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E-Books and Self-Publishing
A Guide for the Scholar
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Metaphor
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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
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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=
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E-books in Education
0Textbook-wise students tend to prefer print 0Reader limitations; annotation and note-taking0May change over time0Be careful about “flash”
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Strategies for Using E-books
0Select for one-time reads0Texts in which detailed note-taking isn’t as important0Things normally included in “readers”
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Formats
0EPUB0AZW0PDF0MOBI
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Epub
0Most widely used format…except Kindle0Calibre (http://calibre-ebook.com/)0ePubBud.com02epub.com
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AZW
0Used by Amazon and really only Amazon0Calibre0E-mail the file to Amazon if you have an account0MobiPocket Creator (http://www.mobipocket.com)
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MOBI
0Similar to AZW, but more open0MobiPocket Creator (http://www.mobipocket.com)
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0Scholar most familiar with0Mixed story as e-book
0 Pretty good on LCD0 Bad on e-ink
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Publishing to Amazon
0Set up a Kindle Direct Publishing account0Free with 30% royalties taken by Amazon0Pricing up to you, but with certain limitations
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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
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Apple
0Big push on textbooks at Jan. 19 event0 Introduced iBooks 2 and iBook Author
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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
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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
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In other words
0A complicated picture
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Google Books
0eBookstore0Mostly tablets or smartphones0Need to become “Google Partner”0A little bit of work, but not as much as iBooks
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Smashwords.com
0Mostly for fiction
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Many more…
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Transition
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Getting the word out
0How do you let people know?
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Selected Works @ UVU
0Scholars’ Open Archive0http://www.uvu.edu/library/openarchive.html
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Wordpress
0Simple0Easy Customizable0Don’t have to blog about breakfast
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Digress.it
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DIY
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Google Scholar Citations
0http://scholar.google.com/citations
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Mendeley
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My Story
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Questions?
0Thank you for coming!