Imagine self publishing, hitting best-seller list (via http://www.moreknown.com) Imagine one of your novels gaining an audience without the support of a major publishing house behind you. According to the Holland Sentinel, that’s just what happened to Colleen Hoover. Her book, Slammed, gained enough success in the eBook market to hit Amazon’s Kindle top 100 bestseller list.… … Read entire article »

Here’s the Deal: Get Your Grammar On! (via Rabid Office Monkey) The English language and grammar rules can sometimes be confusing and overwhelming.  I’m one of those people that put too many commas even though the rule of thumb is “when in doubt, leave it out!”  As a small business owner, I’m constantly writing blogs, proposals, and other copy.  It’… … Read entire article »

The separation of “church and state” in publishing (via Pando Daily) By Bryan Goldberg On April 19, 2013For a long time — I don’t know how long, but it certainly predates my brief existence on this planet — the publishing world has talked about “church vs. state.” The concept is simple. Advertisers want to inject themselves into a publication, and journalists… … Read entire article »

Call For Artists: RANT for $$ (via http://www.michalbrzezinski.org) Artists, don’t waste your ranting skills in LinkedIN groups! Open Call AxisWeb has an ongoing open call for Rant writers. Please see The Rant: Pitch for It! for more information about this paid writing opportunity. INSPIRE / INFORM / PROFILE / CRITIQUE / DEBATE / REVIEW The Axisweb webzine looks… … Read entire article »

Why freelancing is always a full-time job (via Matador Network) Freelancers like to refer to the frightening, frustrating income style we’ve insanely chosen for ourselves as “Feast or Famine”: Sometimes you’ve got more work than you can shake your sweatpants at, and sometimes checking the mail is the most productive prospect you have for the day. There… … Read entire article »

San Francisco Book Festival This Saturday (via PR Newswire) SAN FRANCISCO, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – The San Francisco Book Festival is holding a FREE and open to the public daytime book fair and publishing seminar on Saturday, May 18, 2013 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel, 450 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA 94102. The seminar is… … Read entire article »

ePublishing Week in Brief – May 13th ti 17th, 2013   Publishing industry roundtable plots a survival story Serial entrepreneur and Financial Times columnist Luke Johnson could be excused for having a pessimistic outlook on the publishing sector, having “lost a fortune” following his purchase of the UK arm of Borders, the book chain in 2007. At a roundtable discussion to launch this year’s Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award, the co-founder of private equity firm … Read entire article »

Standard Flipbook Creator Now Can Make OpenOffice E-Books (via SBWire) Guangzhou, China — (SBWIRE) — 05/08/2013 — The digital software publishing company, 3DPageFlip.com, has now made it possible to create an e-book from OpenOffice with 3D PageFlip Standard. This flip page software is a hot-selling product on the company’s website. It avoids the need for people to… … Read entire article »

SafeNet Sentinel LDK Receives 2013 CODiE Award for Best Digital Rights Management Solution (via PR Newswire) Download image BALTIMORE, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Software monetization leader SafeNet, Inc. today announced that the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries, presented the company with a 2013 CODiE Award… … Read entire article »