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Authors Tales

Asha Patel : Rooms and Views

Those that know me, know that I like working quickly and love getting quick results. What has transpired this week working with author and photographer, Asha Patel, has surprised even me.
Here’s the diary of how it all unfolded …

Monday morning : meet with Asha and we have a one hour light bulb moment session where we [...]

Publishing

Author Platform #005: ePublishing

So you’ve written your ebook but how do you get it out to the world and even start making money from it?

Option 1: PDF

Well the simplest way is as it has always been – to create a PDF file. This not only preserves the formatting of you source document but ensures it can’t [easily] be tampered [...]

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 [...]

Metaphysics

Karmic Rights Management

I am often asked by both new and experienced writers how you go about protecting your books in the digital age.
In these days when you can blog a story or submit an ebook to one of many aggregator sites like Issuu, Myebook, YouPublish and Smashwords, what’s to stop anyone stealing and copying your work illegally?

If you [...]