by Joel Friedlander | Jul 3, 2013 | Author Blogging 101
You’ve read the articles, heard the incredible success stories and seen other authors burst on the scene attracting interest, gaining authority and making waves. You know that a lot of these authors have used a blog as a means to get these great results, and...
by Joel Friedlander | Jun 30, 2013 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
Welcome to this issue of the Carnival of the Indies blog carnival. This issue is for June, 2013. We welcome your submissions on topics related to writing, self-publishing, book design or marketing books. A collection of outstanding articles recently posted to blogs,...
by Joel Friedlander | Jun 28, 2013 | Writing
by Toni Tesori (@Duolit) Toni’s last post here was the amazingly useful Are You Making These 7 Book Marketing Mistakes? Today she tackles one of the obstacles that confronts many authors: procrastination. She’s got a lot of tips, so do yourself a favor and...
by Joel Friedlander | Jun 24, 2013 | Marketing, Self-Publishing
We don’t often talk about one very important part of self-publishing: it can be a lot of fun! Maybe it doesn’t feel that way when you’re trying to figure out which ISBN option to choose, or how to hire a cover designer, or which font would really be...
by Joel Friedlander | Jun 19, 2013 | Marketing, Social Media
Have you ever taken part in a Twitter chat? A Twitter chat is a live, scheduled event organized around a hashtag, which is a bit of metadata that people add to their posts by putting a pound sign in front of a keyword, like this: #books. Using hashtags allows others...