Tag Archives: publishing

Publishing an ebook (Part 2)

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Nigel Smith

Having got Flag Fen: a concise Archæoguide successfully published for Kindle (see Part 1) I wanted to get it published to other platforms as an epub file (and other formats). Not least, I wouldn’t be comfortable with Amazon having a monopoly … Continue reading →

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Publishing an ebook: a steep learning curve (Part 1)

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Nigel Smith

A couple of years ago Francis Pryor wrote an ebook, Flag Fen: a Concise Archæoguide, but recently the publisher decided his company was moving on to new projects and so the book became unavailable. As Francis is my brother-in-law I offered … Continue reading →

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How Would You Define Hephaestus Books’ Interesting ‘Paradigm’?

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Nigel Smith

I haven’t had an intemperate rant for quite a long time now, but I feel a series coming on, of which the first is: Whilst browsing through Amazon looking for books on a variety of subjects recently I have been … Continue reading →

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English Heritage Publishing

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Nigel Smith

I bought The English Buildings Book: an architectural guide by Philip Wilkinson and Peter Ashley (English Heritage 2006) in a cheap books shop in Horsham the other day for £6 instead of £35. This was presumably remaindered as part of … Continue reading →

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