Tag Archives: ipad
Digital Career Guide

Digital Career Guide

I have just released a new product in my store: The Digital Career Guide. I’ve been working on this for the last three months. It covers what you need to know to set up a successful writing business on the Internet. I talk about everything from attitudes to how to produce captivating fiction, on through […]

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Will iPad Readers Buy Books?

Will iPad Readers Buy Books?

What follows is a completely *unscientific* survey of two people—one of whom does not even have an iPad. The margin of error for this survey is so huge that if my iPad came with a calculator (as my iPod Touch did), I’m pretty sure the machine would blow its little silicon brains out doing the […]

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Talion: Revenant Sequel Challenge

Talion: Revenant Sequel Challenge

I’ve just made Talion: Revenant available as an ebook. It’s in the epub format, which is suitable for all readers except the Kindle. I also have made it available through Amazon’s Kindle store and am awaiting them to clear it. I’ll let you know about more formats as I have them. Kat Klaybourne put together […]

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How Random House Can Save Itself!

How Random House Can Save Itself!

Tom Dupree alerted me to a Wall Street Journal article (the article is behind a subscriber screen) that indicates that Random House has opted out of the agency-model deal with Apple. Their books will not be for sale in the iBookstore, though they will continue to talk with Apple. Random House expressed fears that ebooks […]

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Authors Can Be Stupid: the myth of multiple sales

Authors Can Be Stupid: the myth of multiple sales

I’m not going to name any names, but as we move into the digital era, there is a spurious argument that gets brought up from time to time by authors who really ought to know better. It pretty much points out that a) most of us are not good dollars & cents kinds of folks […]

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Impossible Dream=iPad

Yes, I am an Apple enthusiast. I’ve worked on a Mac since 1987 and am typing this on my 9th Macintosh computer. (All but two of the older ones still run and are in use at various tasks around the house.) I have bought/obtained five iPods, all of which still work. I even owned both […]

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