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Cindy Downes
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Publishing 101 - The Bas…
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Fate of Books
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Distribution Truths
38 members
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Children's Books
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Book Production
48 members
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Writing & Editing
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E-Books and Digital Prod…
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Online Marketing
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Book Marketing
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Cindy Downes's Discussions
Current Projects by Cindy Downes
Started Feb 11
Authonomy
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Jeanne Webster Feb 12.
Amazon-Macmillian and the price of e-books
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Jeanne Webster Feb 2.
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- First Name
- Cindy
- Last Name
- Downes
- About Me - Personally
- I'm a wife, mom, baby boomer and homeschool veteran. I enjoy reading, researching, organizing, writing, traveling by car, photography, nature trails, biking, cooking, and hanging out with my family and friends.
- About Me - Professionally
- I'm a freelance author and self-publisher with a journalism degree from OSU. I've self-published The Checklist (a scope and sequence for eclectic homeschoolers), Oklahoma History Online (an Oklahoma History online curriculum), and Oklahoma Scrapbook (an OK travel diary for kids and parents).
I have been published in Old Schoolhouse Magazine, iPhone Life magazine, and various other trade magazines.
I'm a Vine Reviewer for Amazon.com and an iPhone app reviewer for iPhone Life magazine. I also review books for my own Web sites and blogs and for other companies.
Latest Activity
I was amazed at Alice on the iPad (see my Alice review), but Jack and the Beanstalk proves that interactive books are only going to get better. Here’s why:
While Alice has exquisite graphics and fun animations, Jack and the Beanstalk has cute, kid-…
SEVEN STEPS TO CREATING AND MARKETING YOUR OWN E-BOOK © 2009 Cindy Downes
What do Dan Brown, Fern Michaels, T.D. Jakes, and Donald Trump have in common? The answer is — they’ve published E-books or digital versions of books. If authors like Brown a…
Hi Kimberly,
I self-publish using Quark and been using it since late 1990s. It is expensive and I've tried to change to InDesign, but I'm so used to Quark I can't seem to make the change. I love Quark. But it is very difficult to learn. However, no…
The POD model sounds great. I'm interested in trying it, but I, too, have heard bad things about the quality. How can we see for ourselves what the quality is?
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Interactivity - the future of books?
Posted on April 23, 2010 at 5:52am —
Seven Steps to Creating and Marketing Your Own E-book
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Comment Wall (11 comments)
- At 10:39am on March 23, 2010,
Steven Kern said… - Hi Cindy,
I saw your post on Distribution Truths and wanted to see if I could be of help:
"Has anyone used Books on Demand with Amazon.com? How does the book look? Have your used the Expanded Distribution Services? Any tips for someone looking to distribute a self-published book through Amazon? "
I work in direct mail and fulfillment and we can actually store, inventory, pack and ship orders to Amazon for you, we do it for our current clients on a regular basis. I would be more than happy to answer any questions you may have or help in any way that I can when it comes to dirstributing your books to Amazon.
Feel free to email me or write me back with any questions you may have and I will gladly help in any way I can.
Steven Kern
steven@dwmailllc.com
- At 9:26pm on February 26, 2010,
Melanie Walsh said… - Cindy, you may be interested in the Association of Independent Authors (AiA)
www.independent-authors.org
For the month of February, what's left of it, first year membership is complimentary. Use Promo Code: COMP if you're interested in trialling it for a year.
Regards
Melanie
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- At 2:08pm on February 26, 2010,
Laurie Monopoli said… - Hi Cindy,
Super to hear from you! You can learn more about The Learning Station and our award-winning interactive children's music at www.LearningStationMusic.com. Also you can learn more about the much-loved song, Tony Chestnut, that inspired, The Book About Tony Chestnut, at www.TonyChestnut.com.
- At 2:29pm on February 11, 2010,
bradley flora said… - Hi Cindy!
I am just dropping you a quick note in regard to your comment on the SPAN Support blog post, "Member Showcase" . I'd like to encourage you to repost your comment into our forum, here:
http://www.spannet.org/forum/categories/member-showcase/listForCategory
In the long run, posting in the forum will allow for a much more extended period of visibility for your publishing products.
Let me know if you have any questions about this or anything else.
Thanks for all your energy and support, and hope you're having a great day!
Sincerely,
bradley flora
SPANnet.org
- At 6:28pm on February 2, 2010,
Jeanne Webster said… - Well I think self publishers all wonder about that from time to time. I know I would like nothing better than to write and let someone else handle my marketing and distribution, but my name isnt King or Brown and I know the amount of publicity given to me would be almost nil...seem they dont market much...more a case of "let's see if the baby lives before we feed it.
I have always heard...before the e book crisis and readers, that if you can secure a house, go with them..but that was yesterday. I dont know, but I know you will get a much smaller cut with a publisher.
- At 6:43am on January 29, 2010,
Jennifer A. Miskov said… - Some of them are posted here...
http://asleepinthedaylight.blogspot.com/
Have a great weekend!
- At 5:28am on January 29, 2010,
Jennifer A. Miskov said…
- Hi Cindy,
Maybe she'll just do it and I'll see her here! Thanks for the comment and I noticed your living "Broken Arrow." That could be a book in it's own right! I just joined this site. How have you found it so far?
Have a good one,
Jen
silvertogold.com
- At 7:05am on January 23, 2010,
Helen Gallagher said…
- Hi Cindy,
Our work and interests are almost identical, except for your roles as wife and mom! .... not minor roles, so your accomplishments are all the more distinguished.
Helen Gallagher
- At 9:49am on January 16, 2010,
Joan West said… - Thanks for the invitation, Cindy. Your photographs are excellent, very moving.
Joan
- At 5:28pm on January 15, 2010,
Scott Flora, Executive Director said… - Cindy,
Thanks for your comment on my photos. Now that the site has launched I will put a few more up.
Scott
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