E-Books & the Ecosystem of Content Delivery

The E-Book market is growing — fast. Nikkei Electronics Asia’s August 2009 Cover Story paints a rosy growth picture. The article focuses on electronics and dedicated readers. They report that a recent survey predicts that shipments of dedicated e-readers in the U.S. will hit 28.6 million units by 2013. Only one million shipped in 2008. [...]

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Self Publishing is Easier Than You Can Imagine

It’s finished. “How to Create & Publish Your E-Book Using Free Tools” is complete and available on the E-Book page. Please be my guest and grab your copy.
I woke up yesterday energized and full of ideas. I made significant changes to the book’s format and I’m pleased with the results. it’s much easier to read [...]

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My New E-Book: Final Draft is Here

The freshly baked pie is on my kitchen windowsill cooling. Go ahead — snag a piece and have a taste. I’m a pretty good baker. I bake a mean loaf of bread and you would love my chocolate chip cookies. Now I’ve gone and baked my E-Book. It’s sitting on the windowsill on my E-Book [...]

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E-Books are Ideal for Shorter Works

I love the novella form. The word “novella” is an Italian term meaning “story.” I thought it would be fun to use this photo of the Cloisters of Santa Maria Novella as an illustration. If a short story is like a snapshot of life, a novella is like a photograph that invites and explores [...]

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War of the E-Book Readers?

Competition is healthy. Up to now, Amazon and their Kindle have dominated the E-Book market. Barnes & Noble made two exciting announcements on Monday that will pump new life and energy into the E-Book market. Barnes & Noble Makes a Big Splash Into E-books (Melissa J. Perenson, PC World, Jul 20, 2009 4:40 pm).

B&N opened [...]

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Amazon, Kindle and Orwellian Irony

Can you see the irony? Amazon removed Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four” and “Animal Farm” from customer Kindles this week. Amazon sends Orwell to ‘memory hole’ (AFP) July 18, 2009. Sucked into a black hole and gone without a trace. An Amazon spokesman said the books were removed because the publisher didn’t have reproduction rights. Whoops.

Amazon Removes [...]

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The True Titans and Giants of the Written Word

Publishers carry on about Amazon and E-Book pricing. They worry about E-Books cannibalizing sales of their printed hardcover editions. Amazon drops the price of the Kindle to below $300 for the first time. Publishers, who have always controlled the market, are losing their publishing and distribution monopoly. Amazon wants to take their place and dictate [...]

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New E-Book Page Added to The Aware Writer

I created a new page for my E-Book. Just click on the E-Book tab at the top of the Home page. A separate page will work better than a post because it’s much easier to find. I tested the download link and it’s working perfectly. Score one for the first try.
I’ll continue to work on [...]

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A Sneak Peek at My Upcoming E-Book

“How to Create & Publish Your E-Book Using Free Tools” is coming along nicely. Chapter four is nearly finished. I’m pulling myself up with my own bootstraps, so the book itself becomes a showcase for what you can do with the tools I use and recommend. I’m plowing discoveries and research back into the book [...]

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Cheaper E-books and E-book Complexity

Publishers justify the high cost of E-books and rub their hands in glee at E-book complexity. I ran across these two articles yesterday:  Why e-books aren’t cheaper (C-Net news May 27, 2009) and Ebook complexity: good news for publishers (The Idea Logical Blog June 3, 2009).  I don’t think either one of these guys “gets [...]

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