When I started writing with an eye to publication, I took my scribbles and typed them in. (Actually, when I first started, I got my wife to type them in.) Standard manuscript format was very plain and rigid, a suitable match for a typewriter. There was no fancy formatting. The best you could hope for… Continue reading E-Book Formatting is Upside Down
iPad, ePub and the Future of Bookreaders
I had been waiting for the announcement of Apples tablet computer, not particularly because I wanted one, but because the rumor mill had been talking about deals between Apple and various book and magazine publishers. Being in the backwaters of the publishing ecosystem, I wanted to be ready to piggy-back onto whatever new opportunities opened… Continue reading iPad, ePub and the Future of Bookreaders
My Comic Book Appreciation
I see via twitter chatter that it’s Comic Book Appreciation Month in January. That’s convenient. My current work in progress Pixie Dust, which is having its ARCs printed as I write, was definitely my comic book appreciation novel. Jenny, the diminutive physics grad student who lives this adventure was into the weekly pilgrimage to the… Continue reading My Comic Book Appreciation