The zero cost of production an ebook makes giving online books away vs. selling them a reasonable economic option, so long as you’re willing to “eat” costs related to bringing the book into existence...
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Still getting my head around the whole “free book” concept, but hope to have something valuable to say about it by next week. Until then, here’s a swell infographic I stumbled on published...
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OK – Time to sum up the decisions you need to make with regard to your self-publishing effort. Before doing any of this, remember the fundamental question you should have answered long ago, namely: What is...
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In the last entry to this series, I spelled out the distribution options for someone self-publishing an e-book. Just to sum up, while those looking for online global distribution of print books really have...
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Since this weekly series focuses on both the spirit and business of self-publishing, I’d like to look at decisions self-publishers will have to make via the numbers. For starters, e-book sales make up about...
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In MOOCS: The Essential Guide, I used the rise of the ebook to illustrate something called “The Hype Curve,” a phenomenon that tends to repeat itself whenever a new technology (like ebooks or MOOCs) intersect...
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