by Joel Friedlander | Jun 16, 2015 | E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing
Because Apple’s iBooks platform has very little marketing behind it, you may not know that it is the second-largest ebook retailer in the world, and a very robust second at that. Savvy authors know that having their ebooks available on multiple platforms will...
by Joel Friedlander | May 4, 2015 | E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing
Do you issue updates on your ebooks? What’s an ebook update? It’s when you’ve made minor corrections, additions, or deletions to an ebook that’s already been published, and you then update the file so that anyone who has purchased it can get...
by Joel Friedlander | Mar 27, 2013 | E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing
by Shelley Sturgeon (@ShelleySturgeon) Shelley and I have been working together for almost three years, and she is responsible for a lot of what goes on behind the scenes here at my blog. When I found out about using cards to sell ebooks at live events, I asked her to...
by Joel Friedlander | Oct 27, 2011 | Cover Design, E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing
I’ve been getting a lot of questions recently about e-book covers and, specifically the size and proportion requirements for submitting the cover image of your e-book when you upload it to a retailer or a distributor. Here’s a selection of requirements...
by Joel Friedlander | Oct 18, 2011 | Book Design, Cover Design, E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing
This is the third of five posts of e-book covers submitted for the September e-Book Cover Design Awards. Here are the other posts in the series: e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2011 Part 1 Fiction: e-Book Cover Design Awards, September 2011 Part 2 Fiction e-Book...