by Joel Friedlander | Aug 31, 2012 | Marketing, Self-Publishing
One of the big challenges of publishing your own books is making sure you know who you’re writing for and what they want to read. No matter how much you enjoy writing itself, as authors we have to acknowledge that the whole process works better and is far more...
by Joel Friedlander | Aug 29, 2012 | Marketing, Self-Publishing
There’s been a lot of talk about paid book reviews since the New York Times ran an article by David Streitfeld this weekend about Todd Rutherford (a.k.a. “The Publishing Guru”) and the business he started selling reviews to authors. When he got...
by Joel Friedlander | Aug 27, 2012 | Author Blogging 101, Marketing, Social Media
The idea of an author blog is pretty simple, really. As most authors understand it, they write articles around the same topics that are central to their books, market their blogs to people who are interested in those topics, and slowly build an audience, a readership...
by Joel Friedlander | Aug 26, 2012 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
Welcome to this issue of the Carnival of the Indies blog carnival. This issue is for August, 2012. We welcome your submissions on topics related to writing, self-publishing, book design or marketing books. A collection of outstanding articles recently posted to blogs,...
by Joel Friedlander | Aug 24, 2012 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
by Tracy R. Atkins (@TracyRAtkins) I met Tracy in the comments on the blog, where he is a frequent contributor. Tracy has an extensive background in technology and is now on his way to becoming a self-published author. I asked him to lend his expertise to help authors...
