Posted in ePub, Kindle, Smashwords on Oct 13th, 2011
Many writers want to get in on the eBook revolution, but they don’t know how to convert a Word file to an eBook, or how to format a file so that Amazon and Smashwords won’t horribly mangle it during their conversion processes. If they want to upload to a venue that only accepts ePub files, that’s another format [...]
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Posted in eBooks on Jun 18th, 2011
Joel Friedlander over at The Book Designer has posted a video interview with Brian Felsen of BookBaby, a company that has recently entered the eBook distribution space. Like Smashwords, it caters to indie authors, and it has experience dealing with indie artists. Its sister company CDBaby is successful in the indie music space. How does BookBaby differ [...]
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Posted in eBooks, Formatting Tools on Jan 28th, 2011
Looking for someone to convert your manuscript to an eBook? Joel Friedlander over at Marin Bookworks has put together an EBook Conversion Services Directory. The navigation is counterintuitive, in that you have to press “Previous Listings” to move forward in the list, but the information is gold. (I believe the order of the articles can be changed through a [...]
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