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Know Thy Form: eReaders, eBooks and Apps Made Easy

August 16, 2013 in SCBWI-LA, Video Tutorials, Digital Publishing

Here's the thing: We authors and illustrators are what we read. Right?

I mean, you wouldn't try to write a picture book without first reading a ton of them and studying the form, would you?

Likewise, you wouldn't set off to write a piece of middle grade fiction without first knowing that genre.

Yet, many of the people who contact me for advice on how to create and publish eBooks and Apps don't actually own a device upon which to read their desired future publication.

My advice to them: Know thy Form.

If you wish to produce digitally, you need to obtain and study digital content first. For each story demands its own form or forms. And each form offers its own unique way of telling, and receiving, stories.

Digital formats are not simply recreations of traditional publishing formats. At least they shouldn't be. So knowing the potential of each of today's publishing options is the only way to know what you like and what you don't; what elements you simply must include in your future enhanced book or app; and what features you and your story can live without.

Most of us, however, are flummoxed as to how to begin. I know I once was. And the way forward seems always to be changing.

So I made this video for you: to demystify the process of obtaining eBooks and Apps, and to help you decide what is the best eReader for your purposes given your personal publishing goals.

I hope you find it helpful. If you do, please feel free to pass it on.

And if you have any questions or wish to share a comment, by all means, fire away!

This video premiered during my Intensive Workshop on Writing and Submitting Interactive Apps and eBooks with Julie Hedlund at the SCBWI 2013 Conference in Los Angeles.

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THE FIRST SOLUTION: Tales of Humanity and Heroism from Trump’s Manufactured Border Crisis

By Sarah Towle

CONTENTS PUBLISHED TO DATE:

Featured
Oct 29, 2020
The Seven Deadly Sins of Trump & Co's Immigration Agenda
Oct 29, 2020
Oct 29, 2020
Apr 19, 2020
CHAPTER SIX
Apr 19, 2020
Apr 19, 2020
Apr 15, 2020
CHAPTER FIVE: Free Them! How One Man with a Bold Sign and a Commitment to Witness Fought the Power
Apr 15, 2020
Apr 15, 2020
Mar 30, 2020
CHAPTER FOUR: An Epiphany of Epiphanies
Mar 30, 2020
Mar 30, 2020
Mar 25, 2020
CHAPTER THREE: In the Era of Trump & Co, Flying the Tattered Flag of American Values is a Full Time Job
Mar 25, 2020
Mar 25, 2020
Mar 20, 2020
CHAPTER TWO: When Aunties and Grannies Turn Into Activists for Dignity and Justice...
Mar 20, 2020
Mar 20, 2020
Mar 15, 2020
CHAPTER ONE: A 2000-mile-long Humanitarian Crisis
Mar 15, 2020
Mar 15, 2020
Mar 10, 2020
An Unlikely Witness to Trump's Kangaroo Court
Mar 10, 2020
Mar 10, 2020
Mar 8, 2020
THE FIRST SOLUTION: Tales of Humanity and Heroism from Trump’s Manufactured Border Crisis
Mar 8, 2020
Mar 8, 2020
Apr 28, 2019
Where Trump & Co’s Lies Crash Into Reality, First-Responders Combat Corruption with Compassion
Apr 28, 2019
Apr 28, 2019