Category Archives: Writing

Experimental Digital Publishing Magazine Debuts as iPad Publication to Showcase Innovation in Indie Digital Media (Books, Games, Animation, Stills, Music & Video, Code)

XDP Magazine introduces today’s most cutting edge creativity to tech-savvy readers by highlighting groundbreaking independent publishing and the culture surrounding it. XDP Magazine brings to light the concepts that are changing the way we view and create media, from 3D printed objects to interactive installations.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 19, 2013 – Experimental Digital Publishing Magazine released its inaugural issue this week. The highly interactive iPad Newsstand App will focus on the most inventive work in digital media today. Experimental Digital Publishing (XDP) Magazine will be available in the Apple App Store on a quarterly basis, starting this month.

XDP Magazine introduces today’s most cutting edge creativity to tech-savvy readers by highlighting groundbreaking independent publishing and the culture surrounding it. Headquartered in the heart of the tech and culture boom, the San Francisco-based magazine features articles and interviews with top artists, game designers, musicians, developers, industrial designers, and other leaders across the arts and technology fields. XDP Magazine brings to light the concepts that are changing the way we view and create media, from 3D printed objects to interactive installations.

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Hemingway’s Typewriter Up For Auction

One of the most important literary relics of the 20th century, Ernest Hemingway’s fully documented typewriter, on which he typed his last book, is being offered for auction by auctioneer Profiles In History.  It’s estimated to sell for between $60K and $80K.

The Halda Swedish-made typewriter is fully functional and comes with its original leatherette case exhibiting somewhat tattered transportation stickers from the American Export Line and the French Line. Both have crucial identification in an unknown hand, marked “E. Hemi…” on the American Export Line sticker, and “Hemingway” with destination of “Le Hav…” on the French Line sticker, each torn and scuffed from extensive travel. The typewriter was obtained from famed author A. E. Hotchner, Hemingway’s close friend, who wrote the definitive biography, Papa Hemingway.

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From ALLi: What Successful Self-Publishers Do Well

ALLi is the Alliance of Independent Authors, the professional association for self-publishing writers.  They host an EXCELLENT self-publishing advice blog HERE.

Dr. Alison Baverstock and Alli are working together to come up with what is its that SUCCESSFUL self-publishers do well.  From the article:

Some months ago, ALLi worked with Dr Alison Baverstock on her most recent investigations into self-publishing, the findings from which will be published soon. Here she gives us a sneak peek at what the research revealed about indie authors.

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HuffPost-UK’s Polly Courtney takes issue with John Green over self-publishing

Polly Courtney believes that John Green got it wrong.  I agree.  He seems to not understand what ‘self-publishing’ actually is.  But he does like to talk about how ‘they’ are always holding him up as some kind of example.  I’m not sure who ‘they’ are, but someone is floating his ego up to heights where he seems kinda less like a self-publisher and more like a self-centered publisher.

From the article:

What John Green has failed to recognise, however, is that self-publishing is not about trying to take on the jobs of editors, warehouse employees and librarians. Self-publishing is not about trying to do everything yourself.

Self-publishing is about staying in control of your destiny as a writer and having a say in how your book is packaged, produced, distributed and promoted. It is about making your own decisions, in collaboration with the experts (and in some cases, fans) to ensure that your work reaches readers in the way that is right for you.

You can read the whole post HERE.

Nook Seeks an Edge With $2 E-Books

Lauren Indvik is reporting on Mashable that Nook has unveiled a new program, Nook Snaps, that offers short subject ebooks of 5,000 words for $1.99.  These ebooks are 60-day Nook exclusives, which seems similar to Amazon’s 90-exclusive Select program.

From the article:

“It’s an editorially driven program that reflects our ongoing commitment to high-quality short content,” Theresa Horner, vice president of digital content at Nook Media, said in a statement.

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