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E-Books and Self-Publishing

E-Books and Self-Publishing. A Guide for the Scholar. Metaphor. Why Self-Publish?. Work doesn’t fit journals or traditional book publishers Work has been rejected by journals or book publishers Student projects Value in openness. E-Books in General.

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E-Books and Self-Publishing

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  1. E-Books and Self-Publishing A Guide for the Scholar

  2. Metaphor

  3. Why Self-Publish? • Work doesn’t fit journals or traditional book publishers • Work has been rejected by journals or book publishers • Student projects • Value in openness

  4. E-Books in General • 8.32% of the market in 2010, up from 3.20% in 2009. • 40M in 2010, $80.3M in 2011 • 1 million Kindles sold in every week of Dec. 2011 • Likely to grow with increase in tablets, smartphones and dedicated e-reading devices http://productivewriters.com/2011/02/16/book-e-book-sales-data-united-states-2010/ http://www.mediabistro.com/ebooknewser/us-ebook-sales-doubled-in-september_b18289 http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1642935&highlight=

  5. E-books in Education • Textbook-wise students tend to prefer print • Reader limitations; annotation and note-taking • May change over time • Be careful about “flash”

  6. Strategies for Using E-books • Select for one-time reads • Texts in which detailed note-taking isn’t as important • Things normally included in “readers”

  7. Formats • EPUB • AZW • PDF • MOBI

  8. Epub • Most widely used format…except Kindle • Calibre (http://calibre-ebook.com/) • ePubBud.com • 2epub.com

  9. AZW • Used by Amazon and really only Amazon • Calibre • E-mail the file to Amazon if you have an account • MobiPocket Creator (http://www.mobipocket.com)

  10. MOBI • Similar to AZW, but more open • MobiPocket Creator (http://www.mobipocket.com)

  11. PDF • Scholar most familiar with • Mixed story as e-book • Pretty good on LCD • Bad on e-ink

  12. Publishing to Amazon • Set up a Kindle Direct Publishing account • Free with 30% royalties taken by Amazon • Pricing up to you, but with certain limitations

  13. Publishing with B&N • Pubit! Service (pubit.barnesandnoble.com) • Free to publish • Royalties • Books $2.99 - $9.99, 35% goes to B&N • Books below $2.98 or above $10.00, 40% goes to B&N

  14. Apple • Big push on textbooks at Jan. 19 event • Introduced iBooks2 and iBook Author

  15. iBook Author • Easy to use interface • Available for free • Publishes as special EPUB • Limitations • Only available on Mac • Large amount of space • Terms of Service allow only for iBooks distribution • Approval process

  16. iBooks 2 • Can’t submit into rival book stores, but can give away for free • Must be read on iOS device http://www.macnews.com/2010/08/10/gregs-bite-how-publish-apple-ibook

  17. In other words • A complicated picture

  18. Google Books • eBookstore • Mostly tablets or smartphones • Need to become “Google Partner” • A little bit of work, but not as much as iBooks

  19. Smashwords.com • Mostly for fiction

  20. Many more…

  21. Transition

  22. Getting the word out • How do you let people know?

  23. Selected Works @ UVU • Scholars’ Open Archive • http://www.uvu.edu/library/openarchive.html

  24. Wordpress • Simple • Easy Customizable • Don’t have to blog about breakfast

  25. Digress.it

  26. DIY

  27. LinkedIn

  28. Google Scholar Citations • http://scholar.google.com/citations

  29. Mendeley

  30. My Story

  31. Questions? • Thank you for coming!

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