eBook Publishing World

Robin Good: Here is an interesting little book (Kindle) that may be quite useful to those that are looking for innovative ways to finance their own book, without falling in the hands of a traditional publisher.

No Publisher Needed: by Jim Kukral.

Amazon.com price $6.13

Find it here: http://www.amazon.com/No-Publisher-Needed-Crowdfunding-ebook/dp/B0062A1128  

Robin Good: Amazon has pubished a comprehensive list of recommended eBook conversion services available in the market. 

The list includes 17 companies offering manual and automatic conversion of documents into professional and read-to-be-published eBook formats.

Recommended. 9/10

Full list: https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/help?topicId=A3RRQXI478DDG7 

From the article: "The release by Apple of iBooks Author last month begins a year that will see the release of several new tools focused on helping people to create, publish and track their ebooks.... 

That’s fine insofar as it goes, but if you’re an author or publisher wanting to reach as many people as possible, with limited time and resources to repurpose the same content for different marketplaces, iBooks Author isn’t a great help."

What's interesting instead is the fact that in 2012 we will see more and more tools that will allow you to convert, format and publish your content to ebooks on multiple and competing platforms.

There are several services providing this and more springing up. 

Not only.

You will have tools to track stats of how many ebooks are downloaded and purchased as well as better tools to write, edit, revise and format your ebook.

Informative. 7/10

Find out more: http://www.forbes.com/sites/suwcharmananderson/2012/02/08/2012-the-year-of-new-ebook-tools/ 

Robin Good: Booktango is a new eBook publishing service which allows you to edit, format, layout and distribute/sell your publication across major online eBook stores such as Amazon, Apple, Sony, Kobo and more.

Booktango has a free version as well as richer offerings too. The free plan includes:
- Free ISBN Assignment
- Online E-Book Editor
- Free Cover Design Service (Beta only)
- Sell Through Major Retailers

(You receive 100% of net royalties when you make sales through the Booktango bookstore and 90% when you make a sale through any of our distribution and retail partners.)

Paid plans add:

Formatting & Corrections Services
Interior Images
Choice Cover Design
Free Copy of E-book

U.S. Copyright Registration

More info on pricing here: http://www.booktango.com/Services/ 

Bookstore and samples: http://bookstore.booktango.com/ 

FAQ (truly exhaustive): http://www.booktango.com/Help/ 

Find out more: http://www.booktango.com/ 

(Unearthed by Francesco Guglielmino) 

Robin Good: Great tips and advice from Curtis Hox,  English professor by day and a science fiction writer by night, on how to prepare your first .mobi file as he has learned them while producing and formatting his own sci-fi fantasy novel, Bleedover.

Many good suggestions on tools and services to use, as well as on the precise workflow step to get everything to work flawlessly.

Useful. 8/10

Full article: http://www.savvyselfpublishing.com/epublishing/how-to-generate-your-first-professionally-formatted-mobi-file