Many book lovers dream of writing a book of their own, but very few actually get even anywhere close of completing the work. Writing a book is simply hard work that can take years to successfully complete. Fortunately, new technologies have opened new avenues for aspiring authors as well.
Category: Books
The World’s Most Translated Books Are Classics, but Which Language Was the Original?
What’s the world’s most translated book? Well, it has to be a classic so that the title has had time to find publishers in smaller and smaller language markets. If it is a classic, would it also mean that the original language of the book is one of the old … Read >
Digital Book Revenues Accounted for 35% of the UK Publishing Market in 2014
The UK Publishers Association has tallied up the numbers for the book market in the United Kingdom in 2014, and the results are pleasant reading for ebook publishers, but not so for print book publishers. Revenues from digital products accounted for 35% of the total market in the UK in … Read >
Chinese Have Quickly Adopted Ebooks on Mobile Devices
Those were the days when people in China had to go out on the streets to read the news that were posted on walls. Today, more Chinese connect to Internet services than in any other country. Chinese have also widely adopted large screen smartphones. Perhaps one thing leads to another, … Read >
Did You Know Old Books Can Be Repaired? Watch How a Professional Does It
Many book lovers have old books that have been around in many hands and may show a varying level of wear and tear. If an old book is valuable or contains valid and useful information, it doesn’t make sense to throw it away, but it would be nice to get … Read >
Kindle Textbook Creator Ebook App Gets Video and Audio Enhancements
Amazon Kindle Textbook Creator is a simple, but working PC application for converting PDF books into ebooks that can be read on Fire tablets and Kindle PC applications. The Textbook Creator was launched in January 2015, and now, three months later, Amazon has released an update to the application. The … Read >
Top Ten Writing Tips for Nonfiction Authors from a Fiction Author
Writing is craft that some writers learn in their daily work and others learn by taking courses. You might think that nonfiction and fiction writing require very different skills, but it is surprising how many bestselling authors write both types of books. Some have started writing because they were journalists, … Read >
Age Doesn’t Count: Author Breakthrough Can Happen at Any Age
Maybe it is because literature Nobel prize and other major award winners already tend to have a long career behind them, since I have always thought that an author has to be old to become famous. That isn’t the case as an infographic created by Blinkbox Books illustrates. Age really … Read >
Little Free Library Recycles Books in Delightful Manner
Secondhand paper books have very little value anymore. Shops that used to buy and sell second hand books tend to trade rarities and collectors’ items, not bestsellers or general fiction and nonfiction. Fortunately, there is a way to do something with your old books: Little Free Library. Anyone can use … Read >
These Book Genres Are Trending
Nielsen Bookscan collects book sales numbers from outlets and compiles them into statistics that give us a view what kind of books have been popular lately. If we take last year’s sales numbers and compare them with 2013 numbers, we can find out which genres were trending in 2014.
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