Author Archives: Evan O'Connor

Celebrate 1st National Download Day With Your E-Reader or Tablet

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Evan O'Connor

Lulu.com has announced that the first annual National Download Day will be December 26, 2011—a day that Lulu predicts will be the highest traffic shopping day for e-reader and tablet content. With Amazon selling over a million Kindles a week … Continue reading →

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Nazi-Occupied Childhood Inspires Tales of Humor and Mysticism—Now Available as E-Books!

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Evan O'Connor

Ingeborg Lauterstein survived a tumultuous childhood in Nazi-occupied Vienna, Austria during World War II. She watched the world around her crumble, and lived to tell the tale: some 40 years later, her life and her volatile homeland formed the basis … Continue reading →

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Lending Library or Intellectual Property Heist?

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Evan O'Connor

With the first shipments of its e-reader tablet, the Kindle Fire, Amazon announced its new “Lending Library”—a free service available to “Prime” subscribers that allows them free access to more the 5,000 e-books. This $79.99/year membership also offers free 2-day … Continue reading →

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Your book is printed and bound, while you wait—Worldwide

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Evan O'Connor

The Espresso (or Electronic) Book Machine (EBM), a creation of On Demand Books, is designed for the efficient and worldwide distribution of Print-On-Demand (POD) books. The first EBM was installed and demonstrated in June 2007 at the New York Public … Continue reading →

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