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This Week in the Blogs, August 8 – 14, 2010

August 15, 2010 3 comments
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This Week in the Self-Publishing Blogs, August 8 – 14, 2010 including articles by Norman Spinrad, Nathan Bransford, Ray Robinson, Richard MacManus and Michael N. Marcus on topics of interest to self-publishers.

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This Week in the Blogs: March 21 – 27, 2010

March 28, 2010 3 comments

There’s such a big helping of self-publishing talk in this week’s blogs, I’ve kept the load down to three satisfying posts from an editor, an agent, and a self-published author. And don’t miss The Epiphany Moment, it’s a unique experience. Alan Rinzler on Alan Rinzler’s Blog How Self-Publishing Can Lead to a Real Book Deal [...]

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This Week in the Blogs: March 7 – 13, 2010

March 14, 2010 3 comments

I’ve had a recurring fantasy of making a screencast of what goes into designing the interior of a book. This week, Lauren Panepinto, in a little under 2 minutes, makes magic, snatching a book cover design apparently out of thin air. And breaking down the transition to digital text, ways to make your phone a [...]

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Top 5 Discussion Forums for Self-Publishers

February 18, 2010 4 comments

The greatest asset an author has to help them navigate the unknown waters of self-publishing is the accumulated wisdom of people who’ve been there before. I’ve always been impressed by how friendly the independent book publishing community is. Maybe part of the reason is that books very rarely compete with one another. As readers know, [...]

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Nathan Bransford’s Holiday Giving Intiative

December 23, 2009 36 comments

One of the blogs I follow is from Nathan Bransford, literary agent at the San Francisco office of Curtis Brown Ltd. Nathan came up with a terrific idea: contribute to Heifer International, a favorite charity, for each comment to his blog. This has resulted, the last time I looked, in over 350 comments. He invited [...]

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