Selling Your eBook Without a Publisher, Part 2: E-book Formatting

by @scottmarlowe 10/31/2009 10:26:00 AM

Selling Your eBook Without a Publisher, Part 1: Introduction

by @scottmarlowe 10/26/2009 6:56:00 PM

New Look

by @scottmarlowe 10/22/2009 8:14:00 PM

Every once in a while it's a good idea to freshen up the ol' web site/blog. Truth be told, that light blue background has been bothering me for some time now, but every time I tried to swap out the color I just couldn't find the right one. I was trying to go with a darker blue, and it kept coming out too… purple.

But last week I had sort of an epiphany. The layout, color scheme, and an overwhelming desire to simplify all hit me at once. Next thing I know, I've got a new look for the site.

The overall layout is more or less the same, except I cleaned some things up, took out the "About Me" section, a... [More]

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The nook: More competition for Amazon's Kindle

by @scottmarlowe 10/21/2009 10:16:00 AM

Barnes & Noble has released for pre-order their Kindle-killer: the nook (lowercase 'n' on purpose).

'Kindle-killer' is perhaps a bit of an overstatement given that the Kindle owns the e-book reader market right now. But the Nook's imminent arrival is what caused Amazon to preemptively drop the price of the Kindle, so its impact has already been felt.

And make no mistake: e-book reading devices are important not only to Amazon and Barnes & Noble, but especially to book/e-book publishers.

Why?

Because, since the arrival of Kindle and the Sony Reader, reading is up:

Amazon […] says that people with Kindles now buy ... [More]

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Categories: eBooks | eReaders