Robin Hickey
Robin Hickey- E-books are the fastest growing segment of the book publishing industry. robinhickey- Each year, more and more new and established authors digitally publish their fiction, non-fiction, poetry, screenplays and scripts in e-book form.
robinhickey- There are web pages on almost every topic in any subject. robinhickey- Enter your search on Google or other search engine and you will usually get millions of hits. robinhickey- You can then freely access most of these sites and get the content of the related topic you need.
robinhickey- E-books are also available to get more information. Some e-books are available for free and some may be of cost. robinhickey- Some might be of cost as they have some interesting information and offer the promise of far more if you purchase their product.
robinhickey- The premium or high price e-books do tend to be the newest and are promoted as having the latest information. robinhickey- They are usually sold via affiliate agents and a high price has to be charged to enable both the original author and the affiliate to share the price paid.
robinhickey- Free e-books offer the best deal. Some sites are available to open a free account and access a number of books. robinhickey- Sometimes this is just a one time offer however sometimes you can get multiple e-books every month.
robinhickey- In traditional print publishing, the notion of the page is critical. robinhickey- All your pages have numbers, and these page numbers are probably referenced either in your table of contents or your index. robinhickey- The number of pages may also change if the reader increases the font size or changes the font
style, or chooses to read your book with double line spacing instead of single spacing. robinhickey- So bottom line,try to avoid page numbers, especially for long form narrative.
robinhickey- Keep the formatting simple, readers buy your books for the words and stories, not the formatting. robinhickey- Complicated formatting can get in the way of the reader consuming the words in your book. robinhickey- You want to make sure your book is optimized to be read as plain text, which is how most e-readers display your book.
robinhickey- E-books are less forgiving. robinhickey- Some of the most common e-book formatting mistakes are using tabs or spaces instead of word’s indent feature, using multiple paragraph returns to designate page breaks, and using multiple body text styles instead of just normal text.
robinhickey- Publish your book in as many e-book formats as possible. robinhickey- They might read it online over a web browser, they might download to their home computer to print it, or maybe they want to read it on their i Phone or Blackberry. robinhickey- They might also want to read the same book on multiple devices simultaneously. robinhickey- Therefore, you should publish in multiple e-book formats so the reader can read your book their way.
robinhickey- Free titles are also used widely to encourage mailing lists subscriptions. robinhickey- They are sometimes related to the website topic but they can be on any subject. robinhickey- Frequently, but not always, they are widely available having been on sale for months or sometimes years. robinhickey- Popular formats like HTML, .txt, PDF are available to publish your content, of which mostly PDF looks good.
