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iPhone & iPad

Do I App or do iBook?

Apple have followed Amazon’s lead and iBooks can now have audio and video embedded in them.

See my blog Do iPad or do I Kindle for more on this … and note that, somewhat ironically, Kindle Enhanced Editions (as Amazon called them) are only for Kindle Readers on iPhones and iPads not Kindles themselves.

So with increased functionality [...]

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 [...]

Authors Tales

Sign Here – on the Kindle

I’m thrilled to have been involved with helping new author Keith Churchouse publish his new book, Sign Here, on a multiple number of publishing platforms.

Keith’s new book is a brilliant read for anyone (like me) whose eyes normally glaze over when finance is mentioned.

Keith’s approach to publishing his first book is also a great model for [...]

iPhone & iPad

Is the iPad a good thing?

The announcement of the Apple iPad this week delivered probably exactly what everyone expected – a large version of the iPod touch.

Now the dust has settled on the announcement, the significance of the launch is becoming clearer – certainly insofar as the implications for authors and publishers – and for that matter app developers like me.

In [...]

Writers' Block

Author’s Block

And why it’s different from writer’s block

When you get asked the same thing three times in the same month, you know it’s time to blog about it.

Last month, three different authors came to me with the same tale of woe. Either a publisher had not delivered what they said they would or had let them down [...]

Authors Tales

Appreciating Angels

Appreciating Angels is a true story from the pen of new writer, Sally Asling.

It is a gritty, no holds barred account of her life story transitioning from an adolescent teen to a young woman.

On the surface, it’s a blow by blow account of Sally’s experiences of rape, drug abuse, self harming, anorexia and bulimia.

It is hard [...]

Resources

20 Useful Twitter Links for Writers

Calling all authors … did you know you could use Twitter to do all of this ?

Post samples of your words

Post your pictures & art

Post audio readings of your work

Post 12 seconds of video

Connect with other authors, publishers and agents like these

100+ of the best authors on Twitter

70+ Non-fiction authors on Twitter

25 Good Author, [...]