Irish company Management Briefs has successfully negotiated a new publishing partnership with two Chinese companies as part of the Taoiseach led Enterprise Ireland Trade & Investment Mission to China. An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD was present during the formal signing of the contract. Managing Director Frank Scott-Lennon signed the contract which marks a collaboration between read more »
Wordlegs.com, an online journal for young Irish writers, has created two ebooks, wordlegs Presents: 30 Under 30 I and II. The ebooks were launched on the site on Monday 12th March 2012. The team at wordlegs.com editor, Elizabeth Reapy, and artistic director, Cathal Sherlock, say the ebooks represent an extension of the website and feature a collection read more »
As noted by John Bowman in a welcoming address for the inaugural Edward Carson Lecture at Iveagh House, Dublin last night (Thursday 29th March 2012), the period between 1911-23 went as quickly for those living them as 2000-12 has gone for us. Yet that same period was packed with momentous events and movements the like read more »
Harry Potter is available now for digital download (for purchase and at libraries), which means that we can expect further increase in digital-book sales. And young adult titles make up the strongest-selling category in books.
So what kind of book are you writing?
If you’re an entrepreneur… Read more 
In this newest installment about the personal libraries of TSTC Publishing staff, Publisher Mark Long shares his thoughts about reading, books, and related ephemera. Why are we reading if not in hope that the writer will magnify and dramatize our days, will illuminate and inspire us with wisdom, courage, and the possibility of meaningfulness, and [...]
How often do you comment on blog posts or leave a remark after having read an article? It should be often.
If you’re building a platform for your work in order to reach a growing audience and build a base of readership for your book, you should be… Read more 
The term E-book can mean a variety of different things in varied context; however the most basic reference would be that it is a source of information done in a digital file. This book gives you the tools to publish yourself.
The e-book can be a powerful tool as an adjunct to your business. Not only can your online platform, and future book, help you build and serve and audience, e-books can replace reams of paper given out at conferences and at seminar. They can even replace liner notes.… Read more 
The original impetus in creating the first edition of Taking Charge: Your Education, Your Career, Your Life in 2008 was to produce a college success guide that directly linked college success skills to both professional and personal development. That’s especially important with the increasing trend of community and technical college students entering the workforce upon graduation [...]
Take a stand against the dumbing-down of the world, and write clearly, concisely and truthfully.
You may be surprised to learn how many people don’t grasp basic facts about the world, but you shouldn’t pander to those who aren’t educated to your standards. As a writer, as someone with a… Read more 
New Island will launch Crossfire: The Battle of The Four Courts, 1916 on Wednesday 28th March at 6pm in the Distillery Building 145-151 Church Street. The book is the first of a new Series entitle 1916 In Focus and is written by Paul O’Brien. Blurb: The exciting military history of one of the toughest fights read more »
Here is a teaser of one of our new courses. It's called 'The Kindle Publishing System' and will be available soon in our members section.
You can find thousands of ebooks to read on Amazon for free. Here is a guide to show you how and a list of what's available.
We’re already a fourth of the way through 2012. Yes, already.
Have you been keeping up with your resolutions to write this year?
While the publishing industry continues to figure out what to do with the amazing rise and popularity of self-published e-books, let’s hope that you are ignoring the… Read more 
Amazon recently introduced its Kindle in France. Can a French (digital) revolution be far behind?
At a party in Paris the other night, the conversation turned away from politics for a while (thankfully) during this presidential election year on both sides of the Atlantic and toward books. In particular, e-books.… Read more 
If you’re writing a book, and especially if you’re building a platform for reaching an audience who will respond to your message and, later, your book, you should also consider yourself a storyteller.
Even if you’re not writing fiction.
We live for stories and, according to the… Read more 
Unless you’ve been in a coma lately, you realize how quickly the market for tablets such as the iPad has grown. Many think iPads and other tablets eventually will outsell traditional computers as people continue to want smaller and more user-friendly devices. Steve Jobs, before his death in October 2011, called this a “post-PC era” [...]
The first edition of new short story ejournal The South Circular will be published on 26 March 2012. The ejournal will be published online and in epub format for Android and iOS devices for just €3.00 and features four stories by emerging authors Eddie Stack, Eley Williams, Shane Hulgraine and Adrian Duncan. The cover jacket features the read more »
Do you buy more books than you can read? Then you probably put aside more books than you finish.
That also probably means that you’re the proud owner of an e-reader, whether it’s a Kindle, a Nook, a Sony or an iPad or any other digital e-reading device.
Because… Read more
Watch this great video to see how to view your Kindle material on your PC.
Ivin viljoen interviews Kerr Cuhulain on the process of Self=Publishing.
Here is a step by step, in-depth tutorial on getting published on the Amazon Kindle
Encyclopedia Britannica is not going to be available in physical form any longer, according to a news report. The physical edition is a casualty of the Internet age and of the power of Wikipedia.
Many of the comments about this announcement in The New York Times bemoan… Read more
Ivin Viljoen interviews Renee Gatz on the process of being self - published.