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Kudos to our engineering team for launching direct download earlier this week—and they've already turned out another great benefit to the Vook store. On each book's landing page (remember, when you sell with Vook, each book gets a free page), ...

21 artists showcase their works and tell their stories in Create: Transforming Stories of Art, Life, & Faith, produced by The Grove Center for the Arts & Media. General Edtior Joey O'Connor writes in the introduction: "For years I have ...

Here's how to get it right: Normally an avid fiction reader, lately I've been devouring history books on my iPad. The digital format makes it much easier to read on the go: I don't have to lug around heavy books, ...

It's the 500 year history of Brazil told through Errol Lincoln Uys's riveting novel, Brazil and in turn, Brazil's Twitter feed, @BrazilANovel. Errol has been tweeting the epic story everyday, 140 characters at a time. Brazil currently has 7,760 followers ...

Readers love our Web-based reader, but they also requested the ability to download their eBook files when they purchase. Now, when you buy an eBook from Vook, you can read it in your browser AND download the right files for ...

E.E. cummings famously razzed salesmen in a poem, but that kind of attitude is a dangerous prejudice for eBook creators today. Writing is usually the prelude to selling your books. And some of the best sales experts to learn from ...

The race to convert text into eBooks meant the look and feel of many early titles had a "same-y" feel that wasn't reflected in their original print version. Typesetting, page lay out, paper stock, all of these elements give print ...

Unlike the writing process, marketing your book requires more than inspiration and commitment (though both help!). Marketing is tricky—if you want to succeed, look to the leaders. Author and publishing pro Ariane de Bonvoisin is one and she's shared with ...

Goodbye self-publishing. Hello crowd-publishing! Kickstarter has swept the tech and fundraising worlds with its innovative crowd-sourced funding model. And it turns out that authors—especially those who grasp the advantages of self-publishing—are quickly adapting the platform to launch their next eBook ...

Yesterday we directed you to the presentation I gave at LavaCon last week. After three years of helping publishers, authors and media companies create eBooks, I’ve learned that digital has made nothing easier. The mechanical process of printing a book ...

Everyday our VookMakers swing by my desk to show me cool new projects coming out of our platform. Here are two innovative eBooks that really caught our eye: Shuffle: an e-novel creates a groundbreaking reading experience based on the iPod’s ...

"My mouth could make large pizzas disappear without anyone knowing how I did it. Of course, all this eating had an unintended effect: I got fat. Really fat." Who knew weight loss could be so funny? I’ve jumped into and ...

Last Wednesday I spoke at the LavaCon Conference on Digital Media and Content Strategies in Portland. I’d never been to Portland. It reminded me of Brooklyn with more trees. Mobile app development companies are booming in Portland, someone said. The ...

Today, I'm reminded of just how easy eBooks make my life. I'm planning a dinner party this weekend and have everything I need on my iPad thanks to the eCookbooks on Vook's store. The convenience of digital cookbooks is universal, ...

Our new guide will teach you email tips and tricks.  We know how to make the best eBooks at Vook; we also know how to sell them effectively. And email marketing is key. To share what we've learned, we've written  "The ...

We were thrilled to launch J.D. Messinger’s eBook 11 Days in May last August—a truly groundbreaking enhanced work with video, audio and WeJIT technology that allows readers to participate in an in-book discussion group. Now that the book has been ...

Great content? Innovative marketing? Beautiful design? Mama Tricks: Wrapping Your Head Around Motherhood author Carol Kaufmann has leveraged all of these keys to eBook success, and her sales are rocketing. Carol started with great content: essays from her column on ...

Are how-to fitness books able to reach all people? With so many health issues that could be fixed with better fitness behavior, is it worth relying solely on this one means? The team behind FitBehavior.org advocates for more. Believing that ...

Vook has been making best-selling eBooks for years. Our in-house experts and successful authors share five secrets to selling massive amounts of eBooks. Create a killer cover Your eBook needs to stand out in a crowded space and be readable ...

Having released a wildly popular documentary of the 400-year history of America, HISTORY Channel might have been content to let it ride out its momentum. Instead, they are expanding its reach via (you guessed it) eBooks. A&E’s HISTORY Channel aired ...