These companies offer a variety of eBook services. Most will convert your book file to PDF, ePub,LIT, Mobipocket, Kindle, Sony, Palm, and so on. Many will set up your eBook at Smashwords, Amazon, B&N.com, LightningSource, and other sites. See their websites and contact them. Conversion Resources Smashwords Style Guide The Smashwords Style Guide has helped […]
New words are often appended to existing words to help explain what they mean.
Such is the case with “electronic book.”
Fionda Corporation, Heidi Way hway@fionda.comhttp://fionda.com “Customized websites.” BookMasters, Inc., Cathy Purdy, 30 Amberwood Parkway, Ashland, OH 44905 Tel: 800-537-6727; Fax: 419-281-0200; e-mail: cpurdy@bookmasters.com.http://www.bookmasters.com “Providing Web page design or development of an order page for a publisher’s existing Web site. Opportunity for sales throughAtlasBooks.com, our online bookstore.” Lightbourne, Inc., Allison Wildman & Shannon Bodie & Bob Swingle, 12022 […]
Events provide an opportunity to network with other eBook authors and publishers. Check the websites for dates and venues. EPICon http://www.epicon-conference.com/
Check the websites to see what these associations can do for you and your eBook. International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), Publisher of eBook industry standards http://www.idpf.org/ Electronically Published Internet Connection (EPIC) http://www.epicauthors.com/joinepic.html
Awards bring attention to your eBook. Imagine two or three award “stickers” on your book’s cover, on your website, and in your promotional materials. Improve your visibility by entering your book for several awards. ebooks Global eBook Awards (Dan Poynter) http://AwardsForEbooks.com EPIC eBook Awards http://www.epicauthors.com/epicawards.html eLit Awards http://www.elitawards.com/ pbooks Benjamin Franklin Awards http://www.ibpa-online.org/pubresources/benfrank.aspx Indie Excellence […]
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ebook-community/ Click on Join This Group! at the upper-right of the screen. MobileRead http://www.mobileread.com/ eBookFriends.com http://www.ebookfriends.com/archive/topic3_39.php ebook88: ebook Resources and Forums http://www.ebook88.com/forum.htm Good eReader Forum http://goodereader.com/forum/
Authors are finding that publisher do not promote books. The author has to do it. Check these websites to find what these companies can do for your eBook. Bradley’s Guide to the Top National TV Talk & Interview Shows, Bradley Communications Corp., Steve Harrison, PO Box 1206, Lansdowne, PA 19050 http://www.freepublicity.com/ “A directory/database of the […]
These firms can help you get out the word on your book. AtlasBooks, a Division of BookMasters, Inc., Cathy Purdy, 30 Amberwood Parkway, Ashland, OH 44905 Tel: 800-537-6727; Fax: 419-281-0200; e-mail: cpurdy@bookmasters.com.http://www.atlasbooks.com “Provides an array of marketing tools to help publishers create demand for their titles from both booksellers and consumers. Offers marketing and publicity strategies […]
Writing and producing your eBook are two essential steps. Next comes making your eBook available. Here are some eBook wholesalers and retailers. See their websites. Smashwords, Mark Coker, mc@smashwords.com, 408-314-1337, http://Smashwords.com Booklocker, Angela Hoy, angela@booklocker.com, 207-262-5544, http://www.booklocker.com/ Lightning Source, US: inquiry@lightningsource.com, (615) 213-5815, UK: enquiries@lightningsource.co.uk, 0845 121 4567, http://www.LightningSource.com
