by Joel Friedlander | Dec 16, 2012 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
We’re well into the rush toward the peak of the holiday season, but indie publishing shows no signs of peaking any time soon. For today have a look at an APE-ish interview, selling to bookstores, getting ready for POD, understanding the editing process and...
by Joel Friedlander | Dec 12, 2012 | Author Blogging 101, Social Media
When you become a blogger you move into the role of content creator and media publisher. As a publisher, you need to establish a posting schedule and stick to it. After all, when you ask people to subscribe to your blog, most people like to know what’s coming up...
by Joel Friedlander | Dec 10, 2012 | Author Blogging 101, Marketing, Social Media
You’ve just signed up at a blogging site or, if you’re entrepreneurial, you’ve set up a hosting account with a service provider and purchased a domain name for your blog. You then clicked the insanely simple “One Click WordPress Install”...
by Joel Friedlander | Dec 9, 2012 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
I just came back from a full day at the Fremont Area Writers Self-Publishing Conference. It was a great event, with speaker after speaker encouraging the authors in attendance to get involved with ebook publishing, social media, book promotion, blogging and all the...
by Joel Friedlander | Dec 3, 2012 | Author Blogging 101, Marketing, Social Media
When it comes to building communities online, finding people who share your interests and passions—and therefore are likely to be interested in your books—nothing beats your author blog. But suppose you are successful, and you start getting: more comments...
by Joel Friedlander | Dec 2, 2012 | Social Media
Yes, it really is December already, the calendar has ticked over to its final stop through the year. And today you may want to settle down and sit a bit because there’s a lot of great reading for you here, from driving traffic to the latest developments in...