Kobo iOS App Update

Those of you using Apple devices to run a Kobo app will be happy to know that there has been an update. The updated app has a new home screen, easier access, and can support enhanced ebooks much better. If you have already installed the update, tell us what you think.


iTunes Producer Update

The latest update to iTunes producer brings a whole new interface as well as the claim that Apple can approve some ebooks as fast as 48 hours. The change reduces the number of steps we have to click through to get your book ready for submitting. Apple says that this update brings with it a redesigned user interface, streamlined workflows and a built-in help centre.

Google Analytics style tool for Ebooks

Jellybooks, a new company, have proposed the development of a new tool that will help authors and publishers discover who is reading their books, for how long, at what time of day, and plenty of other data as well. This new tool, at the moment titled “Project Crowberry” won a £25,000 funding award from the Technology Strategy Board to be developed.

From Jellybooks: "We are delighted that the judges chose to take our proposal forward. This award will enable us to develop a solution with the potential to make the relationship between author, publisher and reader a much more open, collaborative and interesting one. We look forward to creating a way for the ebook of the future to read you, the reader, and work closely with authors to help them better engage with readers." (Source: Book2Book)

We can’t wait to see how it turns out.



Tip of the Month
How to use exclamation marks properly

Exclamation Marks should be used to indicate a high degree of strong emotion or surprise, and instead of a full stop. For example:

Oh, my God!
Look out!
Stop!
Call the fire department!

Do not add “he (or she) exclaimed” after an exclamation mark. The punctuation says it all. Overuse of the exclamation mark should be avoided. If everything is made exclamatory nothing emerges as being emphasised.

Excerpt from Coral Hartley’s Write it Right!

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Can you scan my published book and create an ebook?

Yes. Normally when we work from a hard copy of a book, we scan, OCR with highly accurate software but also proofread it because no software no matter how sophisticated can get correct text and punctuation out of a printed book. A human being also needs to go through and reformat it back into a reflowing document, so that it will all come together in a readable fashion as an ebook. Read more

See if you can spot the errors in these pages from Orson Scott Card’s Xenocide. They look like OCR errors!

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