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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Glenn Llopis Launches Free eBook to Help Employees Save Their Career and Corporations Save Their Business

Irvine, CA (PRWEB) June 20, 2011

Glenn Llopis, who is widely known for his provocative, authoritative viewpoints on workplace issues, Hispanics in America and his immigrant perspective on business leadership has released a new ebook to help employees save their career and corporations save their business. The ebook, "Why Personal Employee Brands Will Save Your Career and Your Workplace" is available for free (for a limited time) at his company’s website. According to Llopis, “my objective is to help people realize that in today’s uncertain economy, we can’t wait for others to help solve our own career problems. We must change our mindset, approach and attitude; and begin to assume the responsibility of ourselves as an ‘employee brand.’ We can no longer view our employers as providers, but rather as enablers of opportunity.”

In a world of temporary employment, the traditional promise of long-term security by employers has vanished. As work life becomes more mobile, increasingly people need to have a clear ‘employee brand’ to carry them from one temporary employment situation to the next. Failure to do so will leave people vulnerable, rather than in charge of their own career. Employee brands become paramount if people are to remain relevant in their work and throughout their career. “I strongly believe that people in the workplace must learn to manage their own ‘employee brand’ or someone else will," Llopis continues. “Isn’t this how people became unemployment victims of the recession? People now must learn how to more creatively take control of their careers by learning how to package their natural skill-sets and capabilities to become more noticeable. This approach not only helps them but their employers perform at their highest levels.”

Llopis’ goal is aimed to help people better position themselves for new and sustainable employment while offering employers new ways to maximize the talent pool and career succession efforts of their workforce. “I believe that by offering the eBook for free it will help accelerate its forward thinking message and cultivate a fresh new attitude about how people can contribute to the workplace in more purposeful and meaningful ways,” Llopis concludes.

About Glenn Llopis Group (GLG):
GLG’s mission is to create a global workplace that will give employees new purpose, put a premium on innovation, and maintain ethical leadership. GLG helps leaders become more innovative, relevant and purposeful in the new economy.

GLG works with leaders to develop their authentic whole selves in how they think, act and innovate. The uncertainty of the post-2008 economy has demanded more from the leaders of America's corporations, in a business world that is more mobile, more transient, more flexible, and more diverse than ever before.

GLG is about helping leaders find their voice and discover their authentic impact and influence. GLG keynote, training, consulting and coaching programs are inspired by Mr. Llopis’ immigrant perspective on business leadership and the Opportunity Mastery Skills as featured in his book, "Earning Serendipity — 4 Skills for Creating and Sustaining Good Fortune in Your Work"; his Immigrant Perspective Blog on Forbes.com and his eBooks, "Why Personal Employee Branding Will Save Your Career and Your Workplace" and "The Six Reasons Why Hispanic Leadership Will Save America's Corporations." You can learn more at http://www.GlennLlopisGroup.com.

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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Google Launches eBook Affiliate Program

Google is offering website publishers another way to earn revenue through the official launch of its ebooks affiliate program. Affiliates can link to Google eBooks on their websites and earn a commission for referring sales to the Google eBookstore.

Google began testing the program in December with Goodreads, a social reading site. Beginning June 17, any site can apply for the program and become part of the Google Affiliate Network and can opt to use the Google Books APIs.

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Thursday, July 7, 2011

Updated: Google Launches Ebook Affiliate Program; Rate Higher Than Amazon's

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Google (NSDQ:GOOG - News) has launched a program that allows website owners to earn commissions for referring sales to the Google eBookstore, Google Books product manager Pratip Banerji announced on the company’s blog today.

Google had previously tested the program with social reading site Goodreads and is now rolling it out to bloggers, authors, and anybody else with a website.

Becoming a Google E-books affiliate is a three-step process. Users have to sign up for a Google AdSense account and be approved, then join the Google Affiliate Network program and be approved, and then sign up as an e-book affiliate.

The E-book Affiliate Branding Guidelines are here (PDF). For instance, affiliates have to use the official Google E-books favicon (that’s it illustrating this post) whenever they mention Google e-books.

Update: Google E-Books referral fees range from 6-10% of a book’s selling price, depending on the volume of books sold through affiliate referral. The fees are based on purchases made by users directed to Google E-Books, independent of whether the referral goes directly to a book or to the front page of the Google eBookstore.

Amazon (NSDQ:AMZN - News) already has an affiliate program called Amazon Associates. Its fees vary based on volume and range from 4 to 8.5 percent for books and Kindle books, products, and accessories.

Google launched its eBookstore in December 2010 as part of its Google Books initiative. It’s currently partnered with 7,000 active U.S. publishers and over 250 retailers (mainly independent bookstores) selling Google eBooks from their stores and websites. As we noted last month, it is not yet a major player in the e-book market.

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Sunday, June 26, 2011

Tyndale House Launches eBook Publishing Initiative

“The audience for ebooks continues to explode. We’ve watched it grow exponentially,” says Jan Stob, senior fiction acquisitions editor for Tyndale House Publishers, based in Carol Stream, Ill. “It has grown across the board but primarily in fiction. When we look at our top 10 best-selling fiction titles, ebooks have begun to appear on that list, which wasn’t true a year or so ago.”

With Digital First, Tyndale will be able to publish more authors.

“There are a limited amount of physical slots in a warehouse to house books – digital is limitless. We can focus on quality without the confines of quantity. [The ebook format] allows us to be much more agile regarding trends,” says Stob. “A print book can take six to 12 months from finished manuscript to publication, while digital can be much more immediate.”

This isn’t Tyndale’s first foray into electronic publishing, as the house has already converted most of its backlist into ebooks and currently is working on converting its front list. Digital First titles will have the same logo and be sold the same as its other ebook titles. Digital First authors also could see their ebooks become a printed edition if a pre-determined benchmark in sales is reached.

An Ebook Tale
For the authors, electronic books offer certain advantages over print books. “It gives authors the advantage of being first to press. If an author is writing about a hot topic or trend, chances are someone might write on the same topic and launch their title first. Digital is much more agile,” explains Stob. Like us on Facebook

Retail bookstores decide on new inventory based on the author’s previous sales, but ebook authors have the “opportunity to build their readership in digital before they debut in print. Digital is more forgiving that way,” says Stob.

Author Michael Berrier, whose Cash Burn will be released in July by Digital First, says he wanted to write ebooks “because ebooks are becoming the dominant medium of the printed word, and it’s happening fast. … Consumers are demanding access to text electronically for its convenience, speed, and cost-efficiency.”

He predicts more publishers will follow Tyndale’s lead and develop their own line of exclusive ebook titles “because even if the consumer demand for ebooks weren’t the driver, the lower production and distribution costs create an opportunity for publishers to provide more product to their followers in a less risky manner and much more quickly.”

“E-readers are growing in popularity, e-book sales are soaring, and e-publishing appears to be the wave of the future,” says Diana Prusik, author of Delivery, another Digital First title. “I am reminded of a scene in Frank Capra’s classic film ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ where Sam Wainwright offers George Bailey an opportunity to invest in the ground floor of plastics, a venture that soon exceeds even Sam's expectations. I believe e-publishing is heading for similar wild success.”

While e-readers are changing publishing models, Berrier and Prusik say writing ebooks will not be different from writing print books.

“This hasn't changed the way I write, because one thing can't change whether the distribution method is electronic or paper: quality writing about realistic characters struggling against powerful forces will always be the fundamentals of an author's work,” says Berrier, who owns a Kindle. “That can’t change, and it will be what separates the wheat from the chaff in the huge threshing floor that's becoming the ebook marketplace.”

The Ebook Revolution
Sales of fiction ebooks in particular have exploded recently, and Tyndale House plans to be at the forefront of that wave of interest.

“We have invested in an in-house staff that converts files to allow for quality control, and we work hard to stay on the bleeding edge of digital technology by closely studying the trends and marketing opportunities available. As the digital age continues to explode, we’re committed to investing in digital expertise,” says Stob.

Digital First’s initial ebooks include Delivery, Cash Burn, Stealing Jake by Pam Hillman, The Reinvention of Leona Harper by Lynne Gentry and 40 Days without Food: Divine Goodness to a Starving Soul by Russ Masterson. The ebooks will be priced at full retail. Tyndale will promote its Digital First titles similarly to its other ebooks, which is mainly through reviews and online marketing.

“The shelf life on an ebook is endless, whereas a print book often has a shelf life of a couple of years,” says Stob. Tyndale might release more Digital First ebooks in 2011 and will track sales trends to determine 2012 releases.


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Monday, June 20, 2011

LibreDigital Launches Self-Service Ebook Distribution Portal

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June 2, 2011 — In addition to this week's NewsBreak(s), the editors have compiled the Weekly News Digest, featuring stories from the week just past that you should know about. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today.

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LibreDigital Launches Self-Service Ebook Distribution Portal

LibreDigital, a solutions provider for digital books, newspapers, and magazines, announced that it has launched a new self-service distribution portal for small to medium sized publishers. The portal allows publishers with any kind of file to submit their ebooks for distribution on the Apple iBookstore and other marketplaces.

LibreDigital provides a wide range of digital publishing services to seven of the top 10 U.S. trade publishers. These services include distribution to ebook marketplaces, marketing and discovery tools, managed conversion services, and sales reporting and analytics through LibreDigital Business Intelligence. The new portal allows small to medium publishers to sign up online for distribution and conversion services online and achieve the quality levels that are necessary to gain distribution to more than 50 global marketplaces. Distribution services are provided on a revenue share and file conversion services can be charged to the publisher’s credit card based on the costs of converting from the original source.


LibreDigital is one of four approved aggregators for the Apple iBookstore in North America and the only one who can provide all of the services Apple tracks in its aggregator program. LibreDigital has also delivered a number of titles to Apple as enhanced ebook and fixed-format ebooks, helping to deliver the next generation ebook experience on the iPad. The new portal will open up these capabilities to small and medium sized publishers as well.


Source: LibreDigital


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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Ebook Start-up 24PageBooks Inc. Launches With Funding From Kima Ventures

Rochester, NY (PRWEB) May 19, 2011

With a sea change taking place in the world of traditional book publishing and ebook sales surpassing those of conventional print paperbacks, 24PageBooks inc. is launching it’s line of highly concentrated non-fiction ebooks. Targeted at busy people with limited time and a need for easily digested, high value information, 24PageBooks cover subjects that once required hours of reading in a new “instant expertise” format.

“We realized that the conventional trade format of 200 pages really only existed because of shelving requirements in brick and mortar bookstores. With ebooks, this becomes a non-issue. So we decided to see if we could duplicate the information found in a long form how-to book in a 6000 word digital format. And the answer was yes- we could and have with our first five titles. And the business model is proving to be highly scalable, with titles in the works on parenting issues, lifestyle design, business, entrepreneurship, skills development and more. Because of the economies of digital- easy access to distribution via Amazon, iBooks and Nook, no printing inventory or shipping costs and our concise format- our books can cover extremely niche subjects.” says Martin Edic, CEO of 24PageBooks.

24PageBooks raised a round of seed funding with Kima Ventures of Paris, France in January. This capital is being utilized to build a list of 30-40 titles in our first year, all under the 24PageBooks brand. We are currently working with a stable of subject-matter experts on a variety of projects. The challenges of ebook publishing are similar to those of conventional editorial processes in conventional print publishing in that quality and value are paramount. We are dedicated to being at the leading edge of the evolving ebook development curve. It is a very exciting time to be in the information publishing world.

Recent titles include:
????Learn To Sell, Fast????Learn To Market, Fast????Stop Dating and Start Meeting Interesting People????How To Expand Your Life????Power Networking

For information about 24PageBooks Inc. please contact Martin Edic.

About 24PageBooks Inc.
24PageBooks was founded in 2010 by Martin Edic and Michael Johnson as a new publisher of high value digital content in a concise ebook format. Our titles are approximately 6000 words in length, about one tenth that of a conventional how-to print title. They are available for Amazon Kindle, Apple iBooks and Barnes and Noble Nook. In January of 2011 we closed a seed round investment with Kima Ventures, an angel investing group based in Paris and Tel Aviv.

Web: http://www.24pagebooks.com
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Monday, June 13, 2011

McGraw-Hill Launches New eBook Platform Offering Patrons Unlimited Access to Content

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NEW YORK, May 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- McGraw-Hill Professional announces the launch of the McGraw-Hill eBook Library?, www.MHeBookLibrary.com, a state-of-the-art platform delivering unparalleled access to the publisher's premium content for institutions around the world. ?Responding to librarians' and patrons' evolving digital information needs, McGraw-Hill has taken the revolutionary step of providing unlimited concurrent usage to the digital library so patrons can access high-quality curated content from world-renowned authorities.


A powerful online resource, the McGraw-Hill eBook Library provides more than 1,000 titles in collections that are continuously updated with new eBooks. ?Users can access hundreds of thousands of pages of content from authors who are leaders in the areas of Engineering, Computing, Business, Medical, and Student Study Aides. ?This exceptional collection highlights the depth and breadth of McGraw-Hill's works, from business classics like Stocks for the Long Run and Juran's Quality Handbook to acclaimed First Aid? Medical test prep titles to the popular DemystifiedR and Schaum'sR College Outlines series. ?


"McGraw-Hill books and authors represent some of the greatest scholarship and thinking in their respective disciplines," says Philip Ruppel, president of McGraw-Hill Professional. "Our new platform gives us the ability to provide even greater access to these works for library patrons around the world."


Equipped with internal customer usage stats, the McGraw-Hill eBook Library allows librarians to monitor real-time usage to gauge actual demand of content and cater to the needs of the patrons/users/researchers. ?McGraw-Hill offers flexible subscription options which are the optimal model for librarians to get free monthly updates to the McGraw-Hill eBook Library's content and keep it constantly up-to-date.


The McGraw-Hill eBook Library At-A-Glance Facts:

Unlimited concurrent usage More than 300,000 pages of content1000+ titles in the areas of: Engineering ?ComputingAcademic Study Aids and test prepMedical and First Aid ?BusinessNew books added throughout the year at no additional cost to subscriber Flexible subscription options ranging from 1-4 years ?Program features Note taking feature Bookmarking Customer usage stats DRMPrinting

For more information about the McGraw-Hill eBook Library, including details about product demos, please visit www.MHeBookLibrary.com


About McGraw-Hill Professional


McGraw-Hill Professional is a leading global provider of print and electronic content and services for the medical, technical, and business communities. Its offerings include reference and certification books for all professional and educational disciplines and online solutions on medical and health, engineering, business, and scientific topics. For more information, visit http://www.mhprofessional.com/.


McGraw-Hill Professional is a unit of McGraw-Hill Education. McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE:MHP - News), is a leading innovator in the development of teaching and learning solutions for the 21st century. Through a comprehensive range of traditional and digital education content and tools, McGraw-Hill Education empowers and prepares professionals and students of all ages to connect, learn and succeed in the global economy. McGraw-Hill Education has offices in 33 countries and publishes in more than 65 languages. Additional information is available at http://www.mheducation.com.


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Thursday, March 24, 2011

The Diesel eBook Store Launches Their New and Improved Affiliate Program

Richmond, VA (PRWEB) March 14, 2011

The Diesel eBook Store (http://www.diesel-ebooks.com), one of the leading independent eBook stores, officially launched their new Affiliate Program featuring an intelligent ad generator and aggressive commission package. Affiliates earn 10% on each referral and get to keep the customer for a full 90 days. Most eBook programs only pay on the 1st sale and mandate that a referral cycle through the affiliate’s site again for a commission to be paid on a future sale. The Diesel program is unique in that it enables affiliates to “own” the customer for 90 days.

“Our new program provides an unprecedented opportunity for any site wanting to monetize their traffic with eBook sales. With a few clicks, an affiliate can now virtually have their own eBook store,” said Scott Redford, President and Founder of Diesel-eBooks.com.

In addition to a range of banners and textual links, Diesel features a state-of-the-art cover widget generator. Affiliates can generate topical or author specific galleries featuring one to 50 eBook covers. For example, a sewing website could feature their own eBook store focused entirely on sewing eBooks. Search tools enable affiliates to tailor their galleries by category, title or author.

The ability to open customer service tickets directly through the Affiliate program has also been added.

Affiliates receive additional value from the program through Diesel’s use of SEO safe affiliate links that go directly to category and display pages rather than a 3rd party affiliate system. Real time status reports are provided in order that affiliates can track their results and payments.

2011 is turning out to be an exciting year for this eBook retailer. In December 2010, Diesel-eBooks.com launched its new eBook retailing platform and is unique in the marketplace for their expanded categories and their ability to host customer created bundles. Their new site also boasts a suite of new features such as the “Deal of the Day”, social networking, video integration, access to over two million free eBooks via partnerships with Google and a new and improved search engine.

Along with their new Adobe Content Server (ACS4), Diesel-eBooks is now able to host, encrypt and fulfill eBook titles from their own servers. They recently signed direct deals with such publishers as Dorchester, E-Reads, Macmillan, O’Reilly and Smashwords, to name a few.

For more information and to join the Diesel-eBooks Affiliate Program, please go to:
http://www.diesel-ebooks.com/affiliates/

About the Diesel eBook Store
Launching in December 2004, Diesel-eBooks.com is one of the world’s largest independent eBook stores, offering over 2.4 million original eBook titles including hundreds of exclusive cyber bundles for deep discounts. Based in Richmond, Virginia, Diesel sells titles from hundreds of publishers including Harlequin, HarperCollins, John Wiley & Sons, Macmillan, McGraw-Hill, O’Reilly, Penguin, Random House, and Smashwords and in multiple formats including ePub, Microsoft Reader, Mobipocket, and Palm/eReader and PDF for all eBook devices and eReading hardware. Forty categories and 2,700 sub-categories mean customers find it faster at Diesel eBooks. http://www.diesel-ebooks.com

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