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e-Book Cover Design Awards, January 2019

by Joel Friedlander on February 25, 2019 8 Comments

e-Book Cover Design Awards, January 2019 including Alexandra Brandt, Lisa Burroughs, Dan Van Os, Damonza, James Egan and many more.

Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #101

by Joel Friedlander on February 24, 2019 2 Comments

Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #101 including Daphne Gray-Grant, Martin Crosbie, Frances Caballo, and many more.

Street Teams: How to Run a Smooth and Successful Campaign

by Joel Friedlander on February 11, 2019 6 Comments

There are many strategies and tools an author can use when launching a book, but one of the most powerful resources to leverage is a Street Team.

Wow! 100 Issues of Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies

by Joel Friedlander on February 4, 2019 Leave a Comment

This week we are celebrating the 100th issue of Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies. This is our monthly “blog carnival” that’s been appearing since 2010. Although most blog carnivals have disappeared over the years, the support of the self-publishing community shows that this type of content curation is still prized by readers. Since 2010 […]

e-Book Cover Design Awards, December 2018

by Joel Friedlander on January 28, 2019 3 Comments

e-Book Cover Design Awards, December 2018 including

Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #100

by Joel Friedlander on January 27, 2019 6 Comments

A collection of outstanding blog posts on Self-Publishing and the Indie Author Life, including Jay Artale, CS Lakin, Doris-Maria Heilmann, and many more.

Meeting the Muse—Flex Your Creativity Exercises

by Joel Friedlander on January 14, 2019 5 Comments

I’m getting closer to publishing my new book on creativity called Meeting the Muse: 28 Ways to Unlock the Pleasures & Avoid the Pitfalls of Your Creative Life. As regular readers know, this book is not about book publishing, it’s about the motives that move us to be creative, and the obstacles we often encounter. […]

Help Wanted: Writer/Editorial Assistant

by Joel Friedlander on January 9, 2019 1 Comment

I’m working with Sharon Goldinger on a new marketing product for authors, and we can use some help. Can you write clear informational copy? Work cooperatively on a project? Have time to put in over the next couple of months to see this to completion? You’ll be paid on an hourly basis and I bet […]

No Time To Write AND Market Your Book? This Should Help…

by Joel Friedlander on January 7, 2019 2 Comments

Every New Years I talk to authors who have big writing and publishing plans for the new year. And yes, as you know, most of them never pan out. Does that happen to you, too? This is all too common, and I think it’s partly due to an assumption many of us have that writing […]