Xlibris Releases New Bestsellers

by Thomas McKinley

Changing the self-publishing landscape one book at a time, many Xlibris authors have realized their dream to write a book. Xlibris has seen many upbeat writers take steps to simply write or even take it to the next level – market their books to reach more booklovers. Here are some of these determined authors now […]

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Author Scribe I Am Tells the Birth of His Story – Part 4

by Thomas McKinley

Xlibris author Scribe I Am gives us the final installment of his Xlibris Blog. Evoking human curiosity Everything that has a starting point must have a logical foundation. And so, the Terrah Saga’s relevance to modern society takes root in the very prologue of the story. Humanity’s current course is palpable by all reasonable minds, […]

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Computer-Generated Fiction May Not Be Far Fetched

by Thomas McKinley

Are we going to see authors face off with robot writers in the future? The Neukom Institute for Computational Science at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, US launched the first Neukom Institute Prizes in Computational Arts in July this year. The annual literary prize for algorithms employs a Turing test in creativity and is […]

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Algorithms Reveal Readers’ Preferences

by Thomas McKinley

Readers’ insights can now be revealed by a code called candy.js, a javascript code that determines how readers actually read. The technology is embedded on an e-book, developed by a startup called Jellybooks. The company focuses on “discoverability and reader analytics.” “Penguin Random House UK was among our earliest partners in a pilot program of […]

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Author Scribe I Am Tells the Birth of His Story – Part 3

by Thomas McKinley

Discover more of Scribe I Am and his sci-fi novel as he imparts how his story started here on the Xlibris Blog. Taking you to unexplored realms The series of shall take the reader across mindboggling locales from the decaying civilization on Earth to the homeworld of the Galamarr race, the legendary fortress world of […]

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