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Narrated Version of “Under the Church”
From a box in the back of an old pickup truck comes something like the echo of a nightmare.
Narrated Version of “Lost Hearts”
A young, orphaned boy encounters true evil in a in the Lincolnshire countryside as he settles into his new home, hosted by his elderly cousin.
Book Trailer Awards Showcase the Best in Field
With the advent of professional development and high-quality cinematic values, book trailers have risen to a recognized, respectable art form.
The Wakeful Wanderer’s Guide
A chapter from Book Two of The Wakeful Wanderer’s Guide series that tells the story of how a small group of people escape from Brooklyn following flooding and social upheaval in the mid-2000’s.
Night Train to Madurai
From the creative imagination of Monica Byrne, here's a story set in India about a railway journey leading to an unexpected destination. Madurai, a major city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is home to the Meenakshi Amman Temple, which figures significantly in the...
A Cautionary Tale for Indie Authors
More than one commentator has noted that the California Gold Rush, which began in earnest with the discovery of a gold nugget at Sutter's Mill, Coloma, on January 24, 1848, wasn't very lucrative to the hoards of prospective miners that flooded the state. It did,...
Aggregated ePublishing News Relaunched (Again)
Follow the top authors, pundits, and epublishing sources to stay abreast of developing news in this fast-moving sector.
Narrated Version of Tolstoy’s “What Men Live By”
From a collection of short stories by Leo Tolstoy, What Men Live By, narrated by Mark T. Saintonge, offers both insights into 19th century Russian life and a strong theme, exploring what love can do for human beings.
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Exploring Book Trailer Opportunities
A large part of achieving success as an ebook author is discovery. Getting noticed amidst the huge volumes of authors and ebook titles might seem as though you’re walking around the streets of Shanghai wearing a sandwich board, marching by an oblivious crowd.
Narrated version of Woolf’s “A Haunted House”
In this hauntingly beautiful story, Virginia Woolf relates the tale of a living couple sharing a house with the ghosts of the couple who once lived there, decades earlier.
A Visit to the Theater of the Mind: An Interview with Richard Rieman
With a new book out, describing the ways in which indie authors can turn their works into audiobooks, and more than 30 audiobook narrations to his credit,
Discovering Your Creative Nature: An Interview with Sarah Lipton
Creativity can be an elusive creature for writers and artists, and finding the best way to unbridle the imagination to craft creative works can sometimes feel impossibly hard.
Video Overview: Review and Markup with Adobe Reader
Once upon a time, if you wanted to use the full range of editorial markup tools on a PDF, you had to buy a full-fledged version of Acrobat Professional. Times have changed. You can now do complete markup using the free version of Adobe Reader, which is an excellent...
Grappling with Gremlins: Audio Recording in an Apartment
Audio recording in a Portland apartment is easy. Except when it isn’t. . .
Communicating Visually: Images from the Commons (Part One)
The early Internet was a dreary, gray, text-based world, constructed at a time when slow bandwidths prevailed and web browser standards hadn't coalesced. Today, visuals are integral to effective web communication, setting the tone and tenor of the accompanying text...
Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing Quickstart Guide
Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing offers a fast and simple way to publish your ebook to the largest ebookstore on the planet. Here’s a handy quickstart guide to help you get started.
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Mystery Solved: How to Grow Book Revenues to $1000/month
Writing a book is one thing. Selling it is another. Learn from the experiences of a successful mystery writer how to build readership and boost sales.
The Path to a Best-Selling Audible Title
The path to success as a creative writer is rarely a straight line and doesn't always include finanical reimbursement as part of the criteria (although when it does, that in itself can often open up new avenues toward more creativity). Scott McCormick has worked as an...
My Self-Publishing Strategy in 2016
You might be surprised to learn that Amazon is not the only way that an indie author can distribute a book to the world.
Building Your Brand: Telling Stories with Ebooks
Ebooks rose to fame on the strength of indie authors suddenly freed from the shackles and strictures of the traditional publishing world, releasing their works—good, bad, and indifferent—to the world.
Book Excerpt: Self-Publishing Boot Camp – Guide for Authors
This guide provides walks prospective authors through the self-publishing process—step-by-step—with information on everything from choosing the right word processor to distributing, marketing, and promoting your book. The excerpt talks about author branding.
Book Excerpt: Write Short Kindle Books: A Self-Publishing Manifesto for Non-Fiction Writers
“The Kindle self-publishing revolution is here! Are you in?” In this title, Nathan Meunier offers an alternative to writing full-length books the traditional publishing way, describing the benefits of successfully publishing short books to the Kindle platform.
A Statistical Look at Piracy
If you’re worried about piracy crushing your ebook sales, maybe you should consider these statistics.
Traditional Publishing Unfair
The news may not be surprising, but traditional publishing offers fewer opportunities and less renumeration these days for authors in the UK, as detailed in this article published in The Guardian. Figures released by the Authors' Licensing & Collecting Socity show...