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The Principal
Thorn Island is owned and operated by Paul D Kennedy, a business consultant, writer and editor.
Contact:
paul@thornisland publishing.com
Websites:
E-book formats
There are several e-book formats – the most common (roughly in order of importance) being:
PDF – for reading on a PC using Adobe PDF Reader or Adobe Digital Editions, or for printing out
Mobi – used for Kindle devices and apps
Epub – the industry standard, used for Apple iPad and iBooks, Nook, Sony Reader, Kobo, and most e-reading apps including Adobe Digital Editions, Stanza, Aldiko, and a host of others
LRF – used only for older Sony Readers that don't support Epub
RTF – readable on most word processors
Palm Doc (PDB) – for Palm reading devices
HTML – for sampling in a web browser.
Thorn Island can have your book converted simultaneously into all these formats and then uploaded and distributed to all major e-book stores – giving you the widest possible reach for your e-book.
Thorn Island is a boutique publishing firm located in the ancient trading village of Dalkey in south County Dublin in Ireland.
Thorn Island publishes a variety of genres, mostly as e-books, though some of our books have been issued using print-on-demand or as conventional batch-printed products.
Thorn Island Publishing offers writers the following services:
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proofreading
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editing
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book cover design
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file formatting for e-book publishing
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formatting for print-on-demand (POD) publishing
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uploading to e-publishing sites such as Amazon and Smashwords
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uploading to POD sites
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creation of website for your book
ETC
For further information or to find out about publishing your book, send an enquiry to:
paul@thornislandpublishing.com
Our current catalogue includes:
Dynamic Health
This classic on learning how to get fit was first published in 1997 and is recognised as one of the most practical and effective courses in the art of healthy living.
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The Lid is lifted
A disturbing personal memoir of what happened when Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990 written by an Irish resident in Kuwait. Published as an e-book.
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Kuwait Business Guide
A comprehensive manual on doing business with or in Kuwait - in five parts
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Part Three: Taxation & Finance
Part Four: Business Activities
Arabic Tales for the Young and the Curious
A collection of enthralling legends, retold by a master story-teller and illustrated by a famous artist.
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Best Joke Book - Volume One
Hundreds of fantastically funny jokes, plain and ribald culled from a joke-bank that took half a lifetime to assemble.
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About e-books
An e-book is a book that can be read on a special e-reading device such as a Kindle Reader (from Amazon), an Apple iPad or iBook, a Nook, Sony Reader, Kobo and many other e-readers,
Prices for reading devices begin at about US$70 (for an Amazon Kindle) and can run up to US$500 or more for Apple products.
E-books can also be read on-line, on a computer or laptop using software programs, called apps, such as Stanza, Aldiko, Adobe Digital Editions, and so on.
E-books are created in a variety of formats (see the left-hand column). To read an e-book you need either a particular device or the reader software (app) for the particular format.
Apps enable you to read the book on your PC, laptop, Smartphone, etc. They are FREE and downloading them is simple and quick (see below).
Free Kindle Software
You can read a Kindle ebook on your PC by downloading the software free of charge from:
To read Kindle eBooks on your laptop, tablet, Mac, Blackberry, iPad, iPhone, Android, etc, etc, you need to download a free app from Amazon:
Other free reading software
Just click on these links: