by Joel Friedlander | Sep 15, 2011 | The Joel Friedlander Archives
It wasn’t hard to predict that ePub would start to become a common output option on more and more consumer-level software programs. As it is, there are word processors and layout programs that convert your documents to ePub books, complete with linked table of...
by Joel Friedlander | Jun 14, 2011 | E-Books & Readers, Social Media
Blog Stats There’s a long tradition of bloggers publishing statistics on their blogs. I like the tradition, no matter what niche you’re in, because it reflects some of the ethos behind social media. It’s been over a year since I published any stats,...
by Joel Friedlander | Apr 8, 2011 | Book Production, E-Books & Readers
by Chris O’Byrne Have you been stumped by e-book formatting, frustrated trying to do your own conversions? Chris O’Byrne is a frequent commenter here and has provided some in-depth help for other readers on questions with Adobe InDesign. One comment in...
by Joel Friedlander | Feb 10, 2011 | E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing
[Approximate reading time: 4:07] Questions from readers and clients are where I find out what is causing the most confusion for self-publishers. Lately, one area has dominated the questions I’ve been getting: ebooks. Lots of people have read about the success...
by Joel Friedlander | Dec 7, 2010 | E-Books & Readers, Legal Issues
Today saw the launch of the long-awaited Google eBookstore. It’s one of the biggest outlets for ebooks with over 3 million titles available now, including free public domain books as well as all the top sellers from big publishers you see in the Kindle store or...