by Lee Purcell | Apr 19, 2024 | Create
Writers have an innate desire to write and, fortunately, we live in a time where the options for doing so in a public way are stupendous. Writing a blog doesn’t guarantee you an audience, but, as with all stages of writing, you need a place to host your words,...
by Lee Purcell | Mar 5, 2017 | Create
A large part of achieving success as an ebook author is discovery. Getting noticed amidst the huge volumes of authors and ebook titles might seem as though you’re walking around the streets of Shanghai wearing a sandwich board, marching by an oblivious crowd....
by Sarah Lipton | Aug 28, 2016 | Create
In this hauntingly beautiful story, Virginia Woolf relates the tale of a living couple sharing a house with the ghosts of the couple who once lived there, decades earlier. Narrated by Sarah Lipton, this is the first in a planned ePublish Yourself! series highlighting...
by Lee Purcell | Feb 9, 2016 | Create, Interview
Creativity can be an elusive creature for writers and artists, and finding the best way to unbridle the imagination to craft creative works can sometimes feel impossibly hard. As an author and mentor in leadership skills, Sarah Lipton draws inspiration from nature and...
by Lee Purcell | Feb 10, 2015 | Create
The early Internet was a dreary, gray, text-based world, constructed at a time when slow bandwidths prevailed and web browser standards hadn’t coalesced. Today, visuals are integral to effective web communication, setting the tone and tenor of the accompanying...
by John Jerney | Jan 2, 2015 | Beginner, Create, Kindle
This article also appears in the premiere issue of the ePublish Yourself! e-zine, available on ISSUU (free for a short period). Your goal, as an indie-author and publisher, should be to make your work available in as many markets and formats as feasible. This is...
by John Jerney | Dec 31, 2014 | Beginner, Create, iBooks
The Apple iBookstore might not be the largest online bookshop, but it does offer some compelling advantages. To begin, it is part of one of the largest e-commerce ecosystems in the world, frequented by a hip, tech-savvy audience that feels comfortable trying new...
by John Jerney | Dec 31, 2014 | Beginner, Create, iBooks
Apple supports two ebook formats in the iBookstore: iBooks (an Apple native format) and EPUB (an international, standardized format). Both formats offer advantages, as you might expect, but iBooks is particularly interesting because of a range of exciting features...
