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Connecting the dots . . .The DPPstore opens a new chapter in eReading with the dotReader

The DPPstore and OSoft debut a revolutionary new eReading system that allows readers to engage with books in previously unimagined ways.

Palm Springs, CA (PRWeb via PR Web Direct) November 29 - DigitalPulp Publishing and OSoft introduce the dotReader (eBook software) and compatible eBooks. Both are now available in the DPPstore.

The DPPstore is the first eCommerce site to support the dotReader with commercial titles now available. Additional titles will be released over the next month.

The dotReader is an open source eBook program designed to run on multiple platforms including Windows, Windows CE, Macs, and Linux and can be used on most desktops, laptops and PDAs. Smartphone capability is planned for early next year.

The dotReader enhances the eBook reading experience in many ways by allowing users to:

SEARCH – not just single books – but every document in your whole library. Finally, multi-book searching.
SHARE – each book in dotReader is its own community, giving readers the opportunity to participate in a dialogue.
SECURE - state of the art, scalable, user-friendly Digital Rights Management (DRM) protects intellectual property without intruding on the reading experience.
UPDATE - keep your book current with automatic updates & timely information!

The dotReader is a multi-function eReader created by OSoft and named after Dorothy Thompson. The dotReader honors the memory of this legendary foreign correspondent through its powerful embedded annotation and collaboration tools.

“The dotReader is amazing!” says Pamela Turner, Digital Publishing industry consultant. “It offers advanced options for users and content creators, yet is simple and intuitive for the most inexperienced readers.”

“The DPPstore motto is ‘independent authors and presses for independent readers and thinkers’,” says DigitalPulp Publishing CEO Genene Miller Coté. “The dotReader promotes freedom and creativity in reading and thinking.”

The DPPstore, a division of DigitalPulp Publishing, offers the best in eBooks from new authors and independent presses. eBooks are offered in multiple formats allowing readers the greatest choice of reading devices. The DPPstore – reinventing reading.

OSoft is headquartered outside of Tacoma, Washington. OSoft's vision is to create a documentation standard through which publishers, authors, potential authors, and readers can share, collaborate, and exchange information in one common format. Contact: Mark Carey (253) 848-4758.

Give eThanks

The last marketing tip I posted I suggested making the "e-List". This week, my suggestion is to take the e-List you have now and send out a message of thanks, blessings and/or gratitude…or simply send out good wishes for a happy Thanksgiving.

Keeping in touch and sending out good vibes, good karma – or whatever you want to name it – is a great way to go, whether it be to your family and friends, business associates, acquaintances or networking contacts. It keeps your name out there, it keeps positive channels open and sending out good thoughts manifests goodness for you and your well-being.

Sound a bit airy-fairy? A bit granola-esque? Well, okay: maybe. But truth is – it works.
The more gratitude we have (and express) to and for the people and things we already have, the better off we feel. The better we feel, the better we do. The better we are, the more people we attract. The more people we attract, the longer our e-List grows. And so it is.

So, go on – send out those messages. And then have yourself a terrific Thanksgiving!

Published Just This Week!

Beach Shadows by January Keck
ISBN: 978-1-933746-13-0
Published by PulpBytes, 2006
Price: $8.49


Available for purchase and downloading at the DPPstore.



Beach Shadows is a powerful and intense collection of stories, as full of life as the author, herself. If you want to be moved, if you are a thinker, here's your book. These life depictions resonate with love, hope and everything in between. Each one, a rare gem with a different sparkle.

You Are Your Own Best Marketing Rep!

Making the e-List

We all want to make the “A” List…or at least we want our books to. But to make the “A” List, one of the things we need to do first and foremost is make the e-List. Literally. We have to create one – build one.

“To build a fan base you must build a mailing list,” says Lee Silber, author of Self-Promotion for the Creative Person. And if you are promoting an eBook the best way to get the word out is through email (heck, these days, even if you’re writing a traditional print book, the fastest, least expensive and far-reaching promotion is through email).

How do you make the list, you ask? Well, in the words of Maria in the musical The Sound of Music: “let’s start at the very beginning - a very good place to start”: Begin with what you have - who’s in your email address book right now…Probably friends, family and co-workers. If there’s more – great! That’s the beginning of your “fan base”.

To move on and continue building on what you already have – that’s where the footwork comes in. If you feel at a loss as to how to do this, here are some ideas:

~ Make a list of other people you know whose emails you do not have. Call them up or write them a snail mail letter and ask them for their email address. When you receive their email address, add it to your list.
~ Whenever you meet someone who might be interested in what you’re doing (your book/its subject matter, you as a writer) ask them for their email address. Tell them you’ll keep them posted on the book, upcoming books and any events and updates that are related to you and your book. Add their email address to your list.
~ Encourage the people who are already on your email list to send you email addresses of people they know who might be interested in you and your book. Put those email addresses you receive on your list.
~Research. Check out blogs and websites for writers, readers, publishers, agents, media, etc. and copy their email addresses onto your list.
~If you do any kind of promotional event, make sure you take a guest book or create a guest sign-in sheet and ask for email addresses. All the addresses you collect should go on your list.

Why make the e-List?

Email is the quickest, least expensive and easiest way to reach the largest amount of people possible. The more people you have on your list, the greater advantage you have of garnering interest and support for you and your book(s).

~ You can keep people informed about what you are doing
~ Keep your name/book(s) in the “public” eye
~ Get your name, book, info. out there through word-of-mouth (or by word-of-email, as the case may be)

With email you can send:

~ Announcements
~ Updates
~ Invites
~ Newsletters/eZines
~ Quotes/bon mots/thoughts/questions

These are things that cost next to little or nothing to do. They simply require a little bit of time, a dash of creativity and tenacity.

So get going on making your e-List so that you and your book can make the “A” List!