Comments for Irish Publishing News http://www.irishpublishingnews.com News & Features About Irish Publishing Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:38:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Here Comes The Battle Of The Book Clubs by David http://www.irishpublishingnews.com/2011/01/24/here-comes-the-battle-of-the-book-clubs/#comment-15625 David Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:38:02 +0000 http://irishpublishingnews.com/?p=8062#comment-15625 Sorry. So it is. Sorry. So it is.

]]> Comment on Briefly Noted | Apple and digital publishing: A textbook manoeuvre | The Economist by JH http://www.irishpublishingnews.com/2012/01/20/briefly-noted-apple-and-digital-publishing-a-textbook-manoeuvre-the-economist/#comment-15614 JH Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:52:51 +0000 http://www.irishpublishingnews.com/?p=13924#comment-15614 Don’t get too excited about all the Apple iBooks self publishing news. As soon as you publish you create and publish your book through Apple’s “iBooks Author” you give up your rights to publish that book through any of the wide variety of popular eBook publishers. I don’t work for this company but my personal suggestion would be to use Smashwords.com. If anyone has tried going through the process of getting an ebook published and up for sale on more then one site then you know that each site has a different system and different requirements that make the entire process long and frustrating for each of them. Smashwords.com helps you easily get your ebook properly formatted and submitted to a ton of the major ebook retailers including: Apple iBookstore, Barnes & Noble, Sony, Kobo and the Diesel eBook Store to name a few. They also sell your ebooks on their own online store and make your ebook available for sale in just about every format that exists and to top it off they do all of that for free! Don’t get too excited about all the Apple iBooks self publishing news. As soon as you publish you create and publish your book through Apple’s “iBooks Author” you give up your rights to publish that book through any of the wide variety of popular eBook publishers. I don’t work for this company but my personal suggestion would be to use Smashwords.com. If anyone has tried going through the process of getting an ebook published and up for sale on more then one site then you know that each site has a different system and different requirements that make the entire process long and frustrating for each of them. Smashwords.com helps you easily get your ebook properly formatted and submitted to a ton of the major ebook retailers including: Apple iBookstore, Barnes & Noble, Sony, Kobo and the Diesel eBook Store to name a few. They also sell your ebooks on their own online store and make your ebook available for sale in just about every format that exists and to top it off they do all of that for free!

]]> Comment on Here Comes The Battle Of The Book Clubs by Editor http://www.irishpublishingnews.com/2011/01/24/here-comes-the-battle-of-the-book-clubs/#comment-14847 Editor Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:32:32 +0000 http://irishpublishingnews.com/?p=8062#comment-14847 David, This post relates to the 2011 battle! Eoin David,

This post relates to the 2011 battle!

Eoin

]]> Comment on Here Comes The Battle Of The Book Clubs by David http://www.irishpublishingnews.com/2011/01/24/here-comes-the-battle-of-the-book-clubs/#comment-14833 David Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:55:07 +0000 http://irishpublishingnews.com/?p=8062#comment-14833 It's on Friday 3rd. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Battle-of-the-Bookclubs/171717122859760 It’s on Friday 3rd.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Battle-of-the-Bookclubs/171717122859760

]]> Comment on Bisto Children's Book of The Year Shortlist Announced by fiona fahey http://www.irishpublishingnews.com/2010/03/23/bisto-childrens-book-of-the-year-shortlist-announced/#comment-13180 fiona fahey Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:26:56 +0000 http://irishpublishingnews.com/?p=1220#comment-13180 Hi there. I along with friend of mine from Sweden are working on a childrens book. I am doing the writing and some of the illustrations and Caroline is doing the remainer of the illustrations as she is a great artist. The story is basically one about a family of fairies, and trolls , living in rural Sweden, next to a tree which has a door that they sometimes go through and are transported to different counteries. our aim is create a really colourful book, which is entertaining , funny and educational. I am travelling to Sweden in Feb to have the illustrations finished by caroline. Is there an opening for this type of childrens book, would your advice be for us to publish it, or what do you think should be our next step? Is there a competition that we can enter with it? any advice would be really appreciated. fiona . fionafahey@live.ie 086 1609298 Hi there.
I along with friend of mine from Sweden are working on a childrens book. I am doing the writing and some of the illustrations and Caroline is doing the remainer of the illustrations as she is a great artist.

The story is basically one about a family of fairies, and trolls , living in rural Sweden, next to a tree which has a door that they sometimes go through and are transported to different counteries.
our aim is create a really colourful book, which is entertaining , funny and educational.
I am travelling to Sweden in Feb to have the illustrations finished by caroline.

Is there an opening for this type of childrens book, would your advice be for us to publish it, or what do you think should be our next step? Is there a competition that we can enter with it?

any advice would be really appreciated.

fiona . fionafahey@live.ie 086 1609298

]]> Comment on On why my work is worth more than two pints of Guinness by Marie http://www.irishpublishingnews.com/2011/04/27/on-why-my-work-is-worth-more-than-two-pints-of-guinness/#comment-12571 Marie Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:05:31 +0000 http://irishpublishingnews.com/?p=10686#comment-12571 Interesting point, and one I'd be inclined to agree with. As a reader, I tend to actively avoid titles priced at 99c - such a low price implies that even the author doesn't place much value on the work. Interesting point, and one I’d be inclined to agree with.

As a reader, I tend to actively avoid titles priced at 99c – such a low price implies that even the author doesn’t place much value on the work.

]]> Comment on Using Ereaders And Ebooks In Ireland 2011 Edition – Part Two by Editor http://www.irishpublishingnews.com/2011/12/15/using-ereaders-and-ebooks-in-ireland-2011-edition-part-two/#comment-11751 Editor Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:50:48 +0000 http://www.irishpublishingnews.com/?p=13854#comment-11751 Sorry, coming asap! Sorry, coming asap!

]]> Comment on Using Ereaders And Ebooks In Ireland 2011 Edition – Part Two by Jason http://www.irishpublishingnews.com/2011/12/15/using-ereaders-and-ebooks-in-ireland-2011-edition-part-two/#comment-11747 Jason Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:14:33 +0000 http://www.irishpublishingnews.com/?p=13854#comment-11747 Still no part 3? Read these mainly for Kobo... Still no part 3? Read these mainly for Kobo…

]]> Comment on Using Ereaders And Ebooks In Ireland: The 2011 Edition – Part One by Ruby Barnes http://www.irishpublishingnews.com/2011/12/12/using-ereaders-and-ebooks-in-ireland-2011-edition-part-one/#comment-10461 Ruby Barnes Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:27:04 +0000 http://www.irishpublishingnews.com/?p=13805#comment-10461 There's a strong buzz on the streets about ereaders down country here in the sunny South-East. I found a kindle in my wife's wardrobe (never grown out of searching for Santy), hope it's for me! I've been reading ebooks on my laptop until now. As an independent ebook author with titles on amazon, I've become aware of some great online reading communities such as Goodreads and LibraryThing. They're free and have a lot of product reviews that aren't on Amazon. Readers can interact with other readers and authors, and there are some groups specifically for Irish readers. Kindle file format is also available from smashwords.com by the way. There’s a strong buzz on the streets about ereaders down country here in the sunny South-East. I found a kindle in my wife’s wardrobe (never grown out of searching for Santy), hope it’s for me! I’ve been reading ebooks on my laptop until now.
As an independent ebook author with titles on amazon, I’ve become aware of some great online reading communities such as Goodreads and LibraryThing. They’re free and have a lot of product reviews that aren’t on Amazon. Readers can interact with other readers and authors, and there are some groups specifically for Irish readers.
Kindle file format is also available from smashwords.com by the way.

]]> Comment on Using Ereaders And Ebooks In Ireland 2011 Edition – Part Two by The Morning Coffee - The Digital Reader http://www.irishpublishingnews.com/2011/12/15/using-ereaders-and-ebooks-in-ireland-2011-edition-part-two/#comment-9376 The Morning Coffee - The Digital Reader Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:37:48 +0000 http://www.irishpublishingnews.com/?p=13854#comment-9376 [...] Using Ereaders And Ebooks In Ireland 2011 Edition – Part Two (Irish Publishing News) [...] [...] Using Ereaders And Ebooks In Ireland 2011 Edition – Part Two (Irish Publishing News) [...]

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