July 20, 2005
Test podcast
We'll be starting regular podcasts soon. Guests for the first shows include Erick Schonfeld, contributing editor of Fortune Magazine, and blogger and self publishing author David St Lawrence.
The enclosed audio file in this post is a test. Click here to listen to it.
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July 18, 2005
Urgent - Emergency downtime announcement
Update. The power supply on the server rack has been replaced and all systems are running as normal.
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July 16, 2005
More on writing software
Once you start researching a subject, information just keeps coming in. Take a look at this Metafilter discussion, collating information on writing software. For both PC and Moc users.
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July 14, 2005
PABD and the BBC
Yesterday we received a mail from BBC Radio Scotland. As I am typing this Iain, one of our founding partners, is being interviewed for Radio Cafe, the BBC's Literary program.
I've recorded the interview online, if we get permission it'll be available for download later.
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July 13, 2005
CSS issues fixed
We had a couple of issues with the site not rendering as intended in IE6 for XP professional. The entire site should be centred in your browser window, but didn't always show properly. Everything worked fine in XP Home Edition, Firefox for both PC and Macs and all other browsers we tested, so this was a bit of a puzzle.
Yesterday our friends at Eggplant New Media, who host, design and maintain pabd.com for us, found and fixed the pesky bug. Let us know if you're finding any further weirdness and we'll get right onto it.
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July 12, 2005
Writing, publishing and podcasting
Book related podcasts are really taking off. Pocast.net have over 100 relevant listings up, with more feeds being added daily.
From US Army Stories from WW II to Persian Poetry, there's bound to be something there that interests you. We haven't managed to listen to more than a few, but we will try and review some of the programming during the next couple of days.
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July 11, 2005
Publishing Basics Radio
The list of podcasts aimed at the self publishing author continues to grow. Over the weekend we've received a mail from Ron Pramschufer who runs Publishing Basics Radio.
In his podcast Ron has been interviewing publishers like iUniverse, Xlibris and Author House. There's also a phone-in where you can ask your own questions and many other tips and tricks for the self publishing author. Definitely worth a listen.
Direct RSS feed link.
Take a look at our podcast page for a pretty comprehensive listing. As always, please let us know if you find anything of interest you'd like us to add.
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July 09, 2005
PABD writers go google print
This is the latest beta service from google and something we think is invaluable to self published writers. Never one to turn down an opportunity to play with new technology toys we've been testing the service for the last couple of weeks and are really impressed by it.
Google Print aims to put your book content where you can find it most easily – right in your Google search results. Anyone can search from the Google Print home page and if their search includes your name, the name of your book or even the content of your book, it will come up in the search results.
Potential customers are able to see the actually page of your book that has the search term and you can have a ‘Buy this Book’ link to your Personal Selling Page or other online bookstores. It is a fantastic resource for making your book visible right across the web and is likely to be a great marketing tool for increasing the sales of your book.
Our writers using PABD Publishing Plus are automatically entered into the Google Print free of charge. Those people who don’t wish to join Publishing Plus can still benefit from Google Print. However, there is a small £23.50/$48.00 administration fee. To find out more, send a mail to Iain, who knows all about the service.
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July 05, 2005
Online pdf conversion
A number of our authors have been struggling with pdf writing recently. As a result we're currently researching online pdf conversion tools.
Once installed this should make everybody's life a lot easier. Upload your manuscript and then download the finished pdf minutes later. We'll keep you informed about our progress on that front.
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