February 1, 2012
A few years ago, I stumbled upon Twournal which can put your latest 3,200 tweets into a PDF or paperback book. When you see your Twitter content archived in one document, you gain a better appreciation of what it means to be a published author. Twournal allows you to create, buy and sell books printed from your tweets. Registering on the site and creating your first book is nearly as easy as signing in and allowing Twournal to access your Twitter timeline
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 11, 2011
Creative Commons has succeeded in championing the cause of open content. So much so that large swathes of intellectual properties are being kept open in the public domain…all licensed under Creative Commons. Let’s take a look at ten Creative Commons projects that could give you great content to look over and share for the price of a credit byline.
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.
May 5, 2011
If you are a fan of an iPad magazine layout and you want to publish your own, or if you just want to read your favorite news in this kind of layout, you could try Pressjack – a multi platform magazine publisher that will help you produce a web magazine from RSS feeds.
April 6, 2011
One day when I was browsing news stories, I noticed that one particular story was published not by CNN, Associated Press or the Washington Post, but instead by a small time blogger who had landed a pretty cool exclusive story. Front page Google News. For a moment I thought about the traffic that must have offered her site. So I set out to learn exactly what it takes to become an authorized Google News publisher.
December 23, 2010
Did you just promise yourself you’d write a book? Many of us make resolutions at this time of the year to finally start writing a novel or a picture book for children. If you’re one of the many, you’re probably not expecting a book deal. Rather, you’re just looking to get it written and put [...]
April 5, 2010
In this article, I’m going to describe a unique approach how to publish a children’s book. I come from a long line of fantastic storytellers. My brother, Paul, and I are known for a rousing good tale and spinning drab tales into all night events. My children, for good or bad, are the beneficiaries of [...]
January 11, 2010
There’s nothing that I enjoy more than conducting a full scale, no-holds-barred investigation into the background of an intriguing news story. One of the largest that I ever personally conducted was one in 2005 where I worked with a team of 4 or 5 fellow citizen journalists investigating a major scam artist. The research required [...]
October 22, 2009
By now, you should have heard of eBooks. It is pretty much an electronic book. In the past few years, eBooks are becoming more and more popular as everyone can write a book and publish it on the internet. Just have a look at Make Use Of’s eBook collection. The only downside with eBooks is [...]
