Guides
Timeless explanations, updated for current conditions, with the date each guide was last checked.
What the common ebook file types are, why MOBI has faded, how DRM affects where you can read a book, what EPUB Accessibility 1.1 means, and how to choose the right file when an author or store offers several.
Got a free EPUB from an author's website? This guide shows how to put it on a NOOK eReader over USB or into the NOOK app, with short equivalents for Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books and Google Play Books and fixes for the usual problems.
Small presses publish a great deal of good fiction, and some of them close. This guide covers what to check before you submit or sign: how royalties are calculated, out-of-print and reversion clauses, fees that signal a vanity operation, closure risk, and where to get a contract reviewed.
A guide to the amateur-sleuth mystery and its neighbours: how cozies, traditional mysteries and police procedurals differ, the Golden Age fair-play conventions, why small towns and series matter, and the role of Malice Domestic, the Agatha Awards, Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America.
Everything a new book club needs to decide, from how many members to invite and how to choose titles, to borrowing library kits, meeting online, keeping discussion balanced, and including members who read in large print, audio or braille.