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5 Ways to Get Early Feedback on Your Book Idea or Manuscript

by Nina Amir on May 27, 2015 8 Comments

5 Ways to Get Early Feedback on Your Book Idea or Manuscript by Nina Amir explains how to gather reader feedback on your manuscript before you to print and why it might be the most valuable step you can take toward producing a successful book.

Filed Under: Contributing Writers, Self-Publishing, Writing Tagged With: blog your book, Nina Amir, reader feedback, test marketing

Nina Amir, Frances Caballo, Jason Kong, Corina Koch Macleod / Carla Douglas, and Jason Matthews Join the Book Designer as Contributing Writers

by Joel Friedlander on March 3, 2014 12 Comments

Nina Amir, Frances Caballo, Jason Kong, Corina Koch Macleod / Carla Douglas, and Jason Matthews Join the Book Designer as Contributing Writers

Filed Under: Guest Posts Tagged With: blog your book, Carla Douglas, Corina Koch MacLeod, eBooks, Editing, Frances Caballo, Jason Kong, Jason Matthews, Nina Amir, self publishing, social media

BAIPA, Sallie Goetsch, and Mind Mapping

by Joel Friedlander on September 13, 2011 6 Comments

BAIPA, Sallie Goetsch, and Mind Mapping describes a meeting about books from blogs and uses a FreeMind mind map to chart the course of the meeting itself

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Social Media Tagged With: author platform, BAIPA, blog your book, blogging, Free Mind, iThoughts, mind map, mind map software, mind mapping, publishing a book, Sallie Goetsch, Sandy Shepard

Blogging and Books: Four Questions from Nina Amir

by Joel Friedlander on April 23, 2011 10 Comments

Blogging and Books: Four Questions from Nina Amir that explain the connection between blogging and creating books and how bloggers are really self-publishers

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Writing Tagged With: blog your book, blogging, book your blog, booking my blog, Nina Amir, publish a book, self publishing

How I'm Going To Book My Blog—And You Can Too

by Joel Friedlander on February 2, 2011 47 Comments

How I’m Going To Book My Blog—And You Can Too. Creating a new book about self-publishing from a collection of 450 articles.

Filed Under: Editorial, Journey of a Book, Self-Publishing, Writing Tagged With: blog your book, blogging, publish a book, self publishing

Blogging and Life: Should You Write to a Deadline?

by Joel Friedlander on November 22, 2010 22 Comments

Blogging and Life: Should You Write to a Deadline? Deadlines can make you a stronger and more efficient writer, but you have to stick to them religiously

Filed Under: Social Media, Writing Tagged With: blog your book, blogging, self publishing, writing deadlines

The Big Problem With Blogging Your Book

by Joel Friedlander on October 15, 2010 20 Comments

The Big Problem With Blogging Your Book is that blog posts make unreadable books, and pieces of books make unattractive blog articles. There is no quick fix for making a book from blog posts.

Filed Under: Editorial, Writing Tagged With: author platform, blog your book, blogging, book writing, creative writing

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