by Joel Friedlander | Jan 23, 2011 | Self-Publishing, Writing
One week moves into the next, and the books keep flowing. This week we’ve got new distribution options, Kindle talk, a questionnaire, a long interview and another piece of genius from Paul Mod. It’s all ebooks people, that’s the truth. Read on. Brian...
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 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 | Sep 1, 2010 | E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing
Does it seem like you have to be a programmer to get your book into the ePub format? Sometimes it does. As a print designer, I’ve never learned much HTML, CSS or any of the other standards that are second nature to web designers, and the foundation of ePub....
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...