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Gator takes bite out of crime...

auwg — Thu, 09 May 2013 23:11:25 GMT

Ha. Vindication. I caught a little flak after letting gators chomp on a fleeing suspect in a 3WP book. She said it didn't sound realistic enough. I told her to

NOOK Press... any comments?

auwg — Sun, 05 May 2013 22:58:38 GMT

NOOK Press... any comments? Any crits? Pros/cons, etc... Ed

Comments and Experience re: a Free Kindle Promotion

Andrew Darlow — Thu, 02 May 2013 23:27:35 GMT

Hi folks: I've learned a lot from this group, as well as the Yahoo Print On Demand (POD) group and I thought I'd mention my recent experience with offering a

Re: a Kindle KDP clause - is it breach of copyright. [X-posted]

Christopher R. Maden — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:00:29 GMT

... It’s not unilateral if both parties agreed to the practice by contract. If one doesn’t want Amazon to have this power over pricing, one shouldn’t

Re: a Kindle KDP clause - is it breach of copyright. [X-posted]

josephHarris — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:59:59 GMT

Richard, Thanks for that. I don't know how many cases there are, but yours is at least the 5th I have come across; here is another

Re: a Kindle KDP clause - is it breach of copyright. [X-posted]

Richard Seltzer — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 02:12:32 GMT

Interesting question. Keep in mind that Amazon uses automated systems to determine if a book is for sale elsewhere -- faulty software. In my case, they

a Kindle KDP clause - is it breach of copyright. [X-posted]

josephHarris — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:08:42 GMT

I recently - elsewhere - posed a question about a clause in the KDP contract; unfortunately someone who claimed to be a lawyer poo-poohed it, discouraging

Re: Picture book ebook help!

Bonnie Britt — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:22:21 GMT

A detailed discussion of adding graphics to ebooks is at this link. While the discussion is by the author of the Jutoh program, the principles are perhaps

Re: Picture book ebook help!

Sandra Williams — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:22:26 GMT

Bonnie, do you mean that Dennis should use percentages in the software program in which the ebook is created? Photoshop is a bitmap image editing program.

Re: Picture book ebook help!

Kathy. — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:37:52 GMT

Dennis, If you are not going to have a professional do your picture book, then go to bookbaby.com Picture books of any genera are the hardest to do. Getting

Re: Picture book ebook help!

thegreedyfish — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:49:17 GMT

Thank you Bonnie - only thing is I would need to know what percentages to use?! Have you worked with picture ebooks yourself? Any advice appreciated as I want

Re: Picture book ebook help!

Bonnie Britt — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:23:23 GMT

From: thegreedyfish Whats the best dimensions to produce each jpeg image/page so that it fits the screen as comfortable as possible

Re: Picture book ebook help!

Kathy. — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:27:09 GMT

... From: thegreedyfish Does anyone know of where I can pay to get someone to professionally prepare the 20 images as multi format

Picture book ebook help!

thegreedyfish — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:09:39 GMT

Hi all, I am currently creating my first childrens picture book, expecting to be ready in August. As its so difficult to get a traditional publishing deal I am

Re: origin of "ebook"

Robotech_Master — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:32:45 GMT

It seems likely that the term "email" would have had to be in common use before someone thought of the similar term "ebook". The late 1980s sounds about right,