From the monthly archives:

November 2011

Should Authors be Salespeople?

November 16, 2011 15 comments
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Should Authors be Salespeople or Book Marketers? Examines the confusion between making transactions and communicating your passion for your book

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Self-Publishing Strategies in 18 Slides

November 15, 2011 8 comments
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Self-Publishing Strategies in 18 Slides summarizes a 59-slide presentation to the Self-Publishing Bootcamp at Stanford University on November 12, 2011

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Author Blogging 101: Blog Infrastructure

November 14, 2011 4 comments
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Author Blogging 101: Blog Infrastructure includes all the bits and pieces, many behind the scenes, that make your blog run.

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e-Book Cover Design Awards, October 2011

November 13, 2011 34 comments
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e-Book Cover Design Awards, October 2011 including Lunatic Fringe by Allison Moon, design by Julianna Parr, and Tricks, Tactics, and Techniques of Published Authors by Jan Peck & David Davis, design by David Davis.

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Veteran’s Day 2011 and the New Self-Publishing

November 11, 2011 9 comments
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It’s Veteran’s Day here in the U.S. and lots of things are closed. No mail service, no banks, that sort of thing. I’m busy getting ready for Carla King’s Self-Publishing Bootcamp down at Stanford University tomorrow, where I’ll be helping new self-publishers understand how to use the array of new choices in publishing, to their [...]

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