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 | 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 | Feb 12, 2010 | The Joel Friedlander Archives
Let’s face it: book publishing can be a complex business. No matter what part of publishing you’re in, if you deal with books there are editorial schedules, publication dates, production timelines and details, details, details to keep track of. Staying...
by Joel Friedlander | Nov 14, 2009 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
At today’s meeting of the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association, Peter Beren laid out a striking picture of the events that have defined publishing this year. Peter is a publishing consultant and agent. He was the publisher of Sierra Club Books and VIA...