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E-Books and Self-Publishing
A Guide for the Scholar
Metaphor
Why Self-Publish?
0Work doesn’t fit journals or traditional book publishers
0Work has been rejected by journals or book publishers
0Student projects0Value in openness
E-Books in General
0 8.32% of the market in 2010, up from 3.20% in 2009.0 40M in 2010, $80.3M in 20110 1 million Kindles sold in every week of Dec. 20110 Likely to grow with increase in tablets, smartphones and
dedicated e-reading devices
http://productivewriters.com/2011/02/16/book-e-book-sales-data-united-states-2010/http://www.mediabistro.com/ebooknewser/us-ebook-sales-doubled-in-september_b18289http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1642935&highlight=
E-books in Education
0Textbook-wise students tend to prefer print 0Reader limitations; annotation and note-taking0May change over time0Be careful about “flash”
Strategies for Using E-books
0Select for one-time reads0Texts in which detailed note-taking isn’t as important0Things normally included in “readers”
Formats
0EPUB0AZW0PDF0MOBI
Epub
0Most widely used format…except Kindle0Calibre (http://calibre-ebook.com/)0ePubBud.com02epub.com
AZW
0Used by Amazon and really only Amazon0Calibre0E-mail the file to Amazon if you have an account0MobiPocket Creator (http://www.mobipocket.com)
MOBI
0Similar to AZW, but more open0MobiPocket Creator (http://www.mobipocket.com)
0Scholar most familiar with0Mixed story as e-book
0 Pretty good on LCD0 Bad on e-ink
Publishing to Amazon
0Set up a Kindle Direct Publishing account0Free with 30% royalties taken by Amazon0Pricing up to you, but with certain limitations
Publishing with B&N
0Pubit! Service (pubit.barnesandnoble.com)0Free to publish0Royalties
0 Books $2.99 - $9.99, 35% goes to B&N0 Books below $2.98 or above $10.00, 40% goes to B&N
Apple
0Big push on textbooks at Jan. 19 event0 Introduced iBooks 2 and iBook Author
iBook Author
0Easy to use interface0Available for free0Publishes as special EPUB0Limitations
0 Only available on Mac0 Large amount of space0 Terms of Service allow only for iBooks distribution0 Approval process
iBooks 2
0Can’t submit into rival book stores, but can give away for free
0Must be read on iOS device
http://www.macnews.com/2010/08/10/gregs-bite-how-publish-apple-ibook
In other words
0A complicated picture
Google Books
0eBookstore0Mostly tablets or smartphones0Need to become “Google Partner”0A little bit of work, but not as much as iBooks
Smashwords.com
0Mostly for fiction
Many more…
Transition
Getting the word out
0How do you let people know?
Selected Works @ UVU
0Scholars’ Open Archive0http://www.uvu.edu/library/openarchive.html
Wordpress
0Simple0Easy Customizable0Don’t have to blog about breakfast
Digress.it
DIY
Google Scholar Citations
0http://scholar.google.com/citations
Mendeley
My Story
Questions?
0Thank you for coming!