The Fine Print of iBooks Author
Yesterday, with great fanfare, Apple rolled out two new applications: iBooks 2, with new features aimed at students; and iBooks Author, which allows individuals to create iPad-optimized ebooks.
Archive for the ‘SFWA Blog’ Category
Guest Post: Long Sentences
We do need, not more, but a deeper relationship with what we have. Not knowledge, or not just knowledge, but understanding. That’s what writers give us.
Digital Rights Showdown: HarperCollins v. Open Road
One of the effects of the phenomenal growth of ebooks over the past few years has been to bring new value to the backlist–both for publishers who hold the contracts for backlist books, and authors who want the freedom to exploit a new range of rights.
SFWA Names Connie Willis Recipient of the 2011 Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award
SFWA is proud to announce author Connie Willis as the 2011 recipient of the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award for her contributions to the literature of Science Fiction and Fantasy.
Guest Post: Trailers and Tribulations
With the rapid rise of eBooks, the membrane between the printed word and the digital world is getting thinner every day.
Guest Post: 25 Reasons Readers Will
Keep Reading Your Story
A good story should always be raising questions — not asking them directly, but instead forcing the reader to ask them. “Wait, what’s that weird symbol they keep seeing on the walls? What was that sound? Something’s up with that top hat-wearing fox that keeps following them, too.
Quick Updates for 2012-01-12
Member News for Matthew Johnson, Allan Cole, and Ferrett Steinmetz.
BookStoreMarketing.net: Beware Spam PR Services
Recently I’ve gotten a number of questions about BookStoreMarketing.net, a service that promises to promote authors’ books to bookstores via a printed catalog, a promotional email, or both.
Guest Post: Book Publicity: Working with Bookstores
If you do set up an event at a store, it may sound obvious, but an author promoting their event on their own Facebook and twitter helps out a lot. We have our own ways to publicize an event to our customers, and we have our events listed in the newspaper weekly, but the more an author can say, “I’m going to be in this city, on this day,” the better our event turnout is going to be.
Guest Post: Debut Author Lessons–How to deal with self-promotion and award season
Let’s talk about self-promotion and how it feels icky.
Yes, self-promotion is awkward to do the first time. Yes, it is very easy to do badly. But–it is incredibly important to your career. Someone asked, “Isn’t it enough to write a good story?”
No.
