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Alongside a new PS4 Slim model, last week Sony also announced a new PS4 Pro model to be released in November for $399. One of the key features of this mid-cycle hardware upgrade is that this new console will offer 4K ultra high definition resolution, along with the expanded colorspace of the ultra high definition format that allows for native… Continue reading "PS4 Pro’s lack of 4K UHD disc support, no doubt, short-lived"
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Visibility. The biggest problem mobile games face in the current climate. Every game. Every publisher. The difference is that publishers like Supercell can buy their audience with excessive advertising, premier placement and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Most mobile developers do not have that luxury. Most developers have no exposure whatsoever. Publishers like Supercell can buy their audience If you have only one,… Continue reading "More mobile games you should check out"
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The mobile games space is tricky. Long gone are the days when mobile developers were able to work directly with carriers, get their games placed straight on phone decks and charge upwards of $5 for a game. Things like free-to-play, micro-transactions or ad-support did not exist in those days. Every game was a Premium title and once you managed to… Continue reading "10 Overlooked Mobile Games You Should Check Out"
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As I am writing this, “Zen of eBook Marketing” has just hit the #1 position in the paid “Direct Marketing” category on Amazon. After making #1 in the free “Direct Marketing” and the “Reference Book” category during the book’s launch, to now see it hit bestseller status in a paid category is very cool. It is also #2 in another… Continue reading "“Zen of eBook Marketing” hits #1 bestseller status!"
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The self-publishing process has matured significantly over the past eight years since I started, around the time when the Kindle first made an appearance. Information on the subject matter is more abundant and more readily available than ever while the tools to create books have also improved and become more widely available. However, as I prepared the launch of my… Continue reading "Could Amazon do better with the Kindle?"
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After months of toiling over the book, %%% % % % and after many weeks of editing, tweaking, correcting and expanding it, “Zen of eBook Marketing” is finally here for the entire world to see! Within less than 24 hours, the book already made it to #1 of the Top 100 bestsellers in its “Direct Marketing” category. And best of… Continue reading "Zen of eBook Marketing is here!"
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For the past weeks, I’ve been slaving over the upcoming release of my book “Zen of eBook Formatting.” With the help of my beta-readers and friends, I’ve been able to clean up the book, tighten it up a good bit and rewrite a bunch of odd passages. It took much longer than I had anticipated, but I think it was… Continue reading "“Zen of eBook Promotion” has a release date"
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Many of you are undoubtedly familiar with my book Zen of eBook Formatting, %%% % % % a detailed, %%% % % % step-by-setup guide to building robust eBooks that will work on all platforms. After some deliberation, I’ve decided to write another “Zen” book, this time taking a look at the marketing and promotion end of book publishing in… Continue reading "“Zen of eBook Marketing” coming soon!"
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Those of you familiar with my book “The Doctor, %%% % % % ” or “Dr. Prometheus” as it was previously called, may already know the answer to it, but here’s a little background on my writing of the Jason Dark series. When I first set out to write the series one of the things I really wanted to include were… Continue reading "What do Alice Cooper and “The Doctor” have in common?"
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The best books usually read very naturally, with a rhythm that flows easily and almost reads itself, using language that perfectly suits the premise and characters. How many times have you stopped and thought about how it got to that point? Well, one answer is that these writers have a talent and the perfect concoction of words just flows from… Continue reading "Writing and Polishing: Bringing sentences to life"
