http://www.barbarafeldman.com/ I am a syndicated newspaper columnist, online publisher, author, mother, wife and Net surfer supreme (not listed in order of importance, of course). My weekly newspaper column "Surfing the Net with Kids" is syndicated by United Feature Syndicate. My website gets nearly a million visitors a month, my newsletter list is over 80,000 strong, and my self-published e-books are sold on dozens of sites. Because I am often asked for advice and recommendations that don't have anything to do with "Surfing the Net with Kids" per se, but rather are about my experiences in running that business, I've created this site as a compendium of resources and recommendations. en-us 2008-06-25T11:07:07-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/two_more_free_pdf_creators.html I've written about alternatives to Adobe Acrobat for PDF creation before, and wanted to add these resources: Google Docs and Doc2PDF. Google Docs is a free online word processor that... Online Publishing Barbara J. Feldman 2008-06-25T11:07:07-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/should_i_copy_protect_my_ebook.html Hello, Barbara, What a great site you have! ... I have recently started to research additional ways to generate income from my Internet efforts, and to cut to the chase,... Ask Barbara Barbara J. Feldman 2006-11-27T09:24:21-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/stella_awards.html Since the bulk of my experience has been with self-publishing online, I rarely venture into the topic of traditional book publishing. But my friend and colleague Randy Cassingham (who has... Writing Barbara J. Feldman 2005-10-31T08:55:27-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/how_to_create_a_pdf_without_adobe_acrobat.html Although I use Adobe Acrobat to create my ebooks, I have learned that is a program that people love to hate. Perhaps because it costs $250? Anyway, when I found... eBook Publishing Barbara J. Feldman 2005-09-14T14:22:58-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/adsense_ebook_exposed.html I've written about Joel Comm's "AdSense Secrets" ebook before, but today I wrote a longer letter with more details about my experience with his book. You know the guy I'm... Online Publishing Barbara J. Feldman 2005-09-03T11:00:21-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/another_way_to_prevent_link_rot.html About a year ago I wrote an article on how authors and publishers can prevent link rot (the natural decay of links as sites move and disappear) in their published... eBook Publishing Barbara J. Feldman 2003-12-13T16:48:38-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/integrated_ecommerce_solution.html For months I have been hearing raves about 1ShoppingCart, so I finally decided to take a look at it. It is a high-end A to Z integrated solution for online... eBook Publishing Barbara J. Feldman 2003-12-07T10:11:02-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/demand_traffic_conversion.html Dear Barbara, I recently sold my practice and would like to get into the "ebook business" full time! Is that possible? Any input would greatly be appreciated! Thanks, Dr. T... eBook Publishing Barbara J. Feldman 2003-11-25T08:36:57-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/split_run_testing.html Months ago I wrote in this very blog that I was going to test a "pretty" ebook cover vs. a "plain" one. The product I was going to use for... eBook Publishing Barbara J. Feldman 2003-11-12T16:01:21-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/new_link_structure_for_clickbank.html ClickBank is making changes to their affiliate link structure to make it harder to "steal" a referral fee from another affiliate. They are asking for feedback and comments here.... eBook Publishing Barbara J. Feldman 2003-09-27T07:13:25-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/digital_rights_management.html Dear Barbara, Here we are reading your sites, needing to sell how-to movies and training programs. It looks like ClickBank will send the download to the buyer's email address but... eBook Publishing Barbara J. Feldman 2003-08-08T11:14:57-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/how_to_make_an_ebook_cover.html Hello Barbara, Found your site from Fred Langa. Great site. Very interesting and informative. Please tell me from where did you get your three book cover designs? They are most... eBook Publishing Barbara J. Feldman 2003-06-19T10:34:56-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/alternatives_to_adobe_acrobat.html Portable Document Format (PDF) is an increasingly popular standard for e-books (and hundreds of other uses) because of: 1) how well it preserves formatting across many platforms 2) and the security options it provides The most robust tool for creating PDFs is ... eBook Publishing Barbara J. Feldman 2003-06-18T09:28:25-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/distiller_acrobat_ebook_creation_101.html This morning I got an email from a buddy just venturing into ebook publishing, that was confused about the roles of Acrobat and Distiller. His questions reminded me of my... eBook Publishing Barbara J. Feldman 2003-05-29T08:48:01-08:00 http://www.barbarafeldman.com/how_to_deliver_ebooks_via_paypal.html Have you read The Tipping Point? No, neither have I. But the concept is about how ideas grow and grow... until just like a see-saw .... they tip over. Or... eBook Publishing Barbara J. Feldman 2003-05-22T09:19:13-08:00