by Joel Friedlander | Dec 12, 2010 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
It’s definitely brisk, and the parking lots at all the malls are full to the edges. Holiday parties are going in earnest, but here at the Book Designer we’re learning about ebooks, iPad apps, ISBNs, subsidy publishers, and the new model of publishing...
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...
by Joel Friedlander | Dec 4, 2010 | E-Books & Readers, Social Media
Do you own an iPad? Has it become a day to day tool for you? After seven months, my iPad has become part of my daily life and my workflow. But not always for the things I thought I would be doing with it when it was new. Like, reading ebooks. Media and publishing...
by Joel Friedlander | Nov 12, 2010 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
Late last summer I sat in my car at in the parking lot of the gym I go to, just ten minutes from my house. Although it was hot, I couldn’t leave the car. I was listening to the audio of an ebook called The Blog Profits Blueprint by Yaro Starak. I had been...
by Joel Friedlander | Nov 1, 2010 | E-Books & Readers
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...
