When author Regina Sirois decided to self-publish her young adult literary fiction, On Little Wings, she found the process satisfying but for one aspect: the gate to getting her book into bookstores was nearly impossible to open. While she was happy with her ebook and print sales online, it was the bookstore experience that was left out of the process. “That is the one … [Read more...] about ABNA Winner Regina Sirois on Indie vs Traditional Publishing
Interviews
CreateSpace Featured Author Theresa Ragan Talks Indie Publishing
Amazon offers two platforms for self-published authors, the first being the Kindle Direct Publishing site that helps authors post their works to the Kindle store as ebooks, the second being the print-on-demand service CreateSpace. While both platforms help self-published authors make their books available to a larger public at little or no cost to themselves, their focus is … [Read more...] about CreateSpace Featured Author Theresa Ragan Talks Indie Publishing
Interview with Jim Hilt – Vice President of eBooks at Barnes & Noble at BEA
On the last day of Book Expo America 2012, Jim Hilt Vice President of eBooks at Barnes & Noble came all the way down just to speak with us! We talked about the growing success of their e-ink reader line with the newest edition to the family, the Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight. He shares with us the evolution of the hardware from the concept stage and what made them create … [Read more...] about Interview with Jim Hilt – Vice President of eBooks at Barnes & Noble at BEA
zuuka President Woody Sears on the Latest iStoryTime Title
As the business of children’s digital content is booming, a small handful of companies are still known as the originators of dynamic educational-yet-entertaining content. At this year’s BookExpo America and IDPF Digital Book conference, GoodEReader caught up with Woody Sears, president of zuuka, whose award-winning iStoryTime line of enhanced ebooks feature favorite children’s … [Read more...] about zuuka President Woody Sears on the Latest iStoryTime Title
3M’sTom Mercer Discusses Smashwords Partnership at BEA
3M Cloud Library was set up in the BEA Digital Zone to talk about its library lending offerings, but the real news from 3M lately was the recent partnership with Smashwords that puts the ebook distributor’s titles in the catalog for libraries to choose from. Currently, public libraries are struggling with trying to implement digital lending, as five of the Big Six publishers … [Read more...] about 3M’sTom Mercer Discusses Smashwords Partnership at BEA
Interview with Tom Mercer of 3M on Their Cloud Library Digtal eBook System
At Book Expo America 2012 we spoke with Tom Mercer, the man in charge of business development of the new 3M Cloud Library. The new program first started off with the St. Paul Library and provided library patrons with a myriad of very intuitive options to facilitate borrowing digital books. The first major innovation was the Discovery Terminals, touchscreen displays with custom … [Read more...] about Interview with Tom Mercer of 3M on Their Cloud Library Digtal eBook System
Exclusive Interview with David Burleigh of Overdrive on Digital Library Lending at Book Expo 2012
One of the companies we were very excited to speak with at this year's Book Expo America was Overdrive. In the last few weeks they officially unveiled the Overdrive Reading App and the new Touchscreen terminals. During this interview we talk about the acquisition of Australian based Bookish and how the technology was augmented to suit the needs of a wide array of internet … [Read more...] about Exclusive Interview with David Burleigh of Overdrive on Digital Library Lending at Book Expo 2012
The Director, Business Development Stephen Mcdonell Talks Android at BEA
Barnes and Noble head of development for Android talked with us about the current state of affairs regarding their app store and online ecosystem. I found it strange that the company did not have a booth or any type of presence at the Book Expo, but high ranking employees were meeting with select people during the last few days. We briefly met up with Stephen and he answered … [Read more...] about The Director, Business Development Stephen Mcdonell Talks Android at BEA
Exclusive Interview with Libby Johnson Mckee of Amazon Createspace
We are at Book Expo America 2012 and talked with Libby Johnson Mckee of Amazon Createspace. If you have never heard of them before, they basically help independent authors self-publish tangible books on their platform. You can write and submit a book, and it gets printed out when people actually buy it. You can also order many different copies and have them stocked in your own … [Read more...] about Exclusive Interview with Libby Johnson Mckee of Amazon Createspace
Interview with Michael Tamblyn on Kobo Writing Life and International Expansion
The biggest news of the day was the official unveiling of the new self-publishing program from Kobo, entitled "Writing Life." This program will allow authors to submit books in various formats and have them optimized to EPUB format. The big selling point of this new system is the deep analytics it provides for authors to track their sales in real time. If people review the book … [Read more...] about Interview with Michael Tamblyn on Kobo Writing Life and International Expansion