Comments on: E-publishing? Um…not for me right now. http://caitlynhunter.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/another-kick-in-the-guts-from-e-publishers/ My writer's world, a tip or two, what's up with me, and baseball too Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:10:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Raj http://caitlynhunter.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/another-kick-in-the-guts-from-e-publishers/#comment-175 Raj Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:15:49 +0000 http://caitlynhunter.wordpress.com/?p=95#comment-175 Newspaper is a regular published print product containing information, news and advertising. Newspapers are living textbooks and they are source of information and learning. It’s a source to find out whats happening in movies, books, concerts, games, jobs and events. Major advantage left to newsprint is that reading it does not require any sophisticated, cumbersome technical equipment. This offers the reader a high level of flexibility: newsprint can basically be read in any place at any time. The reader can absorb the information offered at his own pace. Even the fact that the reader can touch and feel the printed paper while turning the pages may be of some importance. Disadvantage of Printed edition of newspaper - Circulation of the newspaper is one of the principal factors, circulation is not the same as copies sold because many copies are read by more than one person this is a major offset as the number of copies distributed are not read. People away from their home place would always love to read their regional paper wherever they are in any part of the world. Take my case; I have been hunting for my favorite newspaper Times of India in the heart of New York City but in vain and the only solution I found at this time is e-paper. E-paper and its advantage - Will e-paper is going to replace the printed edition in future is the question to be asked? ePaper is the replication of newspaper pages which allows one to get the same experience as reading the hard-copy edition and e-paper has the advantages of being interactive, multimedia, of providing internal and external networks and offering selection functions, the possibility of regular updates, access to archives, rapid access to a large number of newspapers, and being paperless, thus creating no problems of waste disposal. Not even that it’s more convenient from the customer’s point of view while reading the e-paper, I came across Nokia new model cell phone, and by clicking on it; I was taken directly to the website, where I could compare the prices. So this has led to some predictions that is newspapers will shrink or even disappear? All the recent surveys both in USA and abroad indicate that print newspaper readership is going down; there has been a dramatic drop in the circulation of papers. Full time professional employment at daily newspapers is falling. In a desperate attempt to offset the falling revenues, more newspaper groups are setting them up online. All of the major news publishers have adopted e-paper technology in order to increase their readers and revenue. Looking at the enormous growth in the Digital News Publishing Industry, many new media companies are offering ePapers and eMagazines at affordable costing with low or no upfront investment. <a href="http://www.pressmart.net" rel="nofollow">Pressmart Media Limited</a>, a leading new media services company based out of India and USA provides an excellent Multi channel distribution on Web, Mobile, Podcast, Search Engines, Social Networks, Web2.0 sites and RSS. I hope you do agree that digital versions of news publications will be an added advantage for publishers in increasing their brand value, customer reach and revenues. Newspaper is a regular published print product containing information, news and advertising. Newspapers are living textbooks and they are source of information and learning. It’s a source to find out whats happening in movies, books, concerts, games, jobs and events. Major advantage left to newsprint is that reading it does not require any sophisticated, cumbersome technical equipment. This offers the reader a high level of flexibility: newsprint can basically be read in any place at any time. The reader can absorb the information offered at his own pace. Even the fact that the reader can touch and feel the printed paper while turning the pages may be of some importance.

Disadvantage of Printed edition of newspaper –
Circulation of the newspaper is one of the principal factors, circulation is not the same as copies sold because many copies are read by more than one person this is a major offset as the number of copies distributed are not read.

People away from their home place would always love to read their regional paper wherever they are in any part of the world. Take my case; I have been hunting for my favorite newspaper Times of India in the heart of New York City but in vain and the only solution I found at this time is e-paper.

E-paper and its advantage –
Will e-paper is going to replace the printed edition in future is the question to be asked? ePaper is the replication of newspaper pages which allows one to get the same experience as reading the hard-copy edition and e-paper has the advantages of being interactive, multimedia, of providing internal and external networks and offering selection functions, the possibility of regular updates, access to archives, rapid access to a large number of newspapers, and being paperless, thus creating no problems of waste disposal.
Not even that it’s more convenient from the customer’s point of view while reading the e-paper, I came across Nokia new model cell phone, and by clicking on it; I was taken directly to the website, where I could compare the prices.

So this has led to some predictions that is newspapers will shrink or even disappear?
All the recent surveys both in USA and abroad indicate that print newspaper readership is going down; there has been a dramatic drop in the circulation of papers.
Full time professional employment at daily newspapers is falling. In a desperate attempt to offset the falling revenues, more newspaper groups are setting them up online.
All of the major news publishers have adopted e-paper technology in order to increase their readers and revenue.

Looking at the enormous growth in the Digital News Publishing Industry, many new media companies are offering ePapers and eMagazines at affordable costing with low or no upfront investment. Pressmart Media Limited, a leading new media services company based out of India and USA provides an excellent Multi channel distribution on Web, Mobile, Podcast, Search Engines, Social Networks, Web2.0 sites and RSS.

I hope you do agree that digital versions of news publications will be an added advantage for publishers in increasing their brand value, customer reach and revenues.

]]> By: caitlynhunter http://caitlynhunter.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/another-kick-in-the-guts-from-e-publishers/#comment-171 caitlynhunter Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:05:11 +0000 http://caitlynhunter.wordpress.com/?p=95#comment-171 Hi Theresa! Thanks for commenting and for the heads-up. I've never heard of Pagefree but I'll add them to my list of publishers to be leary of and probably do a blog post about it later today. Also, your offer of helping an author with his/her book is interesting, and though I'm currently with a publisher I'm very happy with, I'll include your comment in the post along with your web site--if you don't mind. I know there are many aspiring authors out there who like me, aren't techno savvy, and would love to find someone like you. BTW, I love your web site! Caitlyn Hi Theresa! Thanks for commenting and for the heads-up. I’ve never heard of Pagefree but I’ll add them to my list of publishers to be leary of and probably do a blog post about it later today.

Also, your offer of helping an author with his/her book is interesting, and though I’m currently with a publisher I’m very happy with, I’ll include your comment in the post along with your web site–if you don’t mind. I know there are many aspiring authors out there who like me, aren’t techno savvy, and would love to find someone like you.

BTW, I love your web site!

Caitlyn

]]> By: Theresa Chaze http://caitlynhunter.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/another-kick-in-the-guts-from-e-publishers/#comment-169 Theresa Chaze Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:23:29 +0000 http://caitlynhunter.wordpress.com/?p=95#comment-169 There are many such publishers out there. Another publisher that writers need to avoid is Pagefree. It has been my experience that they do poor editing, actually adding errors into the formating, so that they can charge you more fees. With my novel, Awakening the Dragon-Book One of the Dragon Clan Trilogy, there were six chapters where the next chapter started at the bottom of the previous page instead of the top of the next. Pagefree tried charging me an additional 80.00 to fix their mistake. In addition, I have yet to receive one cent in royalties. I have sold books through them. When it comes to payments, they don't return phone calls or emails. Last year, I did the research and found that publishing isnt' as expensive as most authors think. If you are techno-savvy you can get a book into print for less than 200.00, including the ISBN number. This price gets you listed with Ingram and Baker & Taylor; plus you get to set the cover price, the cover discount and are able to make it returnable--the three things that bookstores look for when choosing books for their shelves. For those who are not a computer geek, email me. While I'm working to become a best seller, I'm also a publishing consultant and publicist. I'll prepare your book for the printer by typesetting and creating a cover. There are many such publishers out there. Another publisher that writers need to avoid is Pagefree. It has been my experience that they do poor editing, actually adding errors into the formating, so that they can charge you more fees. With my novel, Awakening the Dragon-Book One of the Dragon Clan Trilogy, there were six chapters where the next chapter started at the bottom of the previous page instead of the top of the next. Pagefree tried charging me an additional 80.00 to fix their mistake. In addition, I have yet to receive one cent in royalties. I have sold books through them. When it comes to payments, they don’t return phone calls or emails.

Last year, I did the research and found that publishing isnt’ as expensive as most authors think. If you are techno-savvy you can get a book into print for less than 200.00, including the ISBN number. This price gets you listed with Ingram and Baker & Taylor; plus you get to set the cover price, the cover discount and are able to make it returnable–the three things that bookstores look for when choosing books for their shelves. For those who are not a computer geek, email me. While I’m working to become a best seller, I’m also a publishing consultant and publicist. I’ll prepare your book for the printer by typesetting and creating a cover.

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