Ebooks

Ebooks do not need DRM. Authors do not need it, and neither do ebook readers. When you buy a DRM ebook, you never own it. Worse, it can be taken away from you at any time. Why DRM is bad A warning signal about the evils of Digital Rights Management (DRM) came as far back…

For new authors, free ebook giveaways seem like a sensible idea to attract readers who find free ebooks tempting. It is natural to think that the whole world is using search engines to find something for free. In the early days of ebooks, this tactic worked to some degree, if only to get a few book…

Do you use free reading apps or a dedicated ebook reading device? There are pros and cons to both. But the big benefit of apps is that you can use them on any device. So what’s your choice? Dedicated reading devices There are many choices when it comes to buying a dedicated ereading device. Among…

You can find pirated copies of books online in a few seconds, but do you think about malware in free PDF ebooks? Free ebooks abound in many perfectly legal forms in PDF, Epub, Kindle Mobi, and RTF. So why are there now so many “download ebooks for free” sites offering free PDF books? In some…

Selling ebooks is easier if you learn how to promote Apple books. If you have ebooks and audiobooks available on the Apple Book Store, are you using links to help potential readers buy them? It is straightforward now because there is no longer any need to create links to the iTunes Store. You only need…

Kindle Unlimited (KU) has one big flaw. It’s the Kindle word count. Amazon cannot count the Kindle words per page readers read, the number of pages readers flip, or the time readers spend reading an ebook. For avid readers of lots of books per month, using their 30 days free trial or spending $9.99 a…

Is there an ebook pricing strategy to sell ebooks and get Kindle Unlimited reads? Since Amazon introduced Kindle Unlimited (KU) in 2014, the number of Kindle ebooks available on KU is now around 1.5 million and growing every day. Of these available titles, the vast majority are by self-published authors who have enrolled in Amazon…

Do readers prefer short ebooks to read? Do novellas sell well? I’ll try to keep the answer short. By chance, I was looking at the Amazon Kindle Store and clicked on an ebook listed in the top twenty bestsellers. I scanned the book’s details and was surprised to note that Amazon lists the ebook as…

Technology never stands still. Because self-publishing uses technology, it will always change and evolve. But will the use of Blockchain to sell ebooks work? In the not-too-distant future, it could be a game-changer for self-publishing. Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are in the news. But they are not even remotely connected to ebooks, books, and self-publishing at…

Ebooks have one big problem. The text usually looks plain and boring. But now, you can use beautiful typography for ebooks. It’s easy to convert your ebook manuscript into a format that will make it much more attractive for ebook buyers. Draft2digital (D2D) has been highly innovative in so many areas. For self-publishing authors, it…