by Joel Friedlander | Nov 16, 2010 | E-Books & Readers, Social Media
All indications are that ebook reader manufacturers are expecting this holiday season to be the elusive, much anticipated, often-predicted but never quite arrived yet, tipping point moment for the ebook industry. In this scenario, on Christmas morning millions of...
by Joel Friedlander | Nov 1, 2010 | The Joel Friedlander Archives
I ran down to Best Buy today to pick up a new USB hub. But before I could clear the doorway, I was stopped dead in my tracks. A new display had materialized right in front of the doors, where the security guys give you the once-over on the way into the store. Several...
by Joel Friedlander | Oct 28, 2010 | E-Books & Readers, Interviews
Wetmachine, a “group blog on telecom policy, software, science, technology, and writing” is the online home of author John Sundman. John has self-published his novels for 11 years. Recently he inaugurated what he calls “a continuing series of...
by Joel Friedlander | Oct 13, 2010 | Book Design, E-Books & Readers
Indie Author April Hamilton responded to my post about typeface combinations for book design with a note about ebooks: Joel – Those font combintations look great, but I can only shake my head and sigh knowing none of them would survive the conversion to Kindle...
by Joel Friedlander | Aug 24, 2010 | E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing
In my recent blog redesign I added the “Start Here” categories on the left sidebar to make it easier to find articles with basic information about self-publishing. Each introduces a stage on the journey to publication with links from the archives of...