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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.
Memorable Villains in Fiction
Only with a worthy adversary can a protagonist be clearly defined, in both fiction and non-fiction.
Narrated Version of Djuna Barnes’ “A Night Among the Horses”
Written by Djuna Barnes, A Night Among the Horses, was first published in The Little Review in 1919. The tale is narrated by Sarah Lipton.
Narrated version of E. M. Forster’s “The Machine Stops – Part 1”
The Machine Stops, written by E. M. Forster and narrated by Richard Rieman, was likely the inspiration for the movie epic from George Lucas, THX 1138, which bears many similarities to the characters and plot.
Narrated version of Susan Glaspell’s “From A to Z”
Read by Jannie Meisberger, From A to Z is the story of a young woman recently graduated from college who confronts the bewildering realities of the working world.
Narrated version of Poe’s “The Black Cat”
The protagonist of this story by Edgar Allen Poe, an anti-hero if there ever was one, succumbs to the influence of demon rum, to his profound ruination. Narrated by Lee Purcell, the story was first published in The Saturday Evening Post on August 19, 1843.
Narrated version of Hodgson’s “Demons of the Sea”
This short story from Hodgson, Demons of the Sea, narrated by Mark Saintonge, describes an encounter at sea with an entirely different breed of creatures, equally malign and thoroughly repugnant in their own way.
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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.
Apple iBooks Author Quickstart Guide
The Apple iBookstore might not be the largest online bookshop, but it does offer some compelling advantages.
Apple iBooks Author: Tips and Tricks
This article offers a series of tips and tricks for working with the iBooks Author application on the Mac.
Writing a Memoir: There is No Ordinary
You don’t need to be famous. You only need to have a good story to tell. Lee Rawn offers tips and advice to prospective memoir writers.
Ownership of eBooks
You might own your lawn mower, National Geographic collection, and silverware, but ebooks that you purchase from many sources—that’s not the case.
Sinking Piracy. But is DRM Your Best Option?
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...
Practical Advice for the Heretical Minded
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 -- or that...
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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...
Trust Your Customer: An Instructive Lesson in Sales
In the small southern Vermont town where I live, my morning walks take me down roads and past buildings that have been around since the 18th century (including Ice Pond Farm, a farmstead built in 1792). A recent walk had me reflecting on the nature of trust in...
From Spider-Man to Kobo: Mark Lefebvre’s 20-Year Publishing Journey
With a wicked sense of humor, an affinity for the supernatural realm, a preternatural interest in books, and a proclivity for storytelling that began in his youth, Mark Lefebvre has capitalized on his talents as an author, and, more recently, as the Director of Self...
Prospects for Independent Authors: An Interview with Joanna Penn
As the author of six works of fiction and a number of self-help titles for authors, career changers, and others, Joanna Penn often finds inspiration for her thrillers during travels around the world. For example, the catacombs of Paris served to spark her imagination...
Forging a Link Between Writing and Money
This interview by Anne Hill with Jane Friedman and Manjula Martin explores the tenuous and elusive link between money and writing, as well as the birth of a new magazine, SCRATCH, that serves to demystify the methods for getting paid for your writing efforts. Some...
Charlottesville Writers Explore ePublishing
The path to writing success—even the definition of writing success—has been permanently altered, as discussed in this article highlighting the writing scene and shifting opportunities in Charlottesville, VA, a city that has attracted a fair share of literary...
EYI: The 7k Report on Author Earnings
Hugh Howey at authorearnings.com describes an innovative data mining study to determine whether it is in an indie-author's financial interest to self-publish. The 7k Report ePublish Yourself Intelligence Hugh Howey reports the following: The major booksellers provide...