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50 Benefits of Ebooks is Published in an Updated and Expanded Edition
http://epublishersweekly.blogspot.com/2009/09/50-benefits-of-ebooks-is-published-in.html
A new edition of our popular book about ebooks is now available.
50 Benefits of Ebooks is a lively introduction to the brave new worlds of ebooks and electronic publishing. This revised September 2009 edition (now 51,000 words) is 25% larger than the March edition, contains new chapters, and features an inspiring Afterword by Michael S. Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg.
A PDF version is available for sale right now. An EPUB version will be available on September 28; the paperback will be released on October 14.
The price is $ 2 — one-tenth of the paperback price.
There is a special discount for senior citizens and for buyers of the March edition: $ 1.
Michael S. Hart, who has been called ‘the inventor of ebooks’, says about the book: “This book is pretty much a ‘must read’ and a ‘ready reference’ for anyone considering eBooks.”
In addition to the essay by Mr. Hart, new chapters have been added, and other chapters have been expanded and updated, including the chapter about How and Where to Find Free Ebooks. An article “The Google Book Search Settlement Demystified”, offers a clear and simple explanation of this boggling issue.
More About the book:
Written for a wide audience — from ebook newcomers to experts — in 28 chapters, the book explores 5 essential aspects of ebook reading, writing and publishing: A. Benefits of Ebooks and Paper Books; B. Reading Ebooks; C. Ebooks for Authors & Publishers; D. The Value of Reading; and E. The Education of An Ebooklover. Ebook newcomers will find all the basics here. Ebook experts can debate and debunk the author’s wild predictions for the rosy and thorny future of ebooks, by reading the essay, “Publishing Ebooks: Ten Tremendous Trends in 2009.” Authors will discover tips and resources for ebook publishing. Library professionals will enjoy the book’s glossary, Index, and links to leading ebook sites.
For more information, contact Victoria Weise by email: ebook AT care2.com
For more information, please visit the book’s companion blog-site, at
http://www.EpublishersWeekly.net
$2.00
374 pages (51,000 words)
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Strategies to keep you sane
Housework is a unique challenge.
How you feel about housework not only affects your home – it can impact your relationships, your emotional well-being and your health. It can even affect your finances!
So if you’re just not at home with the domestic stuff…
Relax. There’s a brand new resource just for you!
Make Peace With Housework is a series of eBooks that deal with the mental woes of domestic life. Each of the 8 eBooks address a separate issue, ranging from Futility to Injustice to Overwhelm. This introduction sets out why we need to address the psychological aspects of housework – and shows exactly how to do it. The free intro gives you a taster of what you can expect from the series and also explains why this resource came about – and why women everywhere will find it useful, entertaining and inspiring.
So if housework is doing your head in – this intro will explain how there is another way.
It’s brilliant! Funny, interesting, informative and enjoyable. Thank-you!”
Tina Kirkman, West Yorkshire UK
“…wonderful and chock full of inspiration and useful info.”
Kris Wise, Manchester USA
“I’m married to a housework-phobic woman who will LOVE your ideas.”
Chris Twiggs, Florida USA
“…if I hadn’t read your book, I might not have understood the tools to help me begin what looked like a neverending task.”
Lowenna Luke, Cornwall UK
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This guidebook is the result of ten years of extremely active personal practice and study of the out-of-body phenomenon(the phase), coupled with having successfully taught it to thousands of people. I know all of the obstacles and problems that are usually run into when getting to know this phenomenon, and have tried to protect future practitioners from them in this book.
This guidebook was not created for those who prefer light, empty reading. It is for those who would like to learn something. It contains no speculations or stories, only dry, hard facts and techniques in combination with a completely pragmatic approach and clear procedures for action. They have all been successfully verified by a vast number of practitioners that often had no prior experience. In order to achieve the same result, it is only necessary to read through each section thoroughly and complete the assignments.
The book is beneficial not only for beginners, but also for those who already know what it feels like to have an out-of-body encounter and have a certain amount of experience, as this guidebook is devoted not only to entering the state, but also equally dedicated to controlling it.
Contrary to popular opinion, there is nothing difficult about this phenomenon if one tries to attain it with regular and right effort. On average, results are reached in less than a week if attempts are made every day. More often than not, the techniques work in literally a couple of attempts.
(5 votes, average: 8.20 out of 10)
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Dear Vacation Rental Owner,
have you forgotten why you ever started with vacation rentals? Is all getting you down? You imagined interesting guests and a healthy second income. You’ve got endless chores and piles of bills.
Momentum is a cruel fact of life. When people do well, they are buoyed by their own success, and go on to greater achievements. When things go wrong, they seem to keep going wrong relentlessly. Eventually, the knocks can wear you down. You lose your spark, everything is a drag. You’re certainly not projecting holiday spirit to your guests!
You can escape from the cycle. To start with you need to ‘step outside of yourself’. Take an objective look at the situation. If you’ve got enough awareness to recognise you have a problem, then you’ve just taken the first step to making things better.
Use external resources to help give you clarity on where you might be going wrong. A book like “100 Tips For Successful Renting” will give you lots of good ideas, without overwhelming you.
Start taking a regular afternoon coffee break with your “100 Tips For Successful Renting” book. It’s never wasted time to let your mind relax and become more open to the bigger picture.
Take three sheets of paper. Write one of your goals in a bubble in the centre of each sheet. Every time you come across a tip or an idea that would help to achieve you goal, write it on the piece of paper like a spider diagram. Don’t be afraid of writing in your own ideas, drawing lines to link ideas together even putting in some color. You’ll amaze yourself with your own creativity – and very soon you’ll have drawn your own route map out of your rut.
Don’t try to fix everything at once. With all your ideas on paper, pick one or two that you think would make the most difference. Then book some regular time in your diary to make it happen. 15 minutes every day is perfect. 12 hours straight once a year is not so good.
Keep your book by your bedside, and your diagram prominently displayed. Keep your eye firmly on the goal. Become defined by your dreams, not by your chores
Wish you successful renting!
Sincerely yours
Milan Matchev
(1 votes, average: 10.00 out of 10)
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Discover the secrets of reverse aging and turn back the hands of time. Using the correct combinations of supplements, super-foods, exercise, and holistic treatments, you can learn how to become younger, and live longer. All the years of your life will be years of health and vitality. This book doesn’t just prevent aging; it can help reverse the damage brought on by years of sedentary living and poor nutritional choices.
Following the Stop Growing Older, Grow Younger plan, you can expect greater energy, a leaner, pain-free body, and increased sexual vitality. Don’t settle for your current state of health and fitness. You can STOP growing older and grow younger with this great resource book.
All of us grow older, but it’s a medically proven fact that how we age is a choice. J Collin Tower’s extensively researched Stop Growing Older, Grow YOUNGER empowers readers to make educated decisions about the latest reverse aging products and protocols. Easy to follow dietary guidelines, exercise, supplements, superfoods, detoxification and lifestyle approaches are provided, along with a clear understanding of the biological processes involved in aging. This book is not only an indispensable resource—it is a clarion call for action.
Wendy Bower, Freelance Medical Writer, MA English, University of Chicago, BA English, Princeton University
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For thousands of years, more than 3300 words printed in the Bible remained untranslated. Find out what Moses, Jesus and the prophets really said to the people of their time.
Biblical Symbolism, Part I: Application (ISBN 978-0-9780267-4-5), explains why and how the Dictionary works. Part I: Application, is offered as a free download at http://inhousepress.ca/#ebooks
The second part (Dictionary), an “Indispensible Tool for the Understanding of the Hidden Meaning
of Scriptures”, can be ordered and downloaded directly from INHOUSEPRESS (URL above) for $8.50 US, payable through PayPal.
The eBook is the result of extensive study of a considerable number of scholarly volumes, the inspired writings of Emmet Fox, and many months of long days at the Library of Religious Studies at the University of McGill, in Montreal. The author created the Method of Application of the Dictionary of Biblical Symbolism to unravel the mysteries of the past. His system enables us to discover the original meaning, which Moses, the Prophets and the Evangelists intended for us to hear.
Stanislaw Kapuscinski has written several other books on esoteric topics such as “Key to Immortality” (Commentary on the Gospel of Thomas), “Visualization – Creating Your own Universe” and three volumes of Essays entitled “Beyond Religion”, which will soon appear as eBooks.
Under the penname Stan I.S. Law, has authored more than a dozen novels, all exploring human potential. His books are available on Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.co.uk, Barns and Noble, Froogle, AuthorsDen, Chapters.indigo.ca, and directly from INHOUSEPRESS.
Excerpts can be read at http://stanlaw.ca/dic.html
(5 votes, average: 8.20 out of 10)
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The sequel to the bestselling memoir Blood, Sweat & Tea. Tom Reynolds is an ambulance worker. On any given day he can be attacked by strangers, sworn at by motorists, puked on, covered in blood and other much more unpleasant substances. He could help to deliver a baby in the morning and witness the last moments of a dying man in the afternoon. He deals with road accidents, knife attacks, domestic violence, drug overdoses, neglect and suffering. And you think you’re having a bad day at work? Tom blogs about his experiences at the end of each shift. His Random Acts of Reality website has a huge following with over 30,000 visitors every day. He is an internet legend and a remarkable writer. His first book, Blood, Sweat & Tea came out of nowhere to be a surprise bestseller in 2006. Readers were stunned by the stories he had to tell and impressed by the sheer quality of his writing. Critics who sneer at blogs-to-books have never read this one. More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea charts the past two years of Tom’s life as an ambulance worker. He is tired, he is frustrated and he is more pissed off than ever but he still manages to capture the more moving, heartwarming and inspirational moments alongside the chaos.
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‘We finished the rocketbelt, and from then on there was murder, kidnapping, and all kinds of other stuff’ – Brad Barker
When three friends set out on a quest to build a real-life Buck Rogers-style flying machine, their obsession with the Rocketbelt 2000, or ‘Pretty Bird’, shattered their friendship and set in motion an astonishing chain of events involving theft, deception, a bizarre kidnapping, a ten million dollar lawsuit and a horrifically brutal murder. This gripping book also reveals the secret history of the flying jetpack, involving Nazi scientists, James Bond, and the US Army. From sci-fi to reality, this is the true story of the amazing rocketbelt.
‘A delight to read. Genuinely stranger than fiction. Recommended.’ – Popular Science UK
‘A can’t-put-it-down murder mystery that shows how obsession and betrayal can lead people to commit dastardly deeds.’ – General Aviation News
‘Begins with a brief history of rocketbelts that’s probably the best ever in print.’ – Beam Jockey
‘The story has all the markings of a Hollywood blockbuster, and is a bizarrely unforgettable read.’ – The Crack
‘Reads like good movie material.’ – BBC Focus
‘There’s probably a Tarantino movie in this somewhere.’ – Fortean Times
‘This book is a must have.’ – Airwalker Society of Rocketbelt Enthusiasts
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Have a great idea for an iPhone app but don’t know any programming? Inside Secrets to an iPhone App tells you exactly how to tap into the lucrative iPhone app market.
The books offer page after page of practical advice … via the author’s own personal journey. Carla White created the popular Gratitude Journal app, which has been praised by well known sites such as Macworld and Life Hacker. Apple even secured the rights to feature my app in their advertising.
The book is available for download at iphoneappsecrets.com for $13.99, along with two free bonus books: “Interviews with the Best”, which shares conversations with the makers of iSteam, Classics, Weightbot, and the best-selling app of all time, Koi Pond; and, “How to Successfully Promote Your App”, which is full of tips and tricks on how to market an app on a shoestring budget.
For several months, Carla spent every morning from 5 to 7 a.m. working on “Gratitude Journal” before heading to her day job. The total cost for her project? Just $500, an amazing feat when you consider that it can cost upwards of $100,000 to create an iPhone app.
“Gratitude Journal” (happytapper.com) was released in December 2008 and immediately shot up to No. 2 in the Lifestyles category of iTunes’ App Store, where it remains a popular download with nearly all five-star reviews from users.
Over eighty pages of insight written by someone who created a successful iPhone app without learning a bit of programming. You also recieve two free gifts.
$13.99
82 pages + two free books
(2 votes, average: 7.00 out of 10)
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Learn how you can make more money and create all the wealth you want without quitting your job, mortgaging your home or risking your savings. Proven, practical, and easy to implement ideas and information to help you increase your income.
“I felt so empowered after reading this book. I immediately went down to my basement where I had lots of materials that needed to be recycled into cash. I have gone from feeling almost hopeless to feeling like there is abundance waiting for me! A quick, one evening read, showed me how to use my creativity to create a new stream of income.” - Patricia Gallagher, creator, Team of Angels pins, www.teamofangels.com
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The Five Dangerous Trends Concerning Kids, Technology and the Internet contains insight, facts, resources, tools, guidelines and tips you need to protect your kids online.
Inside are real stories and challenges parents and families face for some of the most popular technologies your children are using. This collection of work is your one-stop resource for education, awareness and prevention.
How effective are the actions you take to protect your kids online? Our mission is to help you make your child’s interactions with technology safer.
Technology is a resource, but mostly an outlet to socialization, and not always are children’s interactions negative. The Internet offers educational benefits for children on a wide range of topics including history, current events, government, international issues, math, science and health. There are websites that provide support for kids in crisis. Many organizations make positive contributions to society through the valuable information they provide online.
The Internet provides kids with resources to learn and can provide alternative sources to help them deal with their everyday lives. Kids now have the means to reach out to the world at their fingertips. They can communicate and socialize with absolutely anyone.
The Five Dangerous Trends Concerning Kids, Technology and the Internet provides adults with information, tips, warnings and resources to help you in your plan of action. Thank you for partnering with us as we work to protect children from negative online encounters.
Parents and teachers have been discussing “stranger danger” with children for years. Denise helps you take that conversation a step further. In a technologically advanced society, children are vulnerable to online predators, or “virtual strangers,” who have the potential to harm them psychologically and, eventually, physically. Do your kids a favor by educating yourself about potential online dangers. This safeguard requires little investment on your part; in terms of protection, you will yield high dividends!
– Nancy Schneider, Ed.D, Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO
(2 votes, average: 10.00 out of 10)
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Now you have your book…but do you know the best ways to promote and sell it?
This book will help you get ‘From Book to Market’ by giving you all the information you need to market, promote and sell your book using all the latest ideas and technologies. It is aimed at giving authors a way to build their platform which is important for traditionally published, as well as self-published authors.
I wrote and published my book and then realised I didn’t know how to sell it! I sat with the boxes in my living room wondering what to do next.
So I spent months reading, listening to audios and doing programs on sales and marketing and then putting the ideas into practice.
This 119 page book is the distillation of what I learnt. It will speed up your time to market and enable you to kickstart your sales by implementing techniques immediately.
It includes:
- How do I sell my book on Amazon?
- How do I sell on the internet and as an ebook?
- How do I write a press release?
- What about networking and book signings?
- How to promote on TV
- How to write a marketing plan and the example of an award winning plan
- How to set up your own website
- Why you should have a blog and how to set one up
- How to use web 2.0 sites and social networking
- How to get traffic to your website
- How to use video and make your own book trailer
- The business behind your book – ways to make multiple streams of income
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50 Benefits of Ebooks: A Thinking Persons’s Introduction to the Digital Reading Revolution
50 Benefits of Ebooks is a lively introduction to the brave new worlds of ebooks and electronic publishing. In 21 chapters, the book explores five essential aspects of ebook reading, writing and publishing:
A. Benefits of Ebooks and Paper Books
B. Reading Ebooks
C. Ebooks for Authors and Publishers
D. The Value of Reading; and
E. The Education of An Ebooklover (resources)
Ebook newcomers will find all the basics here. And ebook experts can debate and debunk the author’s wild predictions for the rosy and thorny future of ebooks, by reading the essay, “Publishing Ebooks: Ten Tremendous Trends in 20009.” Authors will discover tips, tricks and resources for ebook publishing; and library professionals will enjoy the book’s glossary, index, links to leading-edge ebook sites, and sections about how and why ebooks are good for libraries.
The paperback edition of this book is pocket-sized, 320 pages, about 40,000 words — and sells for $20. The ebook editions (in formats ePub and PDF) contain all the same content as the paperback — except the paper. The ebook editions are 1/20th of the paperback price, and sell for one dollar.
Pastore writes that he loves paper books, and hopes that they are never replaced by their electronic progeny. Nevertheless, every day, ebooks are growing in use, in sales, and in significance. After years of sputtering, the digital reading revolution has at last arrived.
50 Benefits of Ebooks is your friendly guide.
For more information, and additional updates and resources, visit the book’s companion website: EpublishersWeekly.net
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Questing Marilyn: In Search of My Holy Grail, Personal Growth Through Travel, takes readers on a uniquely personal Quest to sacred and historical sites in England and Ireland.
You will visit
- Stonehenge
- Avebury
- Glastonbury
- Bath
- Tintagel
- Kilkenny
- Dublin
- and other favourites of travellers
I confront how what I was taught to believe influences my life as an adult.
- Explore myths and legends.
- Question beliefs.
- See how group dynamics provoke relationship issues.
- Learn life skills.
- See how I create a plan that allows me to experience deep joy and satisfaction.
- Experience how my change in energy brings me new experiences in rich and marvellous ways that might appear to be coincidences.
- Readers feel they are present on the journey.
“The most important message of this book, however, is the introduction of travel as a tool towards self-exploration and self-acceptance. Often, due to the busyness and chaos of daily life, individuals don’t have the luxury or time to truly understand who they are and what they want from life. However, during a vacation, normal routines and responsibilities can be temporarily forgotten. Thus, vacation time is the perfect time to reflect on these very personalized aspects of one’s life, how he or she feels about that life, and what they need to do to make his or herself happy. Moreover, this analysis need not take place in Britain or Ireland. In fact, where the reader’s quest starts and ends is completely unique to that individual.” Tami Brady M.A., Co-Dean of the School of Religion and Spirituality, archaeological consultant, freelance writer, Calgary, Alberta. www.tcm-ca.com
Author website, more reviews and free excerpts
(1 votes, average: 7.00 out of 10)
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Travel writer Karen Goa and her boat-builder husband Ken fled their native Saskatchewan’s bone-crackingly cold winters for New Zealand’s hilly greenery and beaches in the 1980s. Twenty years on, the Canadian Kiwis rustle up a 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air station wagon and set off across Canada’s back roads. From bear-ridden British Columbia to bald, blasted Newfoundland the couple poke around fishing villages, Hutterite colonies, Indian reservations, classy Quebec and the fearsome, bug-infested Far North finding out what Canadians across the land have been doing, thinking and eating while they’ve been away enjoying the New Zealand good life – and uncovering some surprising Kiwi connections.
(2 votes, average: 7.50 out of 10)
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FolkHeart Press celebrates families and folklore with the launch a new e-book, Family Folktales: What Are Yours? in March which is recognized nationally as Folklore Month.
The digitally produced book encourages readers to create their own folktales based upon family stories. The forty two page book ($7.95) which includes writing exercises and sample folktales explores the world of folktales and explains folktale motifs and how they can be used to describe people, places, and things that can be preserved through writing.
“Every family has a trickster, a prized heirloom or favorite holiday tradition. Why not write about them in a way that is both easy and relaxing?” says the award-winning writer, journalist, and folklorist Karen Pierce Gonzalez.
The book is ideal for anyone wanting to deepen their relationships with their families, notes art therapist, author and Ancestors’ Way founder, Catherine Anne Held, Ph.D.
Family Folktales: What Are Yours? provides quick and simple techniques to capture family history and preserve it for generations to come. Drawing on her experiences as a writer, student of folklore and creative writing teacher, Karen demonstrates how simple and rewarding writing family stories can be.”
FolkHeart Press produces books about folktale-related topics. Folktales are gaining in popularity and can be told in many forms, including stories, scrapbooks, and blogs.
Established in 2007, the press’ publishing credits also include first e-book in the Spanish Cuisine series Spanish Cuisine One Region at a Time: Catalonia which features Barcelona Paella food lore and recipe. The press is also producing a new edition of Family Folktales: Write Your Own Family Stories. This updated eighty four page workbook includes detailed information about folktales, family folktale podcasts, and scrap booking techniques. For information: 707-792-4376 or www.folkheartpress.com
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