Posted by Martin on Jul 12, 2011 | 0 comments
An Open Letter:
Hi!
We’re co-founders of 24PageBooks, a start-up conceived in 2010 and launched in early 2011. Though we are not a “technology” company, our business model is enabled by technology including the widespread acceptance of eBook formats and access to distribution via cloud-based services like Amazon, Apple iBooks and Nook from Barnes and Noble. And our backgrounds are...
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Posted by Martin on Jun 23, 2011 | 0 comments
With the ebook revolution and easy access to worldwide distribution via Amazon, Apple, etc., a lot of people are jumping on the “I don’t need know stinking publishing deal” bandwagon, motivated by stories of authors selling millions of copies of their self-published books. After all, all you need to do is use some format conversion software to turn your Word doc into an ebook...
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Posted by Martin on May 22, 2011 | 0 comments
That’s the average length of a 24PageBooks project. The average length of a trade paperback how-to book is around 65,000 words or around ten times that. And many are much longer.
As we add projects to our list and writers come forward with subjects we’d never have considered but that make perfect sense, we’re still finding no problem with covering a topic in 6000 words. Like...
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Posted by Martin on May 18, 2011 | 0 comments
FYI,
For Immediate Release
May 19, 2011
Contact:
Martin Edic, 585-727-3119, martin@24pagebooks.com
http://www.24pagebooks.com
Ebook Start-up 24PageBooks Inc. Launches With Funding From Kima Ventures
Rochester, NY. With a sea change taking place in the world of traditional book publishing and ebook sales surpassing those of conventional print paperbacks, 24PageBooks inc. is launching it’s...
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Posted by Martin on May 17, 2011 | 0 comments
Mike and I are watching the evolving world of publishing and this will be a series of new developments in what used to be known as “books”. This a new iPad app from the New York Public Library System. It’s...
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Posted by Martin on May 16, 2011 | 0 comments
In an ebook-dominated world everyone can carry and access a library anywhere. So where do librarians fit in? Seth nails it in this thoughtful post.
I love the idea of a library as a central meeting place for working on ideas and projects with the librarian as curator and guide. Maybe not such a quiet place (you can set aside space for that), more like a cafe/open office/info access...
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