Gizmag has an interesting article today about color e-Ink. They claim it will not have any impact on ereaders. I hope they are wrong. Paperwhites, and their ilk, are one of the largest drags of ebook publishing today. They are great for simple novels and white papers. They are quite bad for non-fiction with its need for complex lists, large tables, color images, and so on. Color e-ink could bring the most popular ereaders to a new … Continue reading →
Joel rarely writes for his blog any more, but it is a treat when he does. Today’s article is an excellent example of why his blog is so good: clean, concise, and useful. We can boil down the advice to the following: Fiction authors are unknown Fiction is marketed to a much wider audience who is initially unknown by the author. The new author needs to work very hard on becoming known. Giving away books is essential as … Continue reading →
One of the joys of “retiring” is that I can give some real time to writing fiction. Why fiction? Because I can control the message so much better. I can say things that would not be possible in our modern politically correct society. Instead of talking about the apostate church [which few want to talk about], I can write about a world where a very religious church has taken over political power—persecuting and killing true believers. Instead … Continue reading →
As I get ramped up to submit my new novel to publishers (and enter it in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award), it has become increasingly obvious that I need a separate site for my fiction. So I resurrected my old domain bergsland.org and converted it to Bergsland Books. http://bergsland.org and who knew it would be transformed to The Skilled Workman? Life is full of surprises. It’s up and running with some simple stuff for Black Sail: a Christian covert … Continue reading →
We published a version for Amazon, too. We made the most common graphic design mistake and it cracks us up. So, we let it slide. Publication Date: Nov 22 2009 ISBN/EAN13: 1449531237 / 9781449531232 Page Count: 408 Binding Type: US Trade Paper Trim Size: 6″ x 9″ Language: English Color: Black and White Related Categories: Fiction / Political
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