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Presentation Zen, by Garr Reynolds
via Joe Wikert's Publishing 2020 Blog by Joe Wikert on May 25, 2008
... it in action. The book features several wonderful examples that show how this sort of off-center balance is highly effective (and similar to the effect used in photography).Speaking of images, the book features a list of some of the better stock photo sites. The author's favorite is iStockphoto but I prefer a free alternative called Stock.xchng (also included in the author's list).
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SharedBook Rocks
via Joe Wikert's Publishing 2020 Blog by Joe Wikert on January 24, 2008
... and is really a mashup tool that lets you create your own book from a variety of content sources. Think about what this model might look like in the future if every type of magazine, newspaper, book, online and offline content source was available through it... I think their tagline says it all: "Made Any Good Books Lately?"Very cool. Be sure to check out SharedBook's blog as well.
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Textbook Tinkering
via Joe Wikert's Publishing 2020 Blog by Joe Wikert on February 12, 2008
... audio segments from the instructor's lectures. In short, you're creating your own mashup of the original e-textbook. (Kindle Version 1.0 obviously isn't built to handle or support all this, but I'm hoping a future version will! And yes, I realize the IP management issues that would be involved in this as well, but hear me out...)The semester ends and you're left wi...
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Borders Personal Publishing
via Joe Wikert's Publishing 2020 Blog by Joe Wikert on February 19, 2008
... think that one day they'll have a high-speed POD machine in the store for those of us who always look for instant gratification.Personal Publishing would be a nice addition to any bookstore and a good way for Borders to help distinguish themselves from all the other brick-and-mortar outlets. Be sure to visit the Borders Personal Publishing FAQ (accessible from this page) for more details.
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Opinionated: A Kindle Exclusive
via Joe Wikert's Publishing 2020 Blog by Joe Wikert on March 25, 2008
... management or manufacturing costs?The only real question is whether enough Kindles can be sold to make this a profitable venture for TMS. Since it's exclusive to the Kindle, I have to assume Amazon was willing to make this a sweeter deal for TMS than they've done for other magazine publishers, especially in the short term while Amazon works to address the Kindle supply issue.
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Daemon: A Lesson on Leveraging the Community
via Joe Wikert's Publishing 2020 Blog by Joe Wikert on April 29, 2008
... book currently has a very nice Amazon ranking (in the 1,500's), so the grassroots efforts are obviously paying off...and the Wired article doesn't hurt either!So if you're an author, what steps have you taken to drive excitement for your book from influential people with huge platforms? Even if you have a small platform you can always work to leverage other people's platforms.
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Amazon Reviews and Ratings
via Joe Wikert's Publishing 2020 Blog by Joe Wikert on May 13, 2008
... follow this same pattern, partially for the first reason cited. In fact, if I don't enjoy a book after 20 or 30 pages I generally put it aside and never pick it up again. I can only think of two times that I've actually written scathing reviews of books on my blog (and Amazon); in one case I suffered through the entire book and in the other I couldn't make it past chapter 1.
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Chapters on Demand
via Joe Wikert's Publishing 2020 Blog by (author unknown) on May 14, 2008
... don't release it into the wild. Is this hack-proof? Of course not, but what is? The key is that we want to make this a very attractive product for our customers and we believe this is the right approach.For more details, see this post on Jim Minatel's blog. Btw, Jim and the rest of the team did a fantastic job implementing this great service -- congrats to everyone involved!
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