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Importing an ePub file into iTunes (to read on the iPad)

We’ve created this guide to show how you can import a DRM-free version of an ePub eBook into iTunes. All of our books are currently available in ePub format can be imported in this manner so that you can read them in iBooks. When Apple grants access to the iBooks bookstore to small publishers like [...]

The eBook vs. Print Book Numbers

Ken Auletta in last week’s New Yorker covers the growing dilemma publishers have in migrating their business models toward the inevitable (eBooks) and away from the past (print books). It outlines how the iPad helped publisher put greater demands on Amazon. It also details (in words) some interesting data about the publishing industry. Being interested in this [...]

How do I get a book on the iPad’s iBooks bookstore and app?

There is no short answer to this question (yet). But we did figure out a way to get our books on the iPad and in the iBooks app library. Here’s how… But first, an overview: 1. Apple’s iBooks app supports the ePub format. Therefore  you cannot just add a PDF or Mobi file. You have [...]

How Do I Get My Book Published on Amazon.com?

This is a short, quick post about how to get your book published independently on Amazon.com. Amazon does a poor job of explaining this and in my research there did not seem to be a consensus answer for this one simple question: How do I get my book published on Amazon.com? There are three ways. [...]

How Do I Publish a Book in the Apple iPad iBookstore?

Hi, Steve. Thanks for innovating. We love your work. But there’s just this one thing that’s irking us now. As an independent publisher who’s primary channel for sales is digital, how can I delivery our titles to iPad owners? This much we know: The iPad is basically a larger iTouch. Yes, there are differences, but [...]

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