Self-Published authors often flock to Facebook and Twitter to promote their books and try and get a few sales. A few months ago Amazon and Twitter came together to form an ecommerce solution called Amazon Cart. This allowed indie authors to post links to their Kindle Books and all a reader had to do was use a special hashtag to automatically add the title to their shopping … [Read more...] about Authors Will Soon Be Able to Sell their eBooks on Facebook
Google+ Lifts Display Name Restrictions
If you've been holding off on using Google+ because you couldn't use the display name you wanted (or maybe you just found the rules a little annoying), starting today those restrictions have been lifted. Some are speculating that the changes to Google's terms of service are related to the departure of Google+ lead, Vic Gundotra, but it may just be that it was time. Google … [Read more...] about Google+ Lifts Display Name Restrictions
Facebook Launches Snapchat Competitor Slingshot
We knew it was coming, and today is is here --Facebook has released Slingshot, the social media giant's attempt to compete with the very popular Snapchat app. How it works is very simple: take a photo or video and send it to your friends. If they are willing to share something with you, they can unlock your creation (and react) --once they swipe it away, it's gone! I find … [Read more...] about Facebook Launches Snapchat Competitor Slingshot
Facebook Briefly Launches Snapchat Competitor: Slingshot
Once upon a time, Facebook tried to acquire Snapchat (for the bargain price of $3 billion). That bid failed, and Facebook decided to create a competitive product of their own. That product arrived to marked prematurely today when Slingshot was seen briefly in the Apple App Store. Luckily for those curious about the next generation of social media, a few things were seen before … [Read more...] about Facebook Briefly Launches Snapchat Competitor: Slingshot
Use Daily by Buffer to Discover and Share New Social Media Content
We're all addicted to social media, some of us more than others, and it can be a little daunting to juggle accounts with all the biggies like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and App.net. Luckily for us, apps like Buffer exist to let you leverage content to be shared easily across all of your accounts. To further compliment their existing app, the company has released Daily by … [Read more...] about Use Daily by Buffer to Discover and Share New Social Media Content
Facebook Appeals to Journalists with FB Newswire
Post by FB Newswire. Facebook just launched a news service called FB Newswire. It is designed to give writers, journalists and news companies a way to stay in touch with trending and developing stories. The company hopes to mirror how Twitter has become a global news service, that breaks stories before anyone else. FB Newswire content will come from two sources. The main … [Read more...] about Facebook Appeals to Journalists with FB Newswire
Pubslush Announces Contest for Children’s Book Week
With its focus on helping authors meet the financial needs of publishing books, Pubslush does more than just create a platform for book preorders. Yesterday, vice president and co-founder Amanda Barbara spoke to Good e-Reader about a contest the site is hosting through their company, the Little Reader Snapshot Contest. In conjunction with the Children's Book Council and … [Read more...] about Pubslush Announces Contest for Children’s Book Week
Is Social Media a Reliable Source for the News?
First there was Paper.li, an app that allows users to create a digital "newspaper" based on the story links their social media connections share. Then came Facebook's Paper app, which serves as a curated offering of a user's shares from contacts. But now, The Guardian is rolling out an actual print newspaper that will contain stories curated from share algorithms. The … [Read more...] about Is Social Media a Reliable Source for the News?
New App Paper Renders Facebook Obsolete
Listen up, food porn posters and cat video fanatics...Facebook has a new app, and it just might be the one you replace the old social media app with on your iPhone. Nine months in the making, the team at Facebook has finally released the long-rumored Paper app. First, it's only available for your iPhone (sorry Galaxy fans), but it looks and behaves a lot like the Facebook … [Read more...] about New App Paper Renders Facebook Obsolete
Latest Nielsen Survey Reveals Growing Consumer Reliance on Mobile Apps
With usage of mobile connected devices such a smartphones and tablet devices growing at a feverish pace, it is but only natural for mobile apps to witness a faster rate of adoption than their web counterparts. The latest Nielsen finding corroborates the above with some hard facts showing global brands loosing grip with their web based services, only to be compensated more than … [Read more...] about Latest Nielsen Survey Reveals Growing Consumer Reliance on Mobile Apps