by Lee Purcell | May 7, 2012 | Learn
M icrosoft introduced the XPS format during the Microsoft Windows Vista rollout several years back as a competitor to Adobe’s PDF. This format, based on XML, has been adopted by K-NFB Reading Technology for its flexibility and the capabilitiy of being able to render...
by Lee Purcell | Apr 15, 2012 | Discover
In one of the most anticipated moments in the short history of ebooks and epublishing, Pottermore—an online community based on the imaginative fantasies of J.K. Rowling—has gone live. To the kids (and more than a few adults) who have emotional investments in the...
by Lee Purcell | Mar 30, 2012 | Beginner, Market
As an author committed to self publishing, you already know that writing an ebook, formatting it for the major platforms, and getting into the online bookstores is only part of the challenge. The other part—one that will occupy more and more of your attention as you...
by Lee Purcell | Mar 30, 2012 | Beginner, Meet
Written by a British Columbia resident, Lee Rawn, The Solstice Conspiracy tells the story of Beth and Chris, two children who move to a new home in the country and discover that a nearby garden is inhabited with strange beings. They’re both drawn into this previously...
by Lee Purcell | Mar 29, 2012 | Discover
Unlike most countries in the world, the U.S. has a particular affinity toward excess paper consumption. As a nation that began with vast acres of forest, we have always consumed timber resources with a reckless sense of abandon. The idea that trees are a renewable...
