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Nicola May 29th July 20215th August 2021 KDP, Kindle, Nicola May, Self-Publishing

MASTERCLASS REPLAY: How to Become a Kindle Bestseller – with Nicola May

The video replay of Nicola May's masterclass on How to Become a Kindle Bestseller, from Weds 28th July 2021. Includes PDF handout and links.

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Nicola May 20th May 202114th April 2022 Kindle, masterclasses, Nicola May, Self-Publishing

MASTERCLASS: How to Become a Kindle Bestseller – with Nicola May

Have you been thinking of publishing a Kindle ebook? In this illuminating masterclass, chart-topping self-published author Nicola May reveals her top tips for sales 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.

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 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