by Joel Friedlander | Apr 10, 2011 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
It’s warming here in northern California, and the wave of independent publishing shows no signs of cresting any time soon. This week I’m tardy linking to a great interview with Jane Friedman, but correct that flaw here, and we learn about a new generation...
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 | Mar 28, 2011 | Marketing, Self-Publishing, Social Media
It’s almost exactly ten weeks since I decided to take the plunge into my blog archives to see if I could wrestle an actual book from its depths. If you’ve followed along, you’ve seen me take these steps: Find ways to create a book from blog articles....
by Joel Friedlander | Mar 25, 2011 | Marketing, Self-Publishing
by Levi Montgomery I’ve got a great article for you today by a self-published author with 12 books in print. I met Levi when he sent me Jillian’s Gold to review for my self-published book design reviews at Self Publishing Review. When Levi left a comment...
by Joel Friedlander | Mar 17, 2011 | Book Design, E-Books & Readers
For some time we’ve been moaning about how bad most ebooks look, the poor typography, the feeble attempts to make ebooks look like printed books, which they do not resemble in any meaningful way. The litany of complaints from typographers and book designers...