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Earlier this week, we wrote about how to gift ebooks. Today, we're kicking off a series of Gift Guide posts to help you find an ebook that will thrill anyone on your list. Today, we're starting with some historical nonfiction ...

Vook is offering $50 off of our ebook-building services for people who sign up today and tomorrow! Sign up today and you'll also be able to get your ebook on sale for the holidays. There's no credit card required to ...

Vook has always helped authors put video in their ebooks, but we've also helped authors create powerful video trailers about their ebooks. As Vook’s Adam Schnapper notes, "ebook promotion doesn't have to stand still; ebooks can come alive with video." ...

You can't slap on a bow and hide them under a tree, but ebooks are a great go-to gift for anyone with an e-reading device. Print or digital, a thoughtful book will delight any recipient looking for her next great ...

We're always writing about e-reading and content strategy with ebooks in the digital age. They have been an information-exchange game changer these past five years. But what about other developments in the digital age? On the opposite end of the ...

"I am excited to bridge the medium of TV and publishing through this series" -Jeff Corwin, Executive Producer Today, JeffCorwinConnect Inc launches the first ebook in a new series, Jeff's Explorer Series: SHARKS. Narrated and curated by Emmy award-winning TV ...

Read the full guide for free today Last week, we wrote about ebook production and marketing mistakes. Now, the full guide to ebook errors is available for free to ensure that you get the perfect ebook. "Ebook Errors: Common Pitfalls ...

Starting today, we're pleased to offer the WeJIT™ technology from Democrasoft to VookMaker customers as a new service for their ebooks. WeJITs enable authors and readers to interact directly. When Vook builds an ebook for you, we can embed links ...

"War and Peace is the most famous and at the same time the most daunting of Russian novels, as vast as Russia itself and as long to cross from one end to the other,” begins Richard Pevear's introduction to the ...

How to make the most of free ebook previews If your book doesn’t have reviews on sites like Amazon, or if you’re a first-time author, it is essential to let shoppers preview your book before purchasing. While an ebook preview ...

As we noted yesterday, we're working on a guide that will give you more insight into how you can avoid errors and pitfalls in your ebooks, whether you're building them yourself or someone else is building them for you. We'll ...

An ebook makes learning a foreign language easy (and fun) in The Lazy Bastard Guide to Mandarin: An Abridged Corpus of Axioms, Vocabulary and Purported Meanings. Loosely satirizing the context and structure of a pocket-sized phrase book, author Christian Adams ...

We've built so many ebooks that we've seen almost every kind of error in the format. We're working on a guide that will give you more insight into how you can avoid these errors in your titles, whether you're building ...

"It's cutting edge thinking delivered through cutting edge technology." Google, Wharton, Ernst & Young, and AARP are just a few of the major companies who have worked with Vook on their ebook strategies. All have recognized the value of repurposing ...

Hear ye, hear ye, the Elizabethan era has entered the digital age. An evil physician, a gluttonous taste-tester, a nosy letterboy, and the 000-spy Sir Jamison Bondgott'em are four of 200 dynamic characters in the Kingdom of Hamelot. Author Sharon ...

As one of the fastest growing Web sites in the world, online culture magazine Thought Catalog is venturing into ePublishing today and launching a digital books division. In collaboration with our VookMakers, Thought Catalog will release bi-weekly ebooks that highlight ...

"This book sets out to inspire business and marketing leaders to re-invent and re-imagine their businesses from the inside out." When a creative branding and marketing agency publishes an ebook to help readers re-imagine their businesses, you'd expect it to ...

From overweight office worker to in-demand model, Stefan Pinto released a thoughtfully-formatted ebook to share what he learned during his weight loss journey and how he can help others. Fat to Fit: 50 Easy Ways to Lose Weight uses numbered ...

Last week, we wrote about the power of price promotions to sell more ebooks. Normally, Amazon requires 4-6 weeks of advance notice to run the promotion, giving authors less flexibility when deciding to temporarily reduce their ebooks' prices. But luckily ...

There are two types of ebook formats in the market right now: reflowable (text-centric ebooks, which render on all types of devices) and fixed layout. In this post, we'll dive into the details to help you figure out what's best ...