musings on publishing
Attended an interesting presentation on e-books by Simon Blacklock of the new Faber Factory on Monday with some e-book stats worth noting: E-book market is roughly 27% in the US; 20% in the UK. UK...
Deciding on a font to use in your book can be a daunting task as there are just so many to choose from. However, in my book, there are three important things to consider when selecting a font for your book: Simple is usually best: a fussy or elaborate font can be difficult to read What look and feel you would like for your book given its readership How economical on space will it be when your work is typeset into a book of perhaps a couple of hundred pages. To test go to typetester.org
It seems I'm not the only one having trouble navigating or remembering the details of what I read in eBooks ... and perhaps biology is to blame. Human memory and comprehension has evolved to take in...
A useful site for authors There is a free service you can use to send files that are too large to email called yousendit.com. This service allows you to securely send files up to 100MB. To use yousendit follow these simple steps: Visit www.yousendit.com Click ‘Plans & Sign Up’ on the top left hand side of the screen, next to the yousendit logo. Sign up for a free ‘Lite’ account. Once you have an account you can log in and start sending files. How does it work? The person you are sending the file to...
Right now ePub is the latest thing and, well, used by all the major publishers and ebook retailers, but will it really last and be the best format in which to publish ebooks. I'm concerned that the book industry has made some very big decisions based on what device manufacturers have on offer, rather than what's good for the product. The more I think about this the more I think that ePub may end up as the Betamax or WAP of our generation. EPub is a format driven by first generation technology, not the needs of the...
1. Life isn't fair, but it can make for good material. 2. When in doubt, write another line. 3. Life is too short to waste time hating your writing. 4. Research your work. Just because you’re writing fiction, doesn’t mean you don’t have to get facts right. 5. Test your manuscript or writing on experienced writers. 6. Pick your battles. You don't have to win every argument with your editor or publisher. 7. Every sentence doesn’t have to be perfect from the start. That...
Following my presentation at Billy Blue, Applied Design studentsGreat to speak to you all the other day and I hope it was helpful. I will post more of the presentation shortly, but below you'll find a few of the blogs I follow for useful information on the publishing world, digital media, ebooks, marketing, social media, design ... and whatever else these blogs happen to cover ...The Shatzkin fileshttp://www.idealog.com/blog/Great source of publishing industry discussions and thoughts from Mike ShatzkinPersonanondatahttp...
This post is the base of a presentation/discussion with the New Media for Science group at Sydney University about my perspective and experience on ebook publishing. * * * An important first point...
Engaging with you clients or prospects is critical. But how is it best done? From a young age we have stories read to us because they help us understand and engage with complex concepts, or simply...
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