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Self-publishing ebooks: Why maximizing distribution matters

by Sabrina Distribution

New technologies and startups have made it easier than ever to self-publish ebooks. But they don’t make it any easier to make a living writing. The most important thing you can do as a self-published author, however, is to make sure your ebook is available through as many retail channels as possible. (FYI, ebook sales [...]

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iAuthor

by Sabrina Publishing

Three weeks ago, Apple launched an exciting new app: iAuthor. It sounded very promising. Using iAuthor, you can drag and drop to make enhanced ebooks. iAuthor and iBooks2 were released on the same day with the intention of making it easier for students to use interactive textbooks. All textbooks sold on the iBookstore are priced [...]

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Microsoft Store

by Sabrina Musings
Microsoft Store

I stumbled across a Microsoft Store the other day. Turns out there are 14 stores in the country, and supposedly the first one opened at the Mission Viejo Mall. Interesting how it looks like the Apple store.

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This Week in Publishing

by Sabrina Publishing

Apple and Google are offering publishers different ways to charge for their content. For one thing, Apple will take a 30 percent cut of subscription revenue and will work with the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, while Google will only take a 10 percent cut and will work with tablets, smartphones, and websites. But an [...]

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This Week in Publishing

by Sabrina Publishing

Theodore Gray, the co-founder of Wolfram Research, said at the O-Reilly Media Tools of Change for Publishing conference that “next-generation book publishers will need multiple disciplines—programming, writing and video—to be successful.” They need to be very high-quality, and textbooks in particular need to embrace the digital age. One example of what Gray has in mind [...]

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