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E-Books & Readers

Getting Up to Speed with eBooks—4 Videos

by Joel Friedlander on February 5, 2011 13 Comments

Getting Up to Speed with eBooks—4 Videos that explain Google ebooks, improvements to the iBooks, what goes into an epub file, and sources of free ebooks

Filed Under: E-Books & Readers, Social Media Tagged With: eBooks, ePub, Google ebooks, iPad, Kevin Rose, self publishing, Touch of Wisdom

The Holy Grail of Book Design

by Joel Friedlander on February 4, 2011 23 Comments

The Holy Grail of Book Design by Susan Daffron, who maintains that the current poor state of ebook design is temporary

Filed Under: Book Design, E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing Tagged With: book design, eBooks, Logical Expressions, publish a book, self publishing, Susan Daffron, typography

Seth Godin, Rupert Murdoch and Apple Make the News of the Day

by Joel Friedlander on February 3, 2011 6 Comments

Seth Godin, Rupert Murdoch and Apple Make News of the Day about new self-published books, a new e-newspaper for the iPad, and the platform wars

Filed Under: E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing Tagged With: Amazon Kindle, Apple App Store, Apple iPad, publish a book, Rupert Murdoch, self publishers, Seth Godin, The Daily

Apple iPad: Top Technology/Publishing Story of 2010

by Joel Friedlander on December 28, 2010 9 Comments

Apple iPad: Top Technology/Publishing Story of 2010. The convergent mobile multi-media device has only started to revolutionize publishing

Filed Under: E-Books & Readers Tagged With: Apple iPad, ebook readers, eBooks, iOS, iPhone

15 Ebook Covers: Success and Failure in the Kindle Store

by Joel Friedlander on December 20, 2010 101 Comments

15 Ebook Covers: Success and Failure in the Kindle Store. An examination of some of the top selling books in the Kindle store yields surprises

Filed Under: Cover Design, E-Books & Readers Tagged With: book design, cover design, ebook covers, eBooks, Kindle, self publishing

Google eBookstore: Your Next Sales Platform?

by Joel Friedlander on December 7, 2010 6 Comments

Google eBookstore: Your Next Sales Platform? The launch of Google’s ebookstore represents the latest step in the move to digital books.

Filed Under: E-Books & Readers, Legal Issues Tagged With: Amazon Kindle, Apple iPad, B&N Nook, ebook readers, eBooks, ebookstore, Google eBookstore, Sony Reader

Apple iPad and Life on the Cloud

by Joel Friedlander on December 4, 2010 12 Comments

Apple iPad and Life on the Cloud. After seven months, the author looks at what have become the best apps and uses for the tablet.

Filed Under: E-Books & Readers, Social Media Tagged With: Apple iPad, Dropbox, ebook reader, eBooks, Evernote, iMac, iPhone, Writer

6 Keys to Self-Publishing Success in the Age of the Ebook

by Joel Friedlander on November 17, 2010 17 Comments

6 Keys to Self-Publishing Success in the Age of the Ebook and how marketers can learn to profit from self-publishing ebooks and information products

Filed Under: E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing Tagged With: ebook readers, eBooks, iPad, Kindle, publish a book, self publishing, self publishing ebook

The Ebooks are Coming! the Ebooks are Coming!

by Joel Friedlander on November 16, 2010 12 Comments

The Ebooks are Coming! the Ebooks are Coming! A flood of ebook readers is sweeping the holiday shopping market. Will consumers adopt this new way of reading? Or will they hold onto the printed book?

Filed Under: E-Books & Readers, Social Media Tagged With: arstechnica, cnet, ebook, ebook reader, iPad, Kindle, New York Times, Nook, Sony Reader, techcrunch

E-Book Readers: Retailers Load Up Their Shelves

by Joel Friedlander on November 1, 2010 11 Comments

E-Book Readers: Retailers Load Up Their Shelves with products from Amazon, Sony, Barnes & Noble and a host of smaller startup firms with ereaders to sell.

Filed Under: E-Books & Readers Tagged With: Apple iPad, Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, ebook readers, eBooks, Ectaco, ePub, ereaders, Kindle, Nook, Pandigital, self publishing, Sony Reader, Sungale

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