by Joel Friedlander | Dec 18, 2011 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
With only one more Sunday left to the year, 2012 is almost upon us. Time now for family, for holidays, for trips home and gratitude for what we have. Part of that is the nonstop efforts of bloggers bringing us good things all year. Here we have thoughts on indie...
by Joel Friedlander | May 1, 2011 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
Lots of talk this week in many places about e-book pricing and we have more for you today, along with a new metric for self-publishers, how to drive traffic to your author blog, and a high-level look at publishing and self-publishing. Take it for a spin. Joanna Penn...
by Joel Friedlander | Apr 29, 2011 | Marketing, Social Media
Ed: This article originally appeared on BookBuzzr.com’s Book Marketing Technologies Center. This is a terrific resource for authors and I highly recommend the great collection of articles on book marketing that they are amassing. If you haven’t had a look,...
by Joel Friedlander | Jul 9, 2010 | Marketing, Social Media, Writing
Do you think authors should blog their works in progress? I think, in a lot of cases, it’s a really bad idea. Sure, you can write a book from a blog, and there are kinds of books that lend themselves to being assembled in pieces from blog writing. Books you...
by Joel Friedlander | Apr 26, 2010 | Self-Publishing, Social Media, Writing
Today I’m following up on my earlier post about how authors can use keywords to help them both find readers and market their books. Instead of my hypothetical pizza book self-publisher, I’m going to use real examples from my blog to illustrate how you can...