Watch Out Amazon (And Publishers): Google Editions is Coming

Watch Out Amazon (And Publishers): Google Editions is Coming

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has announced a new platform for selling electronic versions of books through its new Google Editions service. This will enable consumers to “read” e-books on a wide variety of electronic devices. So, maybe that’s why Google was scanning all those books….and we may all benefit from the “freeing” of books from print and single devices!

Printing Advertise Can Reach Mass People

Printing Advertise Can Reach Mass People

Still the larger portion of the world is not covered by web connectivity. But most of this area is with newspaper coverage. So printing an advertise on newspaper invariably has a vast scope to reach people.

Creative Home Based Online Business Ideas

Creative Home Based Online Business Ideas

Starting a home business doesn’t require you to quit the day job. You can build a portfolio of income streams by creating several online businesses, requiring just a few hours in the evening and at weekends. Even better, you can leave all the business “stuff” to a third party platform, and make the most of your creative talents at the same time.

Breakdown of Standard Royalties: Songwriter Compensation

Breakdown of Standard Royalties: Songwriter Compensation

While the producers, publishers and agents of the music industry can put nearly anything they want in a recording contract, there are certain standards that are assumed for royalties. While no songwriter should ever blindly sign a contract for this reason, there are certain numbers that can be used as calculations or as starting points for negotiations. Here is a list of royalty payments.

Dear Newspaper Executives

Dear Newspaper Executives

Maybe it’s bailout fatigue, but I’m getting tired of hearing the whines coming from the newspaper publishing industry on all the culprits of why their businesses are failing. So here’s my note to the industry veterans for what it’s worth…

The Words Make the Difference

The Words Make the Difference

If the content of a business website is not read, then what is? The quality and usefulness of information on the page is the basic unit of effectiveness.

Great Advertising Networks

Great Advertising Networks

If you want ads on your blog, you’re probably looking for the best ad networks around. Here’s a list of them.

Small Town vs Big City

Small Town vs Big City

One of the largest differences between the big daily papers and the locally owned and operated weekly and specialty papers is the method by which they pay for distribution. This is an in depth look at both.

How to Market Your Book, Online and Offline

How to Market Your Book, Online and Offline

I can teach you the tricks on how to sell your self published book.

Salable Titles and Titles That Sell

Salable Titles and Titles That Sell

How to write salable titles and titles that sell.