E-Books and Self-Publishing

A Guide for the Scholar

Metaphor

Why Self-Publish?

0Work doesn’t fit journals or traditional book publishers

0Work has been rejected by journals or book publishers

0Student projects0Value in openness

E-Books in General

0 8.32% of the market in 2010, up from 3.20% in 2009.0 40M in 2010, $80.3M in 20110 1 million Kindles sold in every week of Dec. 20110 Likely to grow with increase in tablets, smartphones and

dedicated e-reading devices

http://productivewriters.com/2011/02/16/book-e-book-sales-data-united-states-2010/http://www.mediabistro.com/ebooknewser/us-ebook-sales-doubled-in-september_b18289http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1642935&highlight=

E-books in Education

0Textbook-wise students tend to prefer print 0Reader limitations; annotation and note-taking0May change over time0Be careful about “flash”

Strategies for Using E-books

0Select for one-time reads0Texts in which detailed note-taking isn’t as important0Things normally included in “readers”

Formats

0EPUB0AZW0PDF0MOBI

Epub

0Most widely used format…except Kindle0Calibre (http://calibre-ebook.com/)0ePubBud.com02epub.com

AZW

0Used by Amazon and really only Amazon0Calibre0E-mail the file to Amazon if you have an account0MobiPocket Creator (http://www.mobipocket.com)

MOBI

0Similar to AZW, but more open0MobiPocket Creator (http://www.mobipocket.com)

PDF

0Scholar most familiar with0Mixed story as e-book

0 Pretty good on LCD0 Bad on e-ink

Publishing to Amazon

0Set up a Kindle Direct Publishing account0Free with 30% royalties taken by Amazon0Pricing up to you, but with certain limitations

Publishing with B&N

0Pubit! Service (pubit.barnesandnoble.com)0Free to publish0Royalties

0 Books $2.99 - $9.99, 35% goes to B&N0 Books below $2.98 or above $10.00, 40% goes to B&N

Apple

0Big push on textbooks at Jan. 19 event0 Introduced iBooks 2 and iBook Author

iBook Author

0Easy to use interface0Available for free0Publishes as special EPUB0Limitations

0 Only available on Mac0 Large amount of space0 Terms of Service allow only for iBooks distribution0 Approval process

iBooks 2

0Can’t submit into rival book stores, but can give away for free

0Must be read on iOS device

http://www.macnews.com/2010/08/10/gregs-bite-how-publish-apple-ibook

In other words

0A complicated picture

Google Books

0eBookstore0Mostly tablets or smartphones0Need to become “Google Partner”0A little bit of work, but not as much as iBooks

Smashwords.com

0Mostly for fiction

Many more…

Transition

Getting the word out

0How do you let people know?

Selected Works @ UVU

0Scholars’ Open Archive0http://www.uvu.edu/library/openarchive.html

Wordpress

0Simple0Easy Customizable0Don’t have to blog about breakfast

Digress.it

DIY

LinkedIn

Google Scholar Citations

0http://scholar.google.com/citations

Mendeley

My Story

Questions?

0Thank you for coming!