Joel Friedlander

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Book Anatomy: Revisiting Your Book’s Back Matter

by Joel Friedlander on May 6, 2019 2 Comments

I’ve recently been writing a series on Book Anatomy for the BookWorks site, and the most recent article just went live last week. In taking the opportunity to revise my own work of about 10 years ago on the Parts of a Book I found a number of places where the list could be updated […]

e-Book Cover Design Awards, March 2019

by Joel Friedlander on April 29, 2019 7 Comments

e-Book Cover Design Awards, March 2019 including Silke Stein, Doublenaut, and many more

Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #103

by Joel Friedlander on April 28, 2019 Leave a Comment

Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #103 including Mark Coker, Jay Artale, Amanda Linehan and many others

Grammar, a Marketing Idea, Helvetica Now, and Pitching Junk

by Joel Friedlander on April 22, 2019 2 Comments

A bit of miscellany today: Get the “Out” Out When did the word “out” invade the rest of our verbs? It’s everywhere, and deserves to be eliminated. Some examples: Tweet out Report out When did this sneak in? “Out” in these contexts adds nothing, since the idea of “sending it out” is inherent in both […]

Why Print Is the Future (and Always Was) for Some Books

by Joel Friedlander on April 8, 2019 8 Comments

Is it time to let go of the digital past and embrace the analog future? Not just any analog future, but the digital analog future.

Start with Your Accordion Mostly Closed

by Joel Friedlander on April 4, 2019 9 Comments

As a novelist, do you dive right in, or do you use “how to” guides to get you to The End? Do you write your own elevator pitch as a story planning tool?

Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #102

by Joel Friedlander on March 31, 2019 1 Comment

Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #102 including Kimberley Grabas, Carla King, Frances Caballo and many more.

e-Book Cover Design Awards, February 2019

by Joel Friedlander on March 25, 2019 2 Comments

e-Book Cover Design Awards, February 2019 including Damonza, Hampton Lamoureux, Future Frame Productions and many more.

13 Tips for the Work-at-Home Author

by Joel Friedlander on March 11, 2019 16 Comments

13 tips for authors who work at home

Surviving Difficult Times and Blog News: Interview with Joel Friedlander

by Joel Friedlander on March 4, 2019 4 Comments

I had a chance to catch up with the blog’s founder, Joel Friedlander and took the opportunity to find out what he’s been up to, and what we have to look forward to in the coming months. TBD: Great to see you, Joel, how has 2019 been for you so far? Joel: Thanks for asking. […]

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