Gantec announces the launch of GBooks and the eReader

May 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Despite an ever increasing number of books in the public domain, there haven’t been considerable efforts by contemporary publishers to render this, fully compatible with today’s technology and requirements. The books of the bygone era, passed onto us as public assets need to be preserved and cherished as relics, while also made to meet the needs of contemporary readers. A Public domain work is just the opposite of a copyrighted work. Copyrighted works are associated with several … [Read more...]

Why Social Media is important for publishers

April 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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With social media being indispensable for publishers, the fact remains how well they utilize this media to their benefit. Publishers need to ensure their efforts are always directed at adding value. They need to have a clear plan in place and how to execute it. Publishers leverage on the expertise of their editorial and publishing teams and their established community of readers to exploit social media. Publishers use social media … [Read more...]

What is your book’s ISBN?

March 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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ISBN is the abbreviation for International Standard Book Number which is uniquely used to identify book and allied products throughout the world. These were previously made up of only 10 digits but increased to thirteen digits from 2007. The ISBNs are necessary to identify a title or a particular edition of a title, which helps in efficient and effective marketing of books across wholesalers, libraries and distributors. The original ten digit number had four … [Read more...]

Check your Online Book Publishing package

March 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment

In the days of traditional printing we’ve heard many stories of authors struggling to get their works published and others getting their works rejected. However with the introduction of newer technology, the concept of online book publishing took off, enabling authors and publishers to bring out their books quickly and that too at a very affordable price. Online books publishers are capable of providing a wider selling base, either through their own online store or through online giants … [Read more...]

Getting to know Print On Demand publishing

March 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The print on-demand publishing or POD may be described as a new form of content distribution enabled by new digital printing technologies. The main feature of this type of book printing is that it makes it possible for the production of few prints whenever required. In the traditional press, setting up and printing a book is a very costly affair, and therefore printing just a few copies would be a nightmare. As a result of being able to print a small number of copies, publishers are immensely … [Read more...]

ebook distribution

February 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The era of eBook publishing, has transformed the landscape of book distribution. The costs associated with ebook distribution are relatively low, only requiring a server space to set up an ebook store and start selling. Although many have ventured into ebook selling through online stores, it is surprising to note that the distribution of ebooks has been dominated by just a handful of these companies. The distributors of ebooks basically connect readers with publishers and authors. These … [Read more...]

Introduction to self-publishing

February 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Self publishing is an easy yet powerful way for any writer to get his or her book published. The concept of self publishing has caught up well with the self publisher having better control of every aspect of the book. The author brings in all that is required to create and finance the book. As a self publisher, the writer runs a small business which need to be named appropriately; something ending with the words ‘Publishing’, ‘Press’ or ‘Books’ indicating that its something got to … [Read more...]

Get to know your eBook reader

February 23, 2012 By 1 Comment

Together with the advent of electronic books or the eBooks, eBook readers too developed. These eBook readers enable reading eBooks on them. eBooks are of two kinds. One is the type that can be read on the computer, generally in a format compatible with the standard operating software. Occasionally these may require additional plug-ins or special software. The other kind of eBooks is that meant for mobile devices or eBook readers. eBooks compatible to these readers are available on online … [Read more...]

Manuscript preparation Basics

February 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Making sure the manuscript is compatible to the submission requirements is a daunting task, for some writers. The way the manuscript is submitted for publication is equally as important as the content to be published. Most publishers have their own set of rules for submission of manuscript and it is easy for writers to subconsciously breach one or more of them; thus diminishing their chances of being accepted. Although publishers may have their own manuscript submission guidelines, certain … [Read more...]

Fixed Format eBook services for Kindle Fire from eBooks2go

February 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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  2nd February, 2012   PRESS RELEASE   Fixed Format eBook services for Kindle Fire from eBooks2go eBooks2go has expanded its eBook conversion service capabilities for Amazon’s Kindle Fire.  The release of Amazon’s KF8 has brought with it incredible formatting and design features and challenges for Books with Fixed format layout needs. eBooks2go now offers publishers and authors who require fixed format layout for their eBooks whole range of new formatting and design … [Read more...]