Posts tagged indie-pub

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My Indie Publishing Year In Review Distilled Into 5 Core Insights

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As the year 2011 is quickly draining away and being replaced with new plans, ideas and ambitions for the next, let’s take a quick look back. But instead of just listing everything that we’ve done here (boring!), I’ll give it to you in 5 tentative conclusions about the world of indie-publishing. Note: The term indie does…

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What Independent Book Publishers Can Learn From Alternative Music Publishing

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Since the first book came cranked out of Gutenberg’s printing press, not much has changed for the reader. A book is still a collection of printed pages. You don’t need any special equipment to read it. You can use it anywhere, lend it to your friends, sell it or even use it as a door-stopper. That…

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Kindle: From Idea To Bestseller in 9 Days

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It was 9 days ago that Eti Shani, Hebrew teacher and blogger came up with the idea to publish a little study-aid for learners of Biblical Hebrew on Kindle: A set of virtual flashcards that students can flip through by using the next/previous buttons on their e-reader. Two days ago, it hit three Amazon bestseller…

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Who Wants To Help Me With This Ebook?

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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…