Mr. Grave received an email from the folks at Google Editions which stated:
"Our team is working hard on preparations for the upcoming launch of Google Editions, allowing Google Books Partners to sell digital access to their content with Google.
As part of this work, we’re happy to announce that it is now possible to submit ePub files through your Google Books Partner Program account. ePub is an open-standard file format for digital books. ePub files are not required for Google Editions, but they allow us to offer a reflowable text experience for users on mobile phones or other devices with small screens.
We encourage you to submit your ePub files by August 6 so we can work to make them available at the public launch later this year. Simply follow the steps outlined here to submit them: https://books.google.com/support/partner/bin/answer.py?answer=170425 . "
There are a few other items in the email but a few cautionary bits we've thought about here if you're thinking about using this service. First, there is a DRM (digital rights management) system Google Editions has for its titles. Secondly, the Google Editions options page has a yes/no setting for "Allow buyers to copy/paste and print without restriction". No system is foolproof, but I would highly recommend using these functions unless you are planning on giving your title away for free. We bring this up, because the option is not very easily seen and the defaults on both were set to "On" for our titles. Finally, thanks Google for giving us a week deadline for submissions when you can't give us a firm launch date.....
There was also a section about PDFs in the email we'll get to in tomorrow's blog posting. Stay tuned, I'm sure there will be more cautionary tales about Google Editions to come...
29 July 2010
Jean Victoria Norloch Releases Going Home to Heaven
Grave Distractions Publications is happy to announce Jean Victoria Norloch's second novel Going Home to Heaven has been released at Smashwords in various eBook formats. Traditional print and Kindle editions of Going Home to Heaven will be released soon.
Synopsis
During one of her many trips to the other side of the world, Feenx receives an email from Heaven and is offered a choice – Stay on Earth and continue to work with the man Feenx knows to be her past, present and future; or go home to Heaven. The reward is to learn from the spirits of truths that will help both her and her partner further their future work on Earth.
To go home to Heaven is to leave behind all those Feenx loves. The brave soul risks losing connection with not only them, but the woman she was. Keeping with her nature, Feenx takes the risk and accepts God’s offer. Embarking on a journey into the unknown, our heroine does not know how long she will be gone or if ever she will be allowed to return.
Completing her transition into her little slice of heaven, Feenx acquaints herself with the local inhabitants. Each is a person who has been given the same offer as herself. Joining forces with an old friend, a human fairy, a demon, and a couple old souls; Feenx engages in an exploration of the human condition as seen from the view of these new friends. Eventually, Feenx is approached by ancient spirits and agrees to be a tool with which they can communicate openly to those on Earth. Though some of what Feenx learns cannot be immediately reconciled as truths, she allows the ancients to continue their lessons. The light of the truth she has thus far faced are but a candle beside the burning sun of the challenges Feenx will face in the future. Feenx persists in her exploration of humanity, hoping she might share the slightest spark of that light upon returning to Earth. Feenx survives her brief trip to Heaven and returns to those she loves. Holding dear to the hope for the future, Feenx continues her work with a fresh outlook on the potential strength of the human spirit.
Going Home to Heaven is a unique exploration of the soul of humanity. Seen through the eyes of highly spirited and unique entities whose only desire is to help humans move past the "now". The goal being to being humanity into a new world of light, love and laughter.
15 July 2010
Dr. James T Baker Releses Peter Peacock Passes
Grave Distractions Publications is happy to announce that Dr. James T. Baker's latest novel Peter Peacock Passes has been released in various eBook formats. Peter Peacock Passes is the tale of a Texas youth in the 1960's who has to come to terms with his desire to become a minister and find a meaningful relationship. Follow Peter's misadventures as he learns to minister to his flock and the women he meets along the way. When one adds the needs of those Peter ministers to, the path to the straight and narrow becomes complicated. The secrets of those Peter ministers to are on par with his own. Will Peter Peacock navigate the shoals of mortality and pass his final exam?
Grave Distractions Publications has provided cover art, layout, eBook conversion, and marketing support for Peter Peacock Passes.
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