by Joel Friedlander | Oct 24, 2010 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
Lots of things started to change this week, both inside and outside. I’m bundled up and looking for my hat, fog has rolled in, and the dogs won’t budge from the hot air vents near the floor. This week we learned about online promotion, selling to the...
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 3, 2010 | The Joel Friedlander Archives
Last week I read an interesting post by Chris Brogan about Amazon’s continuing march toward distribution dominance. (Amazon and the Kindle Conspiracy) Chris knows what he’s talking about, and I learn a lot from his writing. (By the way, don’t miss...
by Joel Friedlander | Jun 29, 2010 | E-Books & Readers, Reviews, Self-Publishing
About a month ago I came across the software Storyist for the first time. I was taken by Storyist’s idiosyncratic interface and knew right away that it had to be the work of a single individual. You don’t often get quirky hybrid software from a committee....
by Joel Friedlander | May 25, 2010 | E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing
Last month, Joanna Penn put together a useful blog post on How To Publish Your Book On The iPad. In the article she points out the various ways you can get a book onto the iPad, including: Smashwords by creating a Word file that conforms with their requirements...