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April L. Hamilton

Review: The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing by Marilyn Ross and Sue Collier

July 28, 2010 17 comments
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The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing by Marilyn Ross and Sue Collier is an update of a self-publishing classic, and highly recommended. It provides a practical overview to the writing, publishing and selling of an author’s own book.

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Self-Publishing: Are We There Yet?

May 3, 2010 35 comments
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Yesterday’s New York Times Magazine had a brief and cheery write up by Virginia Heffernan in a section called The Medium. Heffernan uses the release of last year’s numbers of books published to contrast the self-publishers of old, disrespected by the marketplace for their odd, not “booky” books, with the situation today. I also covered [...]

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This Week in the Blogs: April 18 – 24, 2010

April 25, 2010 2 comments

This week we’ve got a lot of marketing and more. Every one is a good read, and don’t miss Ken Auletta’s article from the New Yorker to get a new perspective on the ongoing battles at the convergence of media and technology. Have fun. Penny Sansevieri on Author Marketing Experts Blog Why Your Book Isn’t [...]

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A Google Toolbox for Authors

March 10, 2010 15 comments

Google. Just the name conjures up images of the search giant, or its project to scan millions of books, or its Android operating system for phones, or… And that’s just the problem. Google continues to spread into more and more aspects of online life. It’s grown so that it’s difficult to keep up with all [...]

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Author Platform: What Are You Waiting For?

March 2, 2010 55 comments

A famous and often repeated piece of advice to writers is: The time to start working on your author platform is three years before your book is published. I’ve repeated this to several clients, and it usually leaves them staring blankly into space. And yet there is a great deal of wisdom in this statement, [...]

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