Why print books are bad for authors

We all love real books, but for writers they're not the best deal

Electronic book or paperback?

In this guest blog, author Clare Le May asks why some e-books are more expensive than their print counterparts. Shouldn't they be cheaper?

The Kindle pricing problem

When you publish on the Kindle, you set your own price. But some customers will end up paying much more

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Getting the price right

E-books should be cheap - so why is that not always the case?

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Amazon passes the e-book tipping point

Online retailer now sells more e-books than paperbacks

PubIt! misses the point

E-publishing is a truly international business - something Barnes & Noble seems to have overlooked

First few days with the third-generation Kindle

Okay, so I caved. I still think the Kindle is a dead-end technology. But I bought one anyway.

Publishing on Apple's iBookstore - well, that was easy...

Publishing your book for the iPad is straightforward, if you have all your ducks in a row

Eating well, spending less

Trish's new book shows how you can create great meals with very little money, simply by getting to understand basic foods

Fixing Adobe InDesign CS3's ePub files (part 3)

The third part of our article of correcting InDesign CS3's ePub files looks at the toc.ncx file and CSS

Fixing Adobe InDesign CS3's ePub files (part 2)

Correcting errors and adding new entries in the content.opf file to make e-books created with InDesign CS3 more compliant

Fixing Adobe InDesign CS3's ePub files (part 1)

InDesign allows you to create ePub e-book files direct from your book's page layout. But it has its problems. Here's how to correct them

Joining forces

A new group for authors in France's Grand Ouest region - Brittany, Normandy and the Pays de la Loire

Zipping ePub files

The ePub file format is just a zip file. But you have to be careful how you construct it

More e-book trouble for Amazon

Two more publishers are dictating higher e-book prices, deserting Amazon's $9.99 model