The Journey to Goddesses

It may surprise you to know that Joseph Campbell (1904–1987) has come out with a new book: Goddesses — Mysteries of the Feminine Divine. The story of how this book came to be is a testament both to the enduring power of the late American scholar’s work and of the power of the subject itself. … Continue reading The Journey to Goddesses

Review: I Know (Je Sais) by Ito Naga — Observing through Science and Poetry

I Know (Je sais) by Ito Naga We usually think of science and poetry as inhabiting very different parts of the human mind, of human culture. When an astrophysicist who spends his days exploring the frontiers of the unknown writes a book of poems called I Know (Je Sais), we might pay some attention. Currently … Continue reading Review: I Know (Je Sais) by Ito Naga — Observing through Science and Poetry

Six things you should be including in your ebook (and probably aren't)

Or, How to Use Your Ebooks as Your Best Marketing Platform Last month I came up with a flash of inspiration: a way to use ebooks to market themselves. After trying it out on a number of my own ebooks, I wrote a post for Joel Friedlander’s wonderful resource for independent publishers, TheBookDesigner.com. That post … Continue reading Six things you should be including in your ebook (and probably aren't)

Six things you should be including in your ebook (and probably aren’t)

Or, How to Use Your Ebooks as Your Best Marketing Platform Last month I came up with a flash of inspiration: a way to use ebooks to market themselves. After trying it out on a number of my own ebooks, I wrote a post for Joel Friedlander’s wonderful resource for independent publishers, TheBookDesigner.com. That post … Continue reading Six things you should be including in your ebook (and probably aren’t)

Interview: Meeting Ito Naga — Poetry and Science

I Know (Je sais) by Ito Naga If a stroll through Paris’s Luxembourg Gardens seems like poetry itself, in July of 2010 it led American poet Lynne Knight to actual poetry: a reading by a French poet sous l’arbre, under a tree, in the gardens. Cheyne éditeur, a small poetry publishing house, was celebrating its … Continue reading Interview: Meeting Ito Naga — Poetry and Science

Tending the Spark

Ramiz Monsef There’s the intoxicating flame of creating, of feeling inspiration hit you. And then there’s the equally heady, very different feeling of watching someone you’ve inspired — a child, a student — catch fire himself. Sometimes the two come together. Before I turned full-time to publishing, I was — like my wife Maura — … Continue reading Tending the Spark

The Cuckoo's Call: Great first book by best-selling author

I wish that I could say that I was among the brave, the few who read The Cuckoo’s Calling before pseudonymous author Richard Galbraith’s real identity was revealed. In case you hadn’t heard, the mystery was penned by the best-selling fiction author of the past half-century, J.K. Rowling. If I had been reading the book … Continue reading The Cuckoo's Call: Great first book by best-selling author

The Cuckoo’s Call: Great first book by best-selling author

I wish that I could say that I was among the brave, the few who read The Cuckoo’s Calling before pseudonymous author Richard Galbraith’s real identity was revealed. In case you hadn’t heard, the mystery was penned by the best-selling fiction author of the past half-century, J.K. Rowling. If I had been reading the book … Continue reading The Cuckoo’s Call: Great first book by best-selling author

Of Ebooks and Audio and Editing

Self-publishing doesn’t mean having to do everything by yourself! Stillpoint Digital Press is proud to serve not only as a publisher of fine ebook, audiobook, and print editions, but also as a provider of quick, affordable, and professional ebook conversion and design, audiobook production, and editorial services. We have helped small presses, agencies, and self-publishers … Continue reading Of Ebooks and Audio and Editing

Long Gone Daddies hits the road

John F. Blair Publishers have approved the Stillpoint Digital audiobook production Long Gone Daddies, narrated by David Kudler. A real departure from our earlier releases, David Wesley Williams’s twelve-bar blues of a novel is an exploration of love, fame, and the roots of song. Oh — and fathers and sons, as the name implies. Publishers … Continue reading Long Gone Daddies hits the road