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Book Marketing: Have You Tried a Sample Interview?

by Joel Friedlander | Apr 19, 2011 | Marketing, Self-Publishing

Did you ever wish that you did an interview, and in the interview you got to ask exactly the questions you most wanted to talk about? Well, here’s a fun tip on how to do just that. As part of my media kit for the ongoing book launch of A Self-Publisher’s...

Sundman: Friedlander on the Future of Publishing

by Joel Friedlander | Oct 28, 2010 | E-Books & Readers, Interviews

Wetmachine, a “group blog on telecom policy, software, science, technology, and writing” is the online home of author John Sundman. John has self-published his novels for 11 years. Recently he inaugurated what he calls “a continuing series of...

Using Consultants to Crush Your Learning Curve, and an Offer

by Joel Friedlander | Oct 11, 2010 | Self-Publishing

Of the many many incredible possibilities presented by a networked world, one of the most productive is the ability to use other people’s expertise. In the pre-Google era, it could be challenging to find experts in an area you needed to know about. At various...

Welcome to Self-Publishing: The Carnival of the Indies

by Joel Friedlander | Oct 6, 2010 | Marketing, Self-Publishing, Social Media

Last year when I started The Book Designer blog, I was looking for ways to find readers. I kept running into the advice to look for blog carnivals to participate in. I had no idea what a blog carnival was. A gathering of bloggers, like a street fair? It sounded...

Self-Publishing at the Commonwealth Club of California

by Joel Friedlander | Apr 13, 2010 | The Joel Friedlander Archives

Well, this is awkward. When I realize I’ve screwed up I’d prefer to pretend it didn’t happen, put my hands in my pockets and see if it blows over. But sometimes there’s no way around it, so I might as well go straight forward and own up....
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