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on February 7, 2011 in Indie Publishing FTW

Sputnik changed everything

At the moment of Sputnik the planet became a global theater in which there are no spectators but only actors. — Marshall McLuhan, Journal of Communication (1974)

Technology has turned the world into a dimension-less stage of creators and consumers of technology. Anyone paying attention can see technology’s speed-of-light progress flooding the stage of McLuhan’s “global theater.” The actors are in their places, lit by that bright moment of Sputnik. They are also in the seats, an audience of peers. Everyone plays every role in the Digital Age.

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POD: Scarlet Letters No More

on January 21, 2011 in Guerrilla Publishing

The Stigma of POD is part of a book by Aaron Shepard called POD for Profit. I read this book in preparation for using Lightning Source as the distributor of I Heart Media Press, because that’s what it’s about. I also wanted to see what the quality of a Lightning Source-printed book was like.

I was so impressed with the book—both the content and the quality of the binding—that I was sold on moving forward as a small press. I’m so glad I did!

Here’s a snippet from the Stigma of POD, one part of Aaron’s book that really hit home for me. Maybe it will do the same for you.

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Academics Appreciate Erotica

on January 20, 2011 in Guerrilla Publishing, Tease

I’m thrilled to announce that the first title to be released by I Heart Media Press is the paperback edition of Venice is for Lovers: Erotica from The Miracle in July—Act One! It’ll hit the Amazon “shelf” (and a ton of other places) the 1st Quarter of 2011. That’s very soon, my fellow revolutionaries!

The ebook edition of this erotic anthology has been available in multiple formats since the 2nd Quarter of 2010 on Smashwords, where it’s slowly building up an audience. It’s hard to get reader attention on Smashwords—the tools for promotion are almost non-existent—but I do well enough that they send me a tidy check every quarter. But that’s not good enough. I know we can do much better with our small (but utterly ambitious) press house and international distribution channel.

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The ebook clusterfuck explained

on January 17, 2011 in Truth in Publishing

The boom of technology means format wars (cough Betamax cough) and right now, the digital reader battle to the death has an uncomfortable number of gladiators in the arena. That would be OK if these were blood-thirsty warriors, but what we have instead are a bunch of pissed off old-timers who loathe to engage with the noobs and noobs who won’t make the first stab without a “real” agent.

But I digress.

Here is an excellent guide to all of the various ebook readers and formats. It covers many devices (iphone, mac, pc, nook, ipad, kindle), tells you which software or app runs on it, and who sells which formats (Amazon, Kobo, Borders,  Barnes & Noble…but maybe not for much longer.)

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