Have your short story heard

"Short story publishing with a new twist."

"Audio books are a popular medium for learning and entertainment, and Mind Wings Audio provides a new twist on audio listening by publishing your short stories for audio listening.

Our one-hour short story audios are sold on the Internet as downloads or mailed to purchasers as compact disc media.

You maintain the copyright for your work and receive compensation while Mind Wings Audio provides you with a unique opportunity to have your short story heard. Many traditional publishers are not publishing short stories, but Mind Wings Audio accepts short stories in various categories including:

Mystery
Suspense/Thriller
Romance
Sci-fi
Supernatural
Fantasy
Adventure
Family
Religious
Detective/Crime

and MORE!"


http://www.miwishorts.com

Free Stock Photos

You can also purchase photos at this website for a reasonable price. Pixmac is the website and it gives you free stock photos. Be sure to check to see if there is a limit on how you can use the free stock photos.


http://www.pixmac.com/

Your own leather bound book?

"Leatherbound Book Works transforms electronic documents and blogs into fine-bound heirloom quality books. Bookbinder Michael Greer trained at Morocco's oldest bindery in the craft of hand-binding. We repair and rebind old books and also offer one-off and (very) short-run limited edition publishing in leather. We've published family histories, blogs, poetry, dissertations, geneologies and customized travel journals with hand-drawn map endpapers."

http://leatherboundbindery.com

Create a book with Bookemon

"Making a book at Bookemon is fun and easy. Upload your graphic or photo files to our online Bookbuilder where you can add clipart, backgrounds, and text content. Once you are satisfied with your book, you will be able to order your beautiful bookstore quality book. You can also publish and share your book with friends and family online."

At the time of this post, the website is in beta mode.

http://www.bookemon.com/

yWriter novel writing software

"First, and most important, yWriter is FREE to download and use!

Second, and still rather important, it's a word processor which breaks your novel into chapters and scenes. It will not write your novel for you, suggest plot ideas or perform creative tasks of any kind. It does help you keep track of your work, leaving your mind free to create."

http://www.spacejock.com/yWriter5.html

XML editor

Serna Free Open Source XML editor is an easy-to-use open source visual XML application which requires virtually no technical experience from technical writers to author XML documents.
Serna Free Open Source XML editor hides all the complexities of the underlying XML technology and works on all major platforms - Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and Sun Solaris.

Serna Free XML editor employs XSLT and XSL-FO to render XML documents in print-like appearance for fast and easy authoring. Serna Free is probably the best free open source cross-platform XML editor for personal, educational or demonstration use.

http://www.syntext.com/

5 Free Online Books For Beginners

These books cover the "basic concepts for getting started with Linux, Firefox, Blender (3D graphics and animation), GIMP (graphics), and the OpenOffice suite of productivity applications."

http://ostatic.com/blog/5-free-online-open-source-books-for-beginners