Tag: ebooks
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Now looking for freelance work
I am seeking freelance work in a variety of areas, including proofreading or beta reading for authors, consulting on WordPress or self-publishing, ebook creation, or website testing. If you’re in need of any of these services, consider working with me! This post includes what services I can offer, as well as potential negotiable rates.
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Regarding Kindle Unlimited
My thoughts on Kindle Unlimited, let me show you them.
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Monday news roundup: Memes, Amazon vs. Hachette, and Jay Lake
A roundup of publishing items of interest. I’m re-tagged in the Writing Process meme, a few more thoughts on Amazon vs. Hachette, and on Jay Lake’s passing as well.
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How to read ebooks, Part 6: How to check out library ebooks
This is part 6 of my posts on how to read ebooks. Here I’ll get into how to check out ebooks from libraries that support that, and what you need to be able to do this. Basically, you will need two things: Adobe Digital Editions, and an account with the library of your choice (which…
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How to read ebooks, Part 5: How to read ebooks on your computer
Say you want to get into ebooks but you’re not sure what reading device you want to buy yet. Don’t worry, you’re not out of luck! If you’re reading this post at all you still have the ability to read ebooks right in front of you: i.e., on your computer. This post is all about…
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How to read ebooks, Part 4: Do you want a dedicated reading device?
This is the (overdue) part 4 of my series of posts on how to choose what you want in a reading device. This particular post’s topic: do you want a device that just focuses on reading books? Or do you want it to do other things as well? I was pretty happy with my iPhone…
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Ebook postings now resuming!
Apologies for the hiatus on the ebook posts, y’all; they ran into a roadblock when Seattle got smacked upside the head with winter early last week, and then the holidays kicked in, so! As of tomorrow I will resume the rest of the ebook posts, though! If you missed the previous ones, here are their…
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How to read ebooks, Part 2: Ebook pricing
This is the post where I get a bit into the agency pricing model, how it’s affected what books you can buy where, and how much you can expect to pay for them.
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How to read ebooks, Part 1: Ebook formats
Depending on where you get your ebooks from, they’ll come in several different and often proprietary formats. If you’ve been an ebook reader for a while, you’ll know as well that several formats that used to be in play have fallen out of favor. It can get pretty confusing pretty fast. So this post is…
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What kind of e-reader should you get? Posts to come!
As y’all know, I’m an e-author as well as a voracious reader of ebooks. So I get asked about this semi-regularly, and just this afternoon keethrax was the latest person to ask me about recommendations for e-readers. So I thought I’d do me a series of posts about ebooks and e-reading devices. I don’t have…