10 Questions to… Christopher Hoare

26. April 2013 von Vesela Bodurova in 10 Questions to... Kommentare 0

We are starting a new project on the blog. The goal of ’10 Questions to…’ is to present promising authors who have chosen to self-publish their books. Our first guest is Christopher Hoare, the author of Visiting Pemberly About Christopher Hoare I live with my wife, Shirley, and two shelter dogs, Coco and Emmie, in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies. As a lad I lived, breathed, and dreamed aeroplanes; I won a place at RAE Farnborough learning to engineer them. But the reality didn’t fit my dream, so I took off into a stint in the army and then away to ...

o2 With Separate eBook Section “Self-Publishers”

As one of the first points of contact for self-publishers we work daily on establishing self-publishing in Europe. We are excited about every step in that direction and we are glad to receive support from the eBook shops we work with. o2 has created a separate section called “self-publishing/self-publishers” – the eBooks distributed by XinXii are now exclusively available there. The titles are also listed in the general eBook catalogue of o2. The new category introduces o2 customers, who are interested in eBooks, to the topic “self-publishing”. As customers of a respected online shop they have the opportunity to discover exciting books and as ...

New Distribution Channel : o2 Customers Can Now Download Self-Published eBooks

Telefónica Germany operates a mobile phone network under the brand o2 – the company is the fourth largest mobile network operator in Germany in terms of subscribers. o2 customers have access to numerous download options suitable for mobile phones – music, games as well as eBooks. o2 Apps and Entertainment online: http://www.o2online.de/more/mobile-services/apps-entertainment/ ...

News From the XinXii Distribution Team

We would like to welcome Matthias as a new member of our distribution team. Matthias has studied Applied Literary Studies in Bochum and has been involved in the production of eBooks for several years. He is interested in all forms of cultural work, especially literature, photography and theater. He would support us in dealing with the enormous number of eBooks which need to be converted and delivered. This issue would be resolved in the next weeks, so the submissions can be processed in 1-2 days as usual. At the moment we need more than 14 days to deliver the eBooks ...

XinXii Enters the Russian Market

Berlin, 03.12.2012 –XinXii, a leading self-publishing and distribution platform of eBooks, continues its expansion and officially launches its Russian version today. Thus the company answers the needs of all Russian-speaking authors who have previously used the self-publishing platform in English. XinXii is the first platform of its kind on the Russian market. „Russia is a very interesting market for self-publishing due to its culture and size“, says Dr. Andrea Schober, founder and CEO of XinXii. „The potential lies not just in the fact that we offer indie authors and self-publishers in Russia an unprecedented access to new opportunities and leading international ...

All in one with XinXii

XinXii was founded in 2008 with the aim to empower writers and provide them with the opportunity to publish their works of art instantly. At XinXii, we believe that artists should not be confined to limits. That’s why we created a fair platform for indie authors and publishers – authors are the ones who fix the price and decide on the format and layout of the eBook. You can have it all! XinXii is the German pioneer in self-publishing. In addition to being Europe’s leading digital self-publishing and distribution-platform, XinXii distributes to international retailers. A single XinXii account gives indie ...

iBookstore Reaches Latin America: XinXii Distributes to 18 Additional Countries

At the iPad Mini launch event, Apple officially announced the fantastic news: the iBookstore expands to Latin America and New Zealand. This is not only exciting for the readers who live there but also for all self-publishers. We bring our eBooks to the shelves of 18 additional iBookstores: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela. All indie authors, who would like to distribute their eBooks to the iBookstore through XinXii, would have their titles distributed to all iBookstores. All eBooks, which have already been distributed through us, ...

Amazon Goes to India: Great Chance For English eBooks

For those who want to explore new markets, there is a great opportunity to do so – India. Amazon announced the launch of its Kindle store in India. XinXii distributes eBooks to the India Kindle store Authors who distribute their eBooks to Amazon through XinXii would automatically have their titles available on the India Kindle store. The price and the required data remain identical to the ones of Amazon.com. With population of more than 1.2 billion people, India is the second biggest English speaking community in the world with more than 125 million English speaking people – a great potential ...

XinXii Remains DRM-Free Zone

You have bought an eBook and would like to read it on a device of your choice? Attention: not all eBooks could be used on all reading devices! The trap is called “DRM”. Most of the publishers and providers tried to use this protection in order to prevent unauthorized distribution of the eBooks, thus causing anger among the readers – so they have been increasingly taking a stand against it. Among the opponents are the science fiction publishing house Tor Books, the fiction publishers Carl Hanser, Gmeiner and Bastei Lübbe and the non-fiction publisher O’Reilly. We have also decided to ...

Spain Raises eBook Value Added Tax (VAT) to 21%

No good news for the eBook market: A new tax rate for eBooks enters into force on the 1st of September 2012 in Spain; as a result of the economic crisis it would be raised from 18% to 21%. The increase does not only affect eBooks, but also all goods that do not benefit from a reduced tax rate (in other words printed books maintain a VAT of 4%). XinXii authors who distribute their eBooks on Casa del Libro (www.casadellibro.com) through us would not be affected by the changes, since 3% would be taken from us. We hope that the ...

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