Category Archives: Self-Publishing
Free Book on Ed Tech Policies, Practices, Procedures
On behalf of my co-teacher Jeff Stanzler, we are pleased to announce our yearlong ED 504 class project — a book for teachers about ed tech policies, practices, and procedures — has been published! We’re printing copies on our campus … Continue reading
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Information Literacy in the Wild :: free eBook
On behalf of the University of Michigan’s SI 641 / EDCURINS 575 : Information Literacy for Teaching and Learning class, I invite you to download a copy of our 170+ page book, Information Literacy in the Wild. In this book, we share … Continue reading
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How one journalist put his book on Amazon and BN
I’m currently seeing Smashwords as my leading choice for eBooks. For free, you can follow their explicit instructions for formatting your manuscript. A single upload, and Smashwords will transform your eBook into HTML, PDF, and a bunch of eReader formats. … Continue reading
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Smashwords Guide Updated
When I experimented with Smashwords.com, a site that will help you go from Word document all the way to ISBN-blessed manuscript for sale (or for free) on its site plus most major eBook vendors (Amazon.com is coming soon), I found … Continue reading
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Link: A Crash Course in Digital Publishing
Here’s yet another take on self-publishing. This one begins by pointing out the long heritage of self-publishing, going right back to Ben Franklin publishing his own Poor Richard’s Almanac and continues by linking to lots of other resources on the … Continue reading
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Mary deMuth on self-publishing an eBook
There are cheaper ways to do some of these steps — some self-publishing host sites will give you an ISBN for free, for example, and sites like Smashwords will give you the advice you need to format your title yourself … Continue reading
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eBook Project, Day 10 : Smashwords
Here’s another article we’ve consulted about digital publishing, this time using Smashwords, which is currently topping our list as the most comprehensive ePublishing option … enjoy! MediaShift . The Easiest, Cheapest, Fastest Way to Self-Publish Your Book | PBS … Continue reading
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eBook Project, Day 9 : Amazon CreateSpace
Last night, Buffy and I spent a whopping four hours talking about our eBook project. We’ve gotten some great submissions already, and we’re so pleased with all of the responses and support we have received. Thank you, everybody! We’re making … Continue reading
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