When you talk about Apple, and more importantly the wide range of computing devices it has to offer you aren’t just confined to traditional computing. I mean writing codes, editing, playing games or even browsing; anything to do with Apple eventually become a way of life. It revolutionized music with the iPod, the mobile genre with its iPhone and now the next step ahead with their iPad. All these products have almost everything to offer the users out there and while the price me be significantly higher than other similar devices but the products are worth every penny you pay.
Coming over to the iPad, which Apple released back in April this year. The device has done phenomenal business, selling over 3 million devices in just over three months, breaking Apple’s own records. Many would use it for a better gaming option, others consider it a powerful tool to browse better than they do on their iPhones but the latest release of the iOS4 and the coming of the iBookstore, the iPad might actually be heading on to become one of the most powerful publishing devices for authors. I am not kidding, the books published for the iBookstore, [if kept strictly limited to iPad sales] has an initial market of over 3 million customers.
We all know how the eBooks have become a norm and that independent writers are actually able to spread their content to more eyeballs in a much shorter span of time. That is one why publishing books for Apple’s stores [the iBookstore in this case], is one thing that every author needs to leverage. Why? Well you have the developers publishing Apps and making fortunes, both to Apple and for themselves, likewise the book writers can do the same with this initiative. So what is or what might keep an aspiring author to stay away from this? The right content, the right tools and more importantly an effective guide that lets them:
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Publish the right content
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Ensure they have the right tool compile the content in best manner
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Tips on distribution or in short; Marketing
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Generating revenue
Now if I were an expert on all the above and had the sense of aesthetics, type and design, I would readily charge you anywhere between $500 to 3,000 [depending on the frequency of business I get]. Money comes hard and you aren’t sure how much money would your book make so it is better to make use of a free tool and perhaps a guide/tutorial on how to publish your book? Which brings me to FastPencil.com and the book by Michael Ashley: iPad Publishing Guide, The book has been published using FastPencil itself and I have been reading for the last couple of days.
The book provides what you would call a walkthrough on how to publish your book and actually sell it off professionally instead of sitting ducks with it. I mean I have one ebook online for almost a year and it hasn’t sold off at all [you can download A Cup Of Tea And Other Stories]. The guide provides you with tips and answers to any question that you might have when it comes to writing a book using FastPencil.
Am I sounding like a sold off? Honestly speaking I am not a good reader of books and reading this one has been easy to understand and more importantly appears more implementable. Not sure how many you would actually like it but if interested, you can purchase the book right here.
* The book is readable on the Kindle as well.
Honestly speaking I am not a good reader of books and reading this one has been easy to understand and more importantly more implementable.
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