Self-Publishing Blogs for the Week of April 10 – 16, 2011 including Victoria Strauss, Bob Mayer, Anne Hill, Sue Collier and Liz Castro

Joel Friedlander
Self-Publishing News You Can Use: Changes
Self-Publishing News You Can Use: Changes in products, in companies, and in the buying habits of book buyers and the future of book publishing
Self-Publishers Speak: Weaving Your Safety Net Mid-leap
Self-Publishers Speak: Weaving Your Safety Net Mid-leap examines the moment just before a book goes public, and its potential is all latency.
Good News, Bad News at the Mechanic's Institute Library in San Francisco
Good News, Bad News at the Mechanic’s Institute Library in San Francisco where a self-publishing group meets and where our blogger goes to give a presentation
4 Solutions to the Book Discount System
4 Solutions to the Book Discount System including ignoring it, using print on demand, printing by offset, and signing with a book distributior
Apple's Incredible iPad, One Year In
Apple’s Incredible iPad, One Year In, and a retrospective of highs and lows from a year of using the tablet computer
Big Sale at Borders San Rafael: The Tribe Moves On
Big Sale at Borders San Rafael: The Tribe Moves On when a big bookstore can’t survive, and puts itself up for sale
This Week in the Blogs, April 3 – 9, 2011
Blogs for Self-Publishers for April 3 – 9, 2011 including Christina Katz, James Moushon, Rachel Thompson, Joe Konrath, Becky Robinson
OmmWriter Dana: My Second-Favorite Writing Program of All Time
OmmWriter Dana: My Second-Favorite Writing Program of All Time for its simplicity, ease and beautiful display of typography in its essence on the screen
Conversion Journey: My Word-to-E-book Workflow
Conversion Journey: My Word to E-book Workflow by Chris O’Byrne describes the author’s method of converting files for use in Kindle and ePub e-books
Find Your Avatar: the Secret to Copy that Connects With Readers, Part 2
Find Your Avatar: the Secret to Copy that Connects With Readers, Part 2 continues the discussion of ways to write for readers in a way that allows connection
Find Your Avatar: the Secret to Copy that Connects With Readers
There are lots of reasons your copy doesn’t connect with your readers and sell more books, but many can be solved by using an avatar, part 1 of 2