by Joel Friedlander | Jan 30, 2012 | Marketing, Self-Publishing
Editor’s comment: Please note that since this article was originally published, Amazon has eliminated the use of tags. by Judy Croome I’m pleased to welcome back South African writer Judy Croome, who contributed 12 Easy Steps to the Making of a Book...
by Joel Friedlander | Nov 13, 2011 | Cover Design, E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing
Welcome to this edition of the e-Book Cover Design Awards. This edition is for submissions during October, 2011. Here’s what we received: 74 covers in the Fiction category 18 covers in the Nonfiction category Award Winners and Listing I’ve added comments...
by Joel Friedlander | Sep 30, 2011 | E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing
The book world has been abuzz since Amazon’s announcement of its new lineup of Kindle e-readers yesterday. And with good reason. Amazon has dropped straight through the supposed price barrier of $100 with two of its models, including one at the low-low price of...
by Joel Friedlander | Sep 9, 2011 | The Joel Friedlander Archives
For some years now many small publishers and self-publishers have been using a very effective strategy for distributing their books. This strategy has been widely written about and imitated. It was pioneered, as far as I know, by Aaron Shepard and Morris Rosenthal,...
by Joel Friedlander | May 23, 2011 | E-Books & Readers, Reviews, Self-Publishing
As e-books become more popular, they are inevitably merging with the largest platform for e-book readers, the smartphone. Google’s Android operating system is now powering more phones than Apple’s iOs, but both continue to surge ahead in terms of market...