by Joel Friedlander | Apr 16, 2011 | Book Production, E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing
Goodbye Flip Cisco Systems discontinued sales of the Flip camera, the tool that revolutionized mobile video. Was Flip being rendered obsolete by the iPhone and Android phones with their always-ready HD video? We’ll never know, but it’s the end of an era...
by Joel Friedlander | Mar 10, 2011 | The Joel Friedlander Archives
This weekend is the annual all-day workshop run by the (San Francisco) Bay Area Independent Publishers Association (BAIPA). This year the event has moved out of Marin County, where it has traditionally been held, to Nile Hall in Preservation Park, part of Oakland,...
by Joel Friedlander | Dec 5, 2010 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
We’re in full-bore holiday mode, and retailers are reporting some decent sales from early reports. Here this week we have lots to learn about author websites, how to grow your mail list, one author’s journey, a new self-publishing metric, and some great...
by Joel Friedlander | May 5, 2010 | Self-Publishing
I visit a lot of blogs about publishing, writing and related topics. There’s a huge interest in self-publishing, and it seems that many developments in the publishing world are helping to stimulate that interest. New technologies, new devices, new formats are...