by Joel Friedlander | Oct 28, 2010 | E-Books & Readers, Interviews
Wetmachine, a “group blog on telecom policy, software, science, technology, and writing” is the online home of author John Sundman. John has self-published his novels for 11 years. Recently he inaugurated what he calls “a continuing series of...
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 | 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...
by Joel Friedlander | Jan 9, 2010 | Self-Publishing, Writing
Today was the regular month meeting of the (San Francisco) Bay Area Independent Publishers Association (BAIPA). As usual the meeting was well attended, many people came for the first time, there was a lot of lively networking going on and people seem to have been...
by Joel Friedlander | Dec 16, 2009 | The Joel Friedlander Archives
I wonder if we’re getting over our recent taste for gift cards. From the look of the racks crowded around the cash registers at the local Safeway, I would say they’re still popular. Sometimes, instead of these cards being a gift, they seem to be become an...