by John Jerney | Dec 31, 2014 | Beginner, Create, iBooks
Apple supports two ebook formats in the iBookstore: iBooks (an Apple native format) and EPUB (an international, standardized format). Both formats offer advantages, as you might expect, but iBooks is particularly interesting because of a range of exciting features...
by Lee Purcell | Mar 14, 2014 | Create
In his blog on Huffington Post, author and publisher David Kudler offered some heretical advice for would-be indie authors, extracted from an interview done for Inkspokes. The first is that self-publishing doesn’t mean that you have do everything yourself...
by John Jerney | Jan 26, 2014 | Beginner, Create, Magazine
This is an abridged version of a full-length article that appears in the premiere issue of the ePublish Yourself! e-zine, available on ISSUU (free for a short period). One of the most fascinating areas to watch in the epublishing realm is the blossoming of digital...
by John Jerney | May 13, 2013 | Create
Think Kindle is just for books with lots of text and the occasional interspersed image? Think again. In early April 2013, Amazon released a new free tool to indie authors and publishers called the Kindle Comic Creator. This tool makes it easy to turn comics, graphic...
by John Jerney | Aug 3, 2012 | Create, Interview
Book trailers, those short video teasers that take their name from the more common movie trailers, offer an intriguing way to hook potential readers through the dramatic power of visual storytelling. But creating an effective and engaging trailer is more than just...
