Collection of Poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Work Contains New Material
A University of North Dakota authority on Victorian era poetry and literature is celebrating collaborative efforts that has resulted in a new five-volume edition of the works of famed English poet and...
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Barnes & Noble's New PubIt! Platform Grabs 11,000 Publishers and Authors
Barnes and Noble, Inc. reported major growth for its news PubIt! (www.PubIt.com), an easy-to-use digital publishing platform for independent publishers and authors. Since launching four months ago,...
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It's great to see screenwriters like Aaron Sorkin and Chris Sparling getting...
It's been said "film is a director's medium," and the whole notion of a name above the title and possessory credit was a battle long ago given up by the Writers Guild of America. Yet a recent wave of...
View ArticleVisual Storytelling -- almost a movie
Cinema is the most powerful medium for delivering information and entertainment, beyond any doubt, but standing in close proximity to the cinema is the visual story; and Chriscribe.com offers digital...
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Self-Published Authors Can Tap Into 3,500 Christian (Book) Retail Stores
Swanson Christian Products (SCP) has created a new ministry called Grace and Fire Media, which provides a non-traditional alternative for self-published authors to gain access to more than 3,500 retail...
View ArticlePublishing Upheaval Leads Author to New Career as Indy Screenwriter/Producer
Three years ago, author Gini Graham Scott was a successful writer specializing in books on work relationships, professional development, and business success, with books published by major publishers,...
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ClickBank Continues to See Significant Growth in Independent eBooks Space
eBook sales nearly doubled in 2010 and industry predictions expect these percentages to continue to climb in 2011, tripling by 2015. ClickBank (http://www.clickbank.com), the premier, online...
View ArticleE-books Empower Independent Publishers
Though few experts predict the demise of the big publishing houses, their future role in providing the majority of content for today's reading public is now hotly debated by industry insiders. In the...
View ArticleHannover House Sets New E-Book Royalty Standards and Initial Releases
In the wake of continuing debate between publishers and authors regarding the establishment of fair and reasonable royalty rates for the emerging E-Book platforms, Hannover House...
View ArticleFree Digital Publishing for the iPad
Thanks to the Apple iPad and new tools like iBuildApp.com, digital publishing is easier than ever. Silicon Valley based startup iBuildApp recently added an iPad publishing solution to their suite of...
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eReader Company Kobo Secures $50 Million to Compete with Kindle and Nook
Kobo has closed a $50 Million investment round led by a leading institutional investor. Existing investors also participated in the round; investing $13M."Kobo will use the new funding to continue its...
View ArticleAmazon Books Launches Author Interview Series
Amazon.com has premiered "Author Interviews@Amazon," the new author interview series that will be available in a new content destination called The Backstory (www.amazon.com/thebackstory). Author...
View ArticleLulu.com Launches New Open Publishing Platform
Lulu.com (http://www.lulu.com/) is releasing the final pieces of its full publishing platform. Now, anyone can be a publisher without having to spend the years and invest the dollars formerly required...
View ArticleAmazon Launches New Publishing Imprint, Montlake Romance
Amazon.com has launched Montlake Romance, the fourth and latest imprint from Amazon Publishing. Connie Brockway, two-time winner of the Romance Writers Association's "RITA Award" for best historical...
View ArticleBiblio.com Partners with Literary Tourist to Promote Independent Bookstores
Independent book marketplace Biblio.com announced today that it has partnered with Literary Tourist to help support and promote independent brick-and-mortar bookstores.Literary Tourist was launched...
View ArticleMobile Tablets, Like iPad, are Usurping e-Readers as Reading Device of Choice...
Digital publishing company YUDU Media (www.yudupro.com) has published a new report summarizing key research, facts and figures on the e-book market, which continues to grow at a blistering pace. The...
View ArticleReaders Love Free Ebooks But Not Piracy
Bibliotastic co-founder Bernard Gerard noted, "As a survey of users on a free ebook website it is not surprising that most cited free ebook sites as their main source of ebooks in the future. More...
View ArticleHow I Learned to Love My Kindle and Publish My Own Book
By David LambourneI never intended to buy a Kindle; in fact I swore that I would never do so. I hated the idea of reading an entire book on a screen; I saw no justification for replacing an object I...
View Article8 Easy Steps to Self Publishing Books From Your Website Content
By Shelley HitzInterested in self-publishing books? If you have a website, you can re-purpose your top articles into a book. Think about it. After you write heaps of quality articles and lots of...
View ArticleUSA TODAY Launches 'Books.usatoday.com, to Expand Coverage of Books
USA TODAY has expanded its coverage of books with its new online destination books.usatoday.com. The new site allows consumers to discover, discuss, share, preview and purchase books online. It is...
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