Comments on: Author Platform: What Are You Waiting For? http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2010/03/author-platform-what-are-you-waiting-for/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=author-platform-what-are-you-waiting-for Practical Advice to Help Self-Publishers Build Better Books Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Why We’re Entering a Golden Age of Publishing http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2010/03/author-platform-what-are-you-waiting-for/#comment-16355 Why We’re Entering a Golden Age of Publishing Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:27:34 +0000 http://www.thebookdesigner.com/?p=4382#comment-16355 [...] far as online business is concerned, each book competes on its own. In this environment it’s your passion, persistence and pluck that will sell your book, and that’s within your [...] [...] far as online business is concerned, each book competes on its own. In this environment it’s your passion, persistence and pluck that will sell your book, and that’s within your [...]

]]> By: Writers’ Blogs: 5 Essentials for Engaging Your Readers — The Book Designer http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2010/03/author-platform-what-are-you-waiting-for/#comment-15188 Writers’ Blogs: 5 Essentials for Engaging Your Readers — The Book Designer Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:02:16 +0000 http://www.thebookdesigner.com/?p=4382#comment-15188 [...] year, Simon & Schuster urged all their writers to get going on their author blogs. Every author I’ve spoken to in the last year has told me they are either trying to get a blog [...] [...] year, Simon & Schuster urged all their writers to get going on their author blogs. Every author I’ve spoken to in the last year has told me they are either trying to get a blog [...]

]]> By: Some Unpleasant Truths about Publishing and Self-Promotion « The (Writer's) Waiting Room http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2010/03/author-platform-what-are-you-waiting-for/#comment-15144 Some Unpleasant Truths about Publishing and Self-Promotion « The (Writer's) Waiting Room Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:17:05 +0000 http://www.thebookdesigner.com/?p=4382#comment-15144 [...] in love with their manuscript or book proposal that they wanted to marry it–unless they had a platform and a pretty established following of readers.  They either have to have a popular blog, or an avid [...] [...] in love with their manuscript or book proposal that they wanted to marry it–unless they had a platform and a pretty established following of readers.  They either have to have a popular blog, or an avid [...]

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