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Saturday
May252013

Saturday Deep Dive: Merging Multiple Scans

This is the kind of post that the Saturday Deep Dive was made for. In 2010, I posted a tip that I use constantly. It solves the issue of a scan bed that is too small or the art you've created. It's a quick, accurate, simle way to scan an art in two pieces and then reasemble them digitally. This is how to merge multiple scans.

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Friday
May242013

Friday Archive Dive: Installing Google AdSense

Today's Archive Dive takes us to May 9, 2012, when I posted a step-by-step tutorial on installing Google AdSense.

Here's a down-and-dirty step-by-step on installing AdSense.

After you've created an AdSense account, you'll log in to see a dashboard that looks something like this:

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Thursday
May232013

Banner Ad Hot Seat: Galaxion and Love is in the Blood

This is the first of a series of Hot Seat critiques of banner ads. These will take the same format of all of the Hot Seat critiques. I will kick off the discussion with some of my thoughts and then open the conversation up to the members.

Please check out this post about banner advertising to get an idea of my personal philosophy on banner advertising.

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Wednesday
May222013

Kobo and the rise of the Independent Bookstore

As digital publishing continues to grow and mature, the landscape continues to change. Some former heavyweights are now non-contenders, and some sidelined perfromers are staging a comeback. Among the latter: The independent bookstore and the Kobo ereader. And, surprisingly, there's a link between the two.

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Tuesday
May212013

Ingram's "Spark" -- Book distribution for POD

Ingram Content Group, a major book distributor, recently announced a new platform to enable Print-On-Demand (POD) book publishers to distribute through Ingram. The announcement was made during a recent Independent Book Publishers of America (IBPA) keynote address. Spark goes live on May 28.

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