Steve Yelvington wrote a great blog post about the arrogance and mindset of newspapers entitled “Resolution: Newspapers should be more like Apple.” One of my favorite quotes is:
After half a century or so of near-monopolistic market dominance, the average daily newspaper has developed a lot of really bad habits: rudeness, arrogant pricing, poor customer service [...]

1.    Pick a target date for holding the first copy of your book in your hands – Staying focused on this date will help you remain productive and avoid procrastinating. Many first-time authors pick dates that have special personal significance, like their 50th birthday or their wedding anniversary.
2.    Figure out the best time and place [...]

Amazon finally released their Amazon Kindle e-book reader device, a clunky ’stone tablet’ looking device that doubles as a wireless laptop hybrid device. I have to say I’m a little disappointed in the design, but not the functionality. Instead of taking the ”book-like” trac that Sony took with their reader digital book, Amazon took the “techno gadget” [...]

Until a few years ago, the term self-publishing usually entailed the likes of AuthorHouse, iUniverse, or Infinity Publishing taking a raw manuscript and converting it into a printed book via print on demand. Nowadays, self-publishing is being redefined as a “do-it-yourself publishing” process where you go online, upload your manuscript, format it, and then use [...]