The Problem with Book Outlines - Advice for Authors
I was speaking with a potential author on the phone today who was having trouble with the outline portion of his book proposal. Of course, building the book outline is one of the most important elements in writing winning book proposals, so all new authors stress over getting it right the first time.
You probably [...]
DailyLit Begins Syndicating Books Pre-Release
Earlier this week DailyLit announced its first pre-publication deal for House Rules which will be published in 139 installments for $9.95. This marks the site’s first opportunity to syndicate a book before the print release.
DailyLit began with mostly public domain works, syndicating them to readers in snack-sized chucks via email and RSS. Recently, [...]
Guy Kawasaki Likes Me, He Really Likes Me!
Ok, maybe thats a bit dramatic, but Guy and his team were nice enough to add this blog to the Alltop Books listing. I see colleague Joe Wikert is listed as well.
So, how does Alltop select sites for inclusion?
We use a patent-pending, semantic computational algorithm derived from the post-doctoral work of Guy at Stanford. [...]
Social DRM, the Death of Copyright and the Fallacy of Piracy
There is some really great debate over on the TeleRead Blog concerning DRM, copyright, and piracy. As the TeleRead blog has grown, David has added new columnists (disclaimer: including Wiley publisher Joe Wikert) which has really added to the conversation.
David Rothman agrees with Adobe’s Bill McCoy on the use of Social DRM, but also [...]
No Starch Tries No Cost with Free Apple e-books via Bittorrent
Many publishers are struggling with the idea of free content, and how it fits into their traditional business strategy. Square peg, round hole - the model needs to change, but that’s another post. When it comes to electronic content, the issue of DRM arises as well - how do you protect your IP [...]
