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Top 5 Reasons Authors Shouldn’t Blog Their Books

July 9, 2010 25 comments
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Although Authors should have blogs to help form community and support their marketing, it’s not always the best idea to blog works in progress. Here are five reasons authors should think twice about what material they blog about, and what they might keep private.

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What Does Distribution Really Mean for Self-Publishers?

July 6, 2010 31 comments
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Distribution for Self-Publishers is quite different than the full distribution reach of a big publisher with marketing, sales and promotion. While a self-publisher might get a line in a catalog, or a distributor to carry their one book, they do not really own a complete distribution apparatus.

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Top 10 List of the Worst Possible Self-Publishing Mistakes

July 5, 2010 41 comments
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Top 10 List of the Worst Possible Self-Publishing Mistakes, A Comical Look at Some Common Misunderstandings, formatted like the David Letterman “Top 10 Lists” from his TV show.

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Self-Publisher with Drive: The Amazing Tania McCartney

July 2, 2010 12 comments
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Self-Publisher Tania McCartney’s series of Riley books are very popular and have benefited from her promotional push and insistence on quality. Tania emphasizes that the books must be good, and must be properly produced to have a chance of competing with book from bigger publishers.

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Storyist Software Offers Easy ePub to Self-Publishers

June 29, 2010 27 comments
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Storyist Software Offers Easy ePub to Self-Publishers who can do a minimal amount of formatting. This opens up an almost instant ability to publish iBooks. The ePub files generated by Storyist are the ones needed for submission to iBookstore and for use on many eReaders.

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