How to Set Up Your Book on Bowkerlink for Books in Print and the importance of metadata to make your book discoverable by search engines
How to Set Up Your Book on Bowkerlink for Books in Print
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Joel Friedlander
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San Francisco Writer's Conference Self-Publishing Boot Camp
I'm down at the San Francisco Writer's Conference today, giving a talk on book design for self-publishers. It's part of Carla King's Self-Publishing Boot Camp, which is being offered in the post-conference section. Carla has lined up some other experts to speak also,...
This Week in the Blogs, February 13 – 19, 2011
Blogs for Self-Publishers for February 13 – 19, 2011 including Jane Friedman, M. Louisa Locke, Michael A. Stackpole, Lindsey Buroker, Alan Rinzler
Twitter: Choices, Choices, Choices
Twitter: Choices, Choices, Choices because there are so many ways to use this micro-blogging text posting social media site.
How I'm Going to Book my Blog—Titles & Covers
"We have to have a meeting," I said to Jill. "What's up?" "I've finished the book, and it still doesn't have a title. How can I get this book out the door without a title? I can't do the cover . . ." "Okay, okay. Let's do it tonight. We'll just brainstorm it until...
Metadata for the Tweeps: Twitter Hashtags
Do you use Twitter hashtags? Those funny, frequently unreadable letters with a "hash" (# or pound sign) in front? You should. Here's why. Hashtags are tags we add to our own content on Twitter. They: become a form of metadata for tweets self-identify the person...
Indie Publishing: The Problem With Book Distribution
Indie Publishing: The Problem With Book Distribution and why successful self-publishers use digital delivery and social media marketing.
Three Keys to Successful Author Blogging
Three Keys to Successful Author Blogging: keeping content focused, having patience and caring for readers, collaborating with other bloggers in your network
How I’m Going To Book My Blog—Going Long
How I’m Going To Book My Blog—Going Long The author takes more steps to create a book from the contents of a blog archive, and does it in an unorthodox way
This Week in the Blogs, February 6 – 12, 2011
Blogs for Self-Publishers for February 6 – 12, 2011 including Mick Rooney, KristenJ. Tsetsi and R.J. Keller, Carol Memmott, James Moushon and Phill English
Author Blogging 101 at BAIPA
I'm off today giving a presentation to the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association (BAIPA). The talk is on Author Blogging 101. I thought I might speak about book design, but the demand from the members I talked to was blogging and social media more than anything...
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