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Digital Media News for the Week Beginning 02/10/2013

SMASHWORDS NOW ACCEPTS EPUB E-BOOK FILES
About a month ago, he who must not be named – I am not a big fan, as you can tell – announced that Smashwords would be accepting professionally done ePUBs on their site. I was excited for indie authors and publishers because the more outlets… [read more]
Source: E-BookBuilders.com

PUBLISHERS AS BOOKSELLERS?
No less than three of the companies exhibiting at this year’s Tools of Change conference serve only to help publishers of any size distribute their digital content and sell it under their own online ebook shops. iPublish, under the company Impelsys, is… [read more]
Source: Good E-Reader (blog)

BARNES & NOBLE SEES NOOK UNIT LOSS INCREASING IN 2013
Barnes & Noble Inc said on Wednesday it expects its Nook business to post an increased full-year loss in fiscal 2013, as the top U.S. bookstore chain struggles with slower sales of e-readers and e-books and rising costs… [read more]
Source: Reuters

SMASHWORDS HITS 200,000 TITLES
Self-publishing platform Smashwords has now published 200000 ebooks by indie authors, founder and CEO Mark Coker told Digital Book World. When we sat… [read more]
Source: Digital Book World

FREE E-Book Offer — Digital Publishing Profits by Quinn Barrett

As a thank you to my social media friends, fans, and connections, please accept a FREE E-Book copy of my latest book…

Digital Publishing Profits: 10 Strategies to Positively Impact Your Bottom Line Marketing and Selling E-Books

Foreword by social media expert, Kate Buck, Jr. of KBJOnline and the Lets Get Social training program.

I would love any and all constructive feedback for subsequent release updates. Find a typo? Let me know. Need clarification? Let me know. Have a question? Let me know.

My goal is to create an interactive experience between author and reader. Digital Publishing is powerful because of this type of collaborative interchange.

I look forward to receiving your input and if you like what you read, I encourage you to post your thoughts at Amazon.com, BN.com, Goodreads, or your favorite social media website.

For more information go to DigitalPublishingProfits10.com

Or go directly to http://www.wisebearmedia.com/dpp10/free-copy/ to get your free copy. This is a limited time offer so act soon!

Sincerely,
Quinn Barrett

Book Review: Blood Land by R.S. Guthrie

Book Details:

File Size: 526 KB
Print Length: 231 pages
Publisher: Blu Pencil Publishing, LLC
Publication Date: July 6, 2012
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

Book Summary:

Crime’s an ugly constant in the big city. L.A. Chicago. New York. But when a savage murder brutalizes a small town and neighbor turns on neighbor, a tough-as-nails cop is essential to restoring order. Blood Land is a gritty, emotional saga set in the Wyoming badlands with both greed and vengeance at its core.

When billions of dollars in natural gas rights hang in the balance and the town’s top law officer’s wife is slain by her own blood, a reluctant hero is forced to battle his own demons and ultimately choose between justice, revenge, and duty.

In the tradition of Dennis Lehane, Tony Hillerman and James Lee Burke, Guthrie’s sparse, haunting storytelling compliments his talent for creating richly-drawn, unflinching law officers with human frailties and a sense of justice.

Podcast: Up to Speed in Digital Media News with Quinn & TJ for 02/08/2013

Digital Media News for the Week Beginning 02/03/2013

PENGUIN INDIA LAUNCHES SELF-PUBLISHING PLATFORM
Penguin India today launched its self-publishing platform, Partridge, in the country in partnership with US-based firm Author Solutions Inc. Penguin’s parent company Pearson had acquired Author Solutions, a self-publishing major, for… [read more]
Source: Economic Times

WHY DO AUTHORS CHOOSE TRADITIONAL PUBLISHING OR SELF-PUBLISHING?
Join DBW for a FREE webcast on the topic of What Authors Want: Understanding Author Priorities in the Self-Publishing Era. In a recent segment on NPR’s All Things Considered, future Hachette CEO Michael Pietsch speculates that authors choose to go with… [read more]
Source: Digital Book World

APPLE ADDS BREAKOUT BOOKS TO THE IBOOKSTORE TO SPOTLIGHT THE SELF-PUBLISHED
As glad as we are that digital bookstores let authors skip the usual gatekeepers, that doesn’t help much if they can’t get noticed. Apple is giving those self-publishing writers more of a chance to shine with the launch of a permanent Breakout Books… [read more]
Source: Engadget

AMAZON TO MINT VIRTUAL COINS FOR KINDLE FIRE USERS
Developers with existing Kindle Fire apps don’t need to do anything to take advantage of Amazon Coins, according to the company. But those looking to submit their apps will need to act fast. Only apps submitted and approved by April 25 will be ready… [read more]
Source: CNET

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Podcast: Up to Speed in Digital Media News with Quinn & TJ for 02/01/2013