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May 2010

Managing Your eBook Library with Calibre

May 31, 2010 14 comments
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Calibre provides a robust suite of services to help manage your ebook library, subscribe to news feeds, and perform conversion and syncing to mobile devices. And it’s open source software, with expanding support from a large user community around the world.

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This Week in the Blogs, May 23 – 29, 2010

May 30, 2010 3 comments
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BookExpo America, a look at special sales, an “Author-services Index,” CreateSpace, hiring an editor, Amazon’s John Fine speaking out, and Apple opening the iBookstore to self-publishers. We’re on a roll. Enjoy.

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Car Writer

May 29, 2010 11 comments
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For new visitors: Saturday is the day I take to write about pretty much whatever strikes me, frequently off-topic. A recipe might appear once in a while, or a memory. It’s Saturday—take a minute. Enjoy. May 28, 2010 / By the side of the road rounding Back Ranch / 8:07 a.m. Friday, Sunny I’m not [...]

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Apple iPad, the New Mall of America?

May 28, 2010 8 comments
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Apple’s iPad is a revolutionary computer accessory ideal for consuming content, consuming digital products and, eventually, for targeted direct marketing. It’s seductive interface and the simplicity of its operation may lead it to wide adoption and use in mass marketing.

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Getting to the Top of the Charts on Amazon Kindle

May 27, 2010 9 comments
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Zoe Winters, indie author and self-publisher describes how her two novellas reached #1 and #2 in the Amazon Kindle store for Gothic romance. She explains her use of social media and her passion for the indie publishing model.

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