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Book Promotion: Do This, Not That – May 2019
Authors attempting to get their books into bookstores and onto the shelves of retailers often give up as soon as they receive their first “no thank you.”
e-Book Cover Design Awards, March 2019
e-Book Cover Design Awards, March 2019 including Silke Stein, Doublenaut, and many more
Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #103
Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies Issue #103 including Mark Coker, Jay Artale, Amanda Linehan and many others
The Convertible Cloud Revisited
It’s been a couple of years, so let’s revisit online ebook conversion tools available through the major retailers and aggregators.
Grammar, a Marketing Idea, Helvetica Now, and Pitching Junk
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...
This Week in the Blogs, April 13 – 19, 2019
Blogs for Self-Publishers, April 13 – 19, 2019 including Dan Wagstaff, Frances Caballo, John Doppler, Chris Syme, and Stephanie Chandler
Don’t Reinvent the Publishing Wheel … Discover the Freedom of Repurposing
By Judith Briles Not a week goes by when I don’t get an email or a phone call with an “I don’t know what to write about” statement from an author. Some who are in the newbie realm; others who have been publishing for years. The subject could be a blog. Adding to the...
How to Sell More Books With Guest Blogging
There’s no question that guest blogging helps sell books. But it’s a powerful book marketing tactic for other reasons, too.
This Week in the Blogs, April 6 – 12, 2019
Blogs for Self-Publishers, April 6 – 12, 2019 including Nate Hoffelder, Jane Friedman, Scott Semegran, RJ Clayton, and Porter Anderson
Book Publishing: Are You Keeping Up? – Part 2
Book publishing practices are evolving quickly. Are we clearly seeing the big trends? Are we positioning ourselves successfully?
