First, one of our previous interviewees has a brilliant idea Using Kickstarter to Fund Her Senior Collection. Check out this unusual "Avant Gore" design – and make a pledge!
It also appears RIM is not giving up on tablets.
T-6 Days: Into The Arena, With New Friends
T-6 Days for the publshing of "Focused Fandom: Cosplay, Costuming, and Career."
Well, tonight I go and see if I can get the Kindle and ePub formatting together. Applying all my hard-won past lessons (when the flashbacks weren't too much), I actually got things working pretty well. The latest version of Jutoh runs smoothly, and if all goes well I'll end the evening with two rough formats. The Kindle one should be good, the ePub may need slight tweaking depending on some Lulu ISBN changes.
The PDF? That's easy. Worst part there, ironicaly, is regular formatting to make it fit, well, the standard format.
So wish me luck.
I'm also getting review requests! So if you want to review the book, contact me and let me know about your website, etc. and we'll talk. Heck, I might have a Kindle/ePub version ready for you . . .
I also like the review requests as it keeps extending one of the awesome parts of doing this – meeting amazing people. It's not just people to review my books, it's meeting folks with similar interests.
But now, I walk into the Valley of Formatting . . .
News of The Day 9/29/2011
Kindle Fire
Like we weren't going to be discussing further.
- Yes, there are concerns about the Silk browser since it uses the Amazon EC2 cloud to accelerate and store data, raising privacy concerns. Don't expect this to go away.
- Amazon's strength? Consumer data. Well, it's a consumer device – note though this could give any rivals an in to hammer them on privacy – as well.
Mobile:
Nokia makes cuts in some of its mapping/commerce division. May want to be careful there.
Social Media:
A look at why Facebook's frictionless sharing has many problems. Some good insights – we're really in a realm of unintended consequences media/social wise anymore.
Technology:
Meg Whitman will work for $1 a year at HP. Which is good considering the ton of money HP paid Apotheker to poke some holes in the hull of their ship. Probably a good confidence-building move on Whitman's part – or their part.
As no one didn't expect, Apple is obviously phasing out boxed software.
Video:
And the ecosystem rolls on, Microsoft making a bunch of deals to carry content from Comcast (there could be a complex alliance), Verizon, and more coming (including Sony Pictures Crackle). This is a lot of deals – which really starts turning the XBox into a service.
Roger Ebert provides some useful analysis of Netflix's future – he's positive on it.
QUESTION OF THE DAY: How long will we keep hearing about the Kindle Fire?