January 30, 2012
Apple recently introduced iBooks Author in a live presentation at the Guggenheim in New York. The software is aimed at textbook writers and publishers, but it can just as well be used for producing cookbooks, picture books, interactive fiction novels, how-to books, and the like. iBooks Author looks to be the first consumer-based e-Pub software designed for multimedia books.
November 25, 2011
The web has revolutionized book publishing and promotion and made it within reach of anyone with an idea. There are numerous instances where a greenhorn has made a pretty bundle by offering books for the price of a newspaper through sites which promote fresh authors and independent publishing.
September 5, 2011
For all you Kindle users out there, Amazon.com has just started a new @Author Questions and Answers forum in which participating authors can be asked questions about themselves and their books. Any Amazon member who has purchased items from the site can ask, reply to or read existing questions to and from participating authors.
July 18, 2011
Did you know that some of the best novels can be found online using just your Internet browser? So don your sans-prescription dark-rimmed glasses, and put on your impractical-yet-fashionable summer scarf. MakeUseOf is about to get hipster with a whole bunch of indie novels that you can read online.
October 18, 2009
“There’s nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein,” said Walter Wellesley “˜Red’ Smith. If you haven’t guessed from the quote above, this article is about writing a novel. Well, more specifically it’s about the great website that is going to help thousands of budding and accomplished [...]
July 28, 2009
These days it’s becoming more and more easy to keep track of your favourite artist, whether it be a singer, band or author. We’ll come back to tracking music artists another time but for today, I want to take a look at how you can keep track of a book author’s new releases so you don’t [...]
