The official blog of CinnamonTeal Design and Publishing, and of The Dogears Bookshop.
Now This is a tutorial for all those who want to convert their ebook (eg. from .epub format to .mobi format ). I will be using the KindleGen software for the conversion This conversion is…
Okay, so you have purchased an e-book, paid for it and see it land in your inbox. What do you do next and how does one proceed to get the best out of this new…
-Percy Parry ‘The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book’. –Northrop Frye Considering that this statement was made with printed books in mind, will it still remain uncontested with the…
Over the years, there has been much debate on the appropriate format that eBooks should have. The eBook format a buyer of eBooks chooses will often depend on the reading device that buyer has, on whether…
We had discussed e-book pricing earlier and it seems like months later, there isn’t much clarity on how to price e-books, or having priced them, whether to offer a discount. I recently came across this infographic which…
The development of e-books in Indian languages is a road fraught with challenges. These challenges include the usage of appropriate fonts and the ability of the reading device to accurately render the text legible. After…
In a couple of months from now, we will be launching our own e-book development and distribution service via dogearsetc.com and cinnamonteal.in. While the technical aspects of this service are ready, a few loose ends…
As Indian publishers gradually take to eBooks, they will have to contend with the question of how these eBooks should be priced. In the mature markets of the West, there is still no consensus on…
We’ve just got back from the World Book Fair in Delhi. This time around we were more perceptive to the environment and learnt a few things during the 9 days we spent there. But more…
by K. Venkatesh How much have you shifted online? Do you pay your bills online? Has it got to do anything with eBooks? Probably yes and probably no. In 2001, Marc Prensky proposed the terms…