by Lee Purcell | Mar 7, 2016 | Interview, Learn
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, Richard Rieman is enjoying this latest turn in his career. From a background in radio, he trained as a voice...
by Lee Purcell | Jan 20, 2016 | Learn
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...
by Mark Saintonge | Jan 19, 2016 | Learn
As a prelude to venturing into audiobook recording, a friend asked me to provide a sample narration. I would be the narrator of 5 minutes from a Sherlock Holmes adventure. Well, I had just moved from Maine to Portland. I live in a 540 square foot apartment in the...
by Lee Rawn | Dec 31, 2014 | Beginner, Learn
It started with a memory—one insistent incident that begged to be revealed. I had the makings an excellent short story. However, as the fragments of memory coalesced, I realized that this incident was not a turning point or milestone, but a catapult that...
by Lee Purcell | Dec 29, 2014 | Learn
Unlike those books lining the shelves in your living room, the ownership of books in the amorphous digital realm is much less clearcut. As Michael Kozlowski points out in this article for Good E-Reader, “When Amazon sells you an eBook for the Kindle, they have...
by John Jerney | Aug 5, 2014 | Discover, Learn
At first glance, the proposition seems simple enough. You work hard to write and produce your ebook and, quite reasonably, you expect to be rewarded for your efforts. Common sense dictates that you should take precautions to protect your work. And nowhere does this...
by Lee Purcell | Mar 8, 2014 | Learn
The term immersive has become a vaunted catch phrase, an adjective that has been applied to a dizzying range of nouns. To cite just a few samples, you have immersive television, immersive multimedia, immersive encounters, immersive experiences, immersive environments,...
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...
