by Joel Friedlander | Nov 4, 2012 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
The journey of over a year comes to a close two days from now, and it will be historic no matter what happens. That’s part of living through these campaigns, since you always get to see history being made. That’s not so different from what’s...
by Joel Friedlander | Sep 23, 2012 | Self-Publishing
It may be late September, with all that that implies, but things keep booming along for indie publishers and authors. Check out how to use social proof, the new world of content, book reviews revisited, some great tools and the real rundown on one author’s...
by Joel Friedlander | Sep 9, 2012 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
Labor Day (U.S.) has come and gone and it now seems like a sprint to November. But in the world of indie publishing, disruption is routine. This week we’ve got reports about ethics, seasonal selling, Scrivener, the incursion of big publishers into...
by Joel Friedlander | Jul 24, 2011 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
Words of the week seem to include “heat dome,” “intractable impasse” and “Google+” but we’ve got work to do, and some great writers to help us do it. Whether we’re re-orienting our marketing, creating e-book covers,...
by Joel Friedlander | Jul 10, 2011 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
I went to speak at East West Books in Mountain View last week. Many authors in the audience are interested in self-publishing. This is what I find wherever I’ve gone in the last few months. A lot of curiousity, a few people who have already uploaded to the...