Forbes: From a childhood love of books and programming, Aarti Parikh co-founded KiteReaders to produce and distribute enhanced ebooks and apps for kids, partnering with children’s book authors and publishers. Follow her on Twitter at @KiteReaders.
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I don’t know how long this has been in effect, but it was news to me. You can no longer turn public domain books into Kindle books and publish them on Amazon: Public Domain and Other Non-Exclusive Content Some types of content, such as public domain content, may be free to use by anyone, or
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On this date in 1886, pharmacist John Styth Pemberton first sold a carbonated beverage named Coca-Cola as a patent medicine. If you’ve been paying attention, Pemberton first brewed up a batch of Coca-Cola in his backyard on March 29, 1886. That’s 39 days. To read more about the history of Coca Cola, I recommend For
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Genevieve LaGreca: Without any middlemen or gatekeepers, with virtually no costs involved, and with self-marketing possible through social media and other Internet channels, electronic publishing is creating a robust market for new writers and books. For example, one novelist who was unable to find an agent or publisher has self-published two of her novels on
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Somebody is going to make a killing off this. Think of the books, plays and movies! A whole new world of magic animals, brave young princes and evil witches has come to light with the discovery of 500 new fairytales, which were locked away in an archive in Regensburg, Germany for over 150 years. The
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When you’re reading a book, is your imagination really enough? One company has taken in to the next level by allowing readers to listen and see just what the author mentions in their story, reports WTVR.com. “Small Demons is a visual index of all the people, places and things inside of books,†said Valla Vakili,
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Entrepreneur: Any time a bow and arrow play a prominent role in a Hollywood hit (think Braveheart, Lord of the Rings or Avatar) the 29-year-old Lancaster Archery Supply in Lancaster, Pa., gets a bump in business. But this time, in the four weeks since the The Hunger Games hit the big screen, the 55-employee distributor
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Reuters: The Encyclopedia Britannica, which has been in continuous print since it was first published in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1768, said Tuesday it will end publication of its printed editions and continue with digital versions available online. The flagship, 32-volume printed edition, available every two years, was sold for $1400. An online subscription costs around
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The Guardian: Penguin USA will provide the service through its genre-fiction online community, Book Country, which launched in May offering wannabe authors the opportunity to post their work online and receive feedback. With 500 works of romance, science fiction, fantasy, mystery and thriller now online from 4,000 members, and “a small number” of those members
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Making money on the internet is hard. Not hard in the same way that moving a ton of clay bricks by hand is hard, but definitely more difficult than spending money online. Luckily though the skills necessary to generate revenue from page views and clicks are something that can be taught. Marc Ostrofosky’s book does
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