So often we get fixated on trying to do it all – the flash website, hitting 1,000 likes, running the networking circuit… it can be a struggle to find the one thing that could make a tangible difference.Enter Darren Finkelstein, who found something that did.Darren has been messing about in boats for most of his […]
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Today’s post is by Sean Blanda, the Managing Editor and Producer of 99U, and online magazine that teaches creatives how to execute their ideas. In this post he shares how to save thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours of wasted effort by finding readers for your book before you go to publish your book.Building a crowdIt’s […]
Continue readingToday’s post is by Paul Jarvis, bestselling author of The Good Creative, Everything I Know, Be Awesome at Online Business, and Write and Sell Your Damn Book. He also writes a weekly newsletter on freelancing, creativity and critical thought called The Sunday Dispatches, where he originally shared this honest advice on marketing for self-published authors and entrepreneurs. Marketing tools for your […]
Continue readingAs the year winds to an end it’s easy to get caught up in the silly season. Then suddenly it’s mid-January and you haven’t written anything for a month, your editor is impatiently tapping her toe and you need to push your entire self-publishing process back.Not anymore – browse through our 10 most popular self-publishing […]
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I’d imagined for many years what it would be like to write a full-blown book. Not a large blog post, but a book – one that you could touch and feel.Most of my adult life I have thought of this idea; however, with the exception of a few paragraphs here and there, in developing blogs […]
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You’ve done it! The sweat and tears have paid off, you’ve prepared your book for distribution and you finally have a book ready for market. So what are your options for distributing a self-published book?Selling copies through your business or via your website is an option, but what about all of the potential buyers who have […]
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You have boxes of your printed books (or you’re planning to print boxes of your book) and a page on your website to sell them. But is this really the best strategy? Unless your website is getting several thousand unique visits a week, you’re going to struggle to reach new audiences and see a return […]
Continue readingSelf-publishing your own book requires a hell of a lot more than the writing alone. In fact, writing is only a small part of a much larger process, and one of the largest steps in that process is marketing. Without a big publishing house behind you, marketing is one of the most important aspects for […]
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We aren’t just living in the information age anymore… we have entered the age of information overload! Between our smart phones, tablets and laptops we are bombarded with news items, blog posts, advertising, email, personal messages, tweets, articles, status updates and an inordinate amount of cat memes and inspirational misquotes. And most of what we […]
Continue readingPat Fitzpatrick is an Irish writer who just self-published his first novel Keep Away From those Ferraris. A few months later, and what does he wish he new before self-publishing? (originally published at http://catherineryanhoward.com/2014/01/22/3-things-i-wish-i-knew-before-self-publishing-my-novel/)It’s over a month since I self-published my new thriller. Now that I have some distance from all the madness, it’s time to warn others what it […]
Continue readingToday’s post is by Nick Ruffilo, the CIO/CTO of Aerbook.com, who recently leaped into self-publishing. Read on for an honest look into the value of editing, the tricks of packaging and distribution, and his strategies to get more sales with marketing and PR.On becoming a self-publisherI’ve been involved in publishing startups for the a little over six years […]
Continue readingOriginally published by The Huffington Post, in this article Lindsay Pyfer shares her experience of self-publishing an anthology, and how even the most established writers need an experienced team to bring a book to life.***Are you or your group thinking about self-publishing a book? If so, there are some things you’ll want to know before you get started […]
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Catherine Ryan Howard, self-published author of Mousetrapped, Backpacked and Self-printed, asked her readers whether they read self-published books differently last month.I was a ‘yes’ – whether I want to or not, I’ll always hold self-published books to a higher standard. When I read a book that I know has been self-published, I scour it for […]
Continue readingThis was such a great post on why your book pitch matters, even for self-published authors, that I wanted to share it. (Reblogged from http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2013/10/book-pitch/)Imagine for a moment that you’ve hopped into an elevator on your way somewhere. You’re carrying the proof of your book that just arrived from the printer. A gentleman sharing the elevator […]
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