Dan Poynter's Global Ebook Awards

Why do we require ebooks to be posted at Smashwords?

by DanPoynter | Nov 9, 2011 | Global Ebook Awards

In our second year of promoting great ebooks, we have decided to use Smashwords to help our contest. And so you may ask, “Why Smashwords?” For the judges and for you is the answer. Why for the judges? In 2011, we required that PDFs be sent to us for...

Should Kardashians Limit Their Weddings?

by DanPoynter | Nov 5, 2011 | Global Ebook Awards

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THE FUTURE OF CHILDREN’S BOOKS

by DanPoynter | Nov 1, 2011 | Global Ebook Awards

Children’s picture books are about to become easier and less expensive to produce while becoming more versatile and more fun to read. The reason? Children’s books are going from print to electronic. This is great news for both the author and the reader....

Wall Street Journal Bestseller Lists to Include Ebooks

by DanPoynter | Oct 30, 2011 | Global Ebook Awards

The Wall Street Journal has an agreement with Nielsen BookScan to publish bestseller lists that include both physical paper books and e-sales. Four charts will include: combined ebook and physical sales for fiction and nonfiction, and esales only for fiction and...

SEACHANGE IN CHILDREN’S BOOKS – Bringing Foreign Rights Home

by DanPoynter | Jul 18, 2011 | Global Ebook Awards

I have said it before: The future of children’s books is electronic: the iPad and similar eReaders coming soon. The iPad is large format and full color; perfectly suited for children’s picture books. Eliminated are (expensive, four-color) printing, ocean shipping,...

The Evolution of Self-Publishing, E-Publishing and Self Expression . . . and the Legacy of Dan Poynter

by DanPoynter | Jul 17, 2011 | Global Ebook Awards

Sam Horn, The intrigue Expert, reports on the ASJA conference in New York and the ebook revolution. Sam MC’d the Maui Writers Conference for 17 years and is the author of a number of well—titled books. When she speaks on the publishing industry, savvy bookpeople...