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Learn How To Find Your First 10,000 Readers

by Joel Friedlander on August 20, 2018 1 Comment

I read this in today’s New York Times Magazine: “I always think about people that write books. What a horrible feeling it must be to have poured your soul into a book over a number of years and somebody comes up to you and goes, ‘I loved your book,’ and they walk away, and you […]

Filed Under: Training Tagged With: Nick Stephenson, Your First 10k Readers

Two New Publishing Events You Don’t Want to Miss: Thomson-Shore Booktoberfest and BookBaby Independent Authors Conference

by Joel Friedlander on September 8, 2017 Leave a Comment

Fall is conference time in the publishing world, and it’s a great time to travel to these conferences to meet other authors, vendors of publishing services, to get great education in how to produce and market your books. And hey, it’s just a lot of fun! While there are over 40 writers conferences, there have […]

Filed Under: Training Tagged With: BookBaby, conferences, Thomson-Shore

Supercharge Your Book Publishing Knowledge at the Publishing Success Summit

by Joel Friedlander on December 2, 2016 3 Comments

Learn from the experts on how to publish successfully so that YOU can share your message and make an impact on people’s lives!

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Training, Webinars Tagged With: Eric Van Der Hope, Publishing Success Summit

Anatomy of the Bonus: Checklists, Cheatsheets, Worksheets, and More

by Joel Friedlander on June 13, 2016 9 Comments

One of the constants in the internet marketing world is the awarding of “bonuses” with almost any kind of product, including books. In its most basic form, a bonus could be considered anything extra that has value. By “extra” we mean that a bonus is something added to something else, perhaps a thing you weren’t […]

Filed Under: Marketing, Training Tagged With: cheatsheet, checklist, Marketing, Worksheet

Successful Print, Ebook, and Audiobook Publishing with Amazon

by Joel Friedlander on May 16, 2016 5 Comments

Last week we introduced our new Amazon Success Toolkit, a collection of guidelines and productivity tools for publishers using CreateSpace, Kindle Direct Publishing, or Audible, all portals for Amazon. The response has been impressive, and I can see why. Keeping track of all the policies, procedures, and programs at Amazon is more than most of […]

Filed Under: Training Tagged With: Amazon, Audible, AuthorToolkits.com, bookdesigntemplates.com, Carla King, CreateSpace, Joan Stewart, Judith Briles, Kindle, Tracy R. Atkins

Live Event: How to Sell Thousands of Books Using Your Blog with Yaro Starak

by Joel Friedlander on August 10, 2015 6 Comments

Live Event: How to Sell Thousands of Books Using Your Blog with Yaro Starak explores the results of blogging and announces a free webinar

Filed Under: Author Blogging 101, Self-Publishing, Training Tagged With: Author Blogging 101, Blog Mastermind, blogging, Yaro Starak

The Rewards of Balancing Risk and Opportunity

by Joel Friedlander on July 13, 2015 9 Comments

The Rewards of Balancing Risk and Opportunity examines risk in self-publishing and blogging, and hints at the rewards

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Training Tagged With: authorpreneur, book marketing, entrepreneurship, indie author, internet marketing

Learn Scrivener Fast Training Now Available (Plus Freebies)

by Joel Friedlander on May 3, 2014 4 Comments

Learn Scrivener Fast Training Now Available (Plus Freebies)

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Training Tagged With: Literature and Latte, Scrivener, self publishing, training, word processing

How to Learn Scrivener the Fast Way

by Joel Friedlander on April 28, 2014 49 Comments

How to Learn Scrivener the Fast Way introduces the Learn Scrivener Fast training program with Joseph Michael and a free webinar

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Training, Webinars, Writing Tagged With: Litterature and Latte, MS Word, Scrivener, self publishing, training, word processing

Scrivener, Is It Really Worth the Bother?

by Joel Friedlander on April 25, 2014 80 Comments

Scrivener, Is It Really Worth the Bother? looks at ways the author has tried to learn this program

Filed Under: Training, Writing Tagged With: Amber Lee Starfire, Literature and Latte, Scrivener, self publishing, training, word processing

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