POD, Self Publishing & Independent Publishing have had a Youtube presence in the pipeline for a while and finally this weekend we kicked it off aptly with a promotional trailer for the site. Future video uploads will include workshop-style tutorials and advice on self-publishing. Stay tuned for further uploads over the coming months. Youtube channel…
Amazon.co.uk – A Case of Deja Vu?
“Déjà vu is the experience of feeling sure that one has witnessed or experienced a new situation previously (an individual feels as though an event has already happened or has happened in the near past), although the exact circumstances of the previous encounter are uncertain. The experience of déjà vu is usually accompanied by a…
POD TV – Program 13: Bill Folman’s Book Trailer
For POD TV this week, something a little lighthearted. Author Bill Folman’s decided to enlist the help of a friend to make a book trailer for his debut novel, The Scandal Plan. The mini-film book trailer has been doing the rounds of the internet for a few weeks. This gets funnier every time I watch…
Barnes & Nobel Launch Rediscover For Out-of-Print Books
Barnes & Noble continue, like Amazon, to move beyond the confines of just being a retailer. They have launched a new publisher program called Barnes & Noble Rediscovers. This program will allow them to work with publishers to reissue that are out-of-print in hardback format. There are already 30 plus titles available under the new…
Lulu.com Drop Their Popular ‘Publish By You’ Option
Lulu have today announced further changes to their publishing process and distribution service, which on the face of it, is a further retrograde step backwards in their position as a brand-leading author solution services provider. The core change today is the announcement of the removal of the popular ‘Publish By You’ service. Here is part…
Book Publishing: ‘Don’t Get Me Started!’ – Tom Matlack Article
[…]Let’s face it — the whole chain bookstore, publishing house, agent, author thing is bankrupt. It’s even more 19th century than newspapers and old-fashioned crank music records. Don’t get me started on why the book business is worse off than television, radio, or magazines (all of whom are under extreme pressure). Of all these industries…
Book Sales in Ireland – Pt 2: Analysis by Eoin Purcell
Eoin Purcell continues with the second part of his analysis on what makes up the success of a book publish on the Irish market, coming up with a suprising result – or is it? http://eoinpurcell.com The Independent Publishing Magazine | TIPM Media
Authors’ Chance Ltd: Son or Father of Diggory Press?
While the next hearing in the Diggory Press court case in the UK is not set to go ahead until November of this year, there has been a very significant development on the publishing side of matters for Diggory Press, Exposure Publishing, their self-publishing wing, and all their contracted authors. A quick browse through the…
Book Sales In Ireland – Results Pt1 From Eoin Purcell
A couple of days ago Eoin Purcell hosted a poll on his blog and asked what was the measure of success for a book on the Irish market. Well, he has correlated the results and posted the first part of his findings and analysis here. The measure of success certainly appears to be a lot…
Sony Electronics Forge Ahead With Universal ebook Format
Sony Electronics are expected to announce on Thursday plans to sell ebooks in a standard ePub format making them compatible with other ebook reading devices. Ebooks generally have some restrictions built into the software to prevent multiple coping and file sharing. Sony look to have struck an agreement with Adobe in this regard. Amazon play…