Posts tagged ebook
The Role Of Reading In The Age Of Constant Digital Distraction
While some people still entertain themselves with the predictable mudfight of “ebook vs paper book”, I find another question far more interesting, namely the role of reading in the age of continuous partial attention. How do we read in the 21st century? What do we read? Or do we read, at all? As Seth Godin…
Ebooks Beyond Boundaries: How To Publish For People, Not Monopolies
The world of ebooks is booming. Sales are sky-rocketing. And everyone wants to get their hands on a shiny new reading gadget. But behind the hype and excitement geared towards consumers, in many ways the ebook market of today is limited by arbitrary (geographical) restrictions and complicated publishing and payout procedures. For example, the whole…
Who Wants To Help Me With This Ebook?
Over the last few weeks I have been working on producing another ebook release, which is part of my ongoing experimentation with the Amazon Kindle platform. What Is the Publication About? It all started with a post I had written a while ago that gave the name for this release which is called “Education Is…
A Book That Was ‘No Book At All’
Once upon a time, a book was published which, to some people, was “no book at all”. This is how the story goes: In 1969, the author Idries Shah retold the ancient legend of a man with a big book that contained only very little writing and people who were very upset that it contained so…
“How to Teach Online” – NEW BOOK RELEASE: 23rd of MAY
UPDATE: the book is out, you can get it here. Hello, everyone. This will be a short one. I’ve spoken about it a few times. Now it’s final: My new ebook about Online Teaching, a collection of essays for aspiring online teachers, instructors, coaches or anyone interested in making a living from anywhere in the…
Three Ways to Leave a Legacy in the Land of Online Learning
In my last post I talked about the fundamentals of becoming an online teacher without supporting huge investor-fueled teaching platforms or business practices you don’t agree with, don’t understand or simply don’t care about. Today I want to talk further about how you can establish your own legacy instead of indirectly fueling an impersonal brand…