iPad

iPad: five killer apps for authors

As I mentioned in my earlier blog – Do iPad or Do I Kindle? – the iPad delivers something very specific for authors that ereaders don’t…
- quite simply, it’s the ability to write.

Will I be getting one? You bet!

Will I wait a while? Yes too as I specifically want it do act as my mobile writing [...]

iPhone & iPad

Gems of Wisdom iPhone app

I am really proud to announce the release another inspirational iPhone app – Gems of Wisdom by Eileen Caddy from Findhorn Press.

This app gives you access to the kernel of Eileen Caddy’s bestselling Opening Doors Within throughout your day with a 366-page perpetual calendar.

Each day has a fabulous photograph from Angus Marland and you can buy [...]

iPhone & iPad

Kryon Crystals iPhone app

I am really proud to announce the release the full version of iPhone app for the Kryon School in Germany.

The app allows you to make full use of the amazing Crystals of the Divine Reality are now available in the Apple App Store. Using the app daily will bring magic, illumination and abundance into your [...]

iPhone & iPad

Another great iPhone app

I am really proud to announce the release a new iPhone app for the Kryon School in Germany.

The amazing Crystals of the Divine Reality are now available  in the Apple App Store.

Using the app daily will bring magic, illumination and abundance into your life.

This version of the app is free to download …
Get if free here

The [...]