The All Star Press children’s book “Goodnight, Boone” is now available in e-book format (PDF) for the first time. Only $5.97, this wonderful book about the Blue Ridge Mtn. town of Boone, North Carolina can be downloaded instantly to share with your children. This is believed to be the first ever children’s book about Boone, [...]
Another FREE Kindle book this week from All Star Press
June 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Take advantage of the Spanish edition of “The Road to Recovery: Overcoming and Moving Beyond Your Grief” in the Amazon Kindle Store now through the end of day, Saturday, June 30th. Written for anyone who is grieving the loss of a loved one, ”The Road to Recovery” gives life-changing advice to help sufferers move on and [...]
Some Publishers Abandoning Amazon
May 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
People in general don’t like monopolies, and why should they? Monopoly – the term not the board game – is a bad word. Amazon.com is pretty darn close to a monopoly in the ebook world, and the behemoth has taken quite a few steps towards alienating publishers, including dictating prices and various other strong-arm tactics. [...]
School Libraries adding more e-books
February 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The number of school libraries building electronic stacks is increasing in the past few years. A 2011 survey by the School Library Journal found that 31 percent had e-books in their collections. But 63 percent of those surveyed said they couldn’t afford to buy digital books. On a recent afternoon, 9-year-old Josh Hezel and his [...]
Publishing Push coming from Apple
January 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Apple could be hosting a special media event in New York City this month. The event won’t be about Apple’s next iPad if reports are believed to be correct. Instead, Apple will be talking directly to the publishing industry. The theme of the event will be publishing and e-books. Considering reports indicate Eddy Cue will [...]
A Steve Jobs Comic Book
October 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The comic from Bluewater Productions, which was first announced last June, is expected to show the history of Steve Jobs and Apple’s rise to the top of the technological heap. Of course, since the comic was produced before his passing, the paper copy will make no mention of when he passed away. The special eBook version however [...]
15 Years Later 90-year-old Man Publishes Digital Book
August 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Studying journalism in 1937, Roscoe Born never dreamed of seeing his own writing in digital format. But looking back now, the 90-year-old author said he is grateful for the technology advancement that has given him the ability to publish a roughly 95,000-word murder-mystery novel, which he started 15 years ago, in the form of an e-book. [...]
