Tom Evans, Author at Publishing Talk

Tom Evans 10th October 20162nd January 2021 Self-Publishing, Writing

9 muses for self-publishing success

Have you been visited by the Muse lately? If you’re an indie author, you need more than one source of inspiration. Tom Evans looks at the Nine Muses needed for self-publishing success.

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Tom Evans 15th July 2010 Amazon, Amazon Digital Text Platform, apple, Apple iBookstore, epub2, HTML5, iPad, iPhone, Issuu, Kindle, Lulu, Myebook, Smashwords, Stanza

Do iPad or do I Kindle? – Part 2

Should authors and publishers publish for the Kindle, the iPad, or something else? Some of the current options are:
– Print – not going away in a hurry
– Publish for the Kindle and iPad via the Amazon Digital Text Platform
– Publish for the iPad via the iBookstore
– Publish via a third party ebook app like Stanza
– Publish via an aggregator like Smashwords, Lulu, Myebook, Issuu
If you are an author, my advice is to write, create accompanying audio and video assets and by the time you are ready to publish, there will be more than one route open to you.

iPadivity: Creativity and Productivity on an iPad

A new way of working merits the introduction of a new word – iPadivity.
noun [n] :
1. the phenomenon of increased creativity and productivity when using an iPad – and activity while doing the same
2. the generation of new ideas using an iPad
3. profitability from generating and using iPad apps

skills workshops Writing

Tom Evans 19th May 2010 Betty Edward, Cat Bennett, Draw, Findhorn Press, Visual Arts, whole brain thinking

Why authors should learn to draw

I’ve just finished reading an excellent book by Cat Bennett called The Confident Creative: Drawing to Free the Hand and Mind.
When I read Cat’s book, I realised that being able to draw is not something which is a nice-to-have skill – perhaps just so I could do my own illustrations or even my front cover. There are areas of the brain (and mind) that are activated, exercised and honed by the very act of drawing. As such, for authors, drawing actually makes you a better writer.

5 killer iPad apps for authors

The iPad delivers something very specific for authors that ereaders don’t: quite simply, it is the ability to write. Will I be getting one? You bet! Will I wait a while? Yes too as I specifically want it to act as my mobile writing toolbox and I want 3G. Also the apps I need aren’t quite yet available in iPad format. So apart from the obvious ability to write, here’s what I plan to use it for and my app shopping list for developers to step up to the plate with – some of which I know are ‘appening!

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Tom Evans 7th April 2010 author's block, Blocks, fear, writer's block, Writing

4 things that stop you writing: #4 The Fear of Success

Tom Evans is the author of Blocks: The Enlightened Way to Clear Writer’s Blocks. Follow him on Twitter at @thebookwright. #4: The Fear

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Tom Evans 31st March 2010 author's block, Donald Rumsfeld, writer's block

4 things that stop you writing: #3 The Fear of the Unknown

It’s kind of natural to fear the unknown. For many of us, this fear can start at an early age and remain with us for most of our lives. When it comes to writing your book – or specifically not-writing your book – it can be somewhat debilitating.

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Tom Evans 24th March 2010 author's block, failure, writer's block

4 things that stop you writing: #2 The Fear of Failure

The best way to avoid failure is not to try in the first place. Nobody can have a dig at you for the quality of your writing, or the number of copies of your book you have sold, if you haven’t written it. The same holds true for a new invention, product or service in business.

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Tom Evans 17th March 2010 fear, Short Story, Six Sentences, writer's block, Writing

4 things that stop you writing: #1 The Fear of Ridicule

The fear of ridicule is really common. The best way to avoid being ridiculed for your writing is not to write anything at all. Our unconscious minds protect us from harm by inventing loads of ways for us to avoid being ridiculed. The simple way around this is to start writing and ‘publishing’ small bits of work and discovering that you don’t get shot down in flames.

Digital eBooks rights

Tom Evans 3rd March 2010 DRM, eBooks, ereader, ibooks, iPad, iPhone, karma, Kindle, rights

Karmic Rights Management

In case you hadn’t realised before the announcement of the Apple iPad in January, this is the decade of the eReader. The publishing industry is going through a similar transition to that of the music industry in the last decade.
In these days when you can publish direct for ereaders like the Kindle, Cool-er and soon the iPad – or just blog a story – what’s to stop anyone stealing and copying your work illegally?

Digital eBooks future of publishing