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Gorgeous, detailed outdoor maps in Fatmap

From: Travel User Guide

Topographic maps have always been able to show the highs and lows, paths and tracks, rivers and gorges of wilderness regions in great detail. Reading and understanding a topographic (printed and digital) takes some time because many things have to be displayed as symbols. Now, outdoor … Read >

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EpubCheck Development RFP

From: EPUBSecrets

This is another in our ongoing series of guest posts, this time from Rachel Comerford, co-chair of the EPUB 3 Community Group and a contributor to eprdctn. Her full bio is below.


What is EpubCheck?

The first question I ask anyone building an EPUB with or for me … Read >

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Bowdlerized

From: WritersDigest.com

 

 

Note: If you don’t care to read the history behind this prompt, skip to the end.

 

July 11 is Bowdler’s Day, which in equal parts honors and ridicules English physician and philanthropist Thomas Bowdler for his famed prudery. He is responsible for the publication of a book called … Read >

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Use Podcasts to Help You Earn a Living as an Author

From: Write Nonfiction NOW!

Books don’t make authors rich. Neither do book-related products and services—unless the writer consistently uses marketing strategies. In today’s guest post, Kathleen Gage (@KathleenGage), an internationally recognized Internet marketing advisor, shares information on her favorite marketing tool—podcasts.

In a perfect world, every author would … Read >