Category: Publishing
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Things to Consider with Vanity Publishers
Last week, we covered (briefly) how to identify a Vanity Publisher. This week, I want to cover a few considerations when looking at working with a vanity/subsidy publisher. Here are some things to consider when dealing with a Subsidy Publisher: 1. Consider each benefit they are offering: Editing Editing is a challenge–there’s no doubt about…
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Recognizing Vanity Publishers
A short while ago, I had a conversation with a Vanity Publisher. I’m looking to write and publish a book that’s very different than anything I have published so far. I don’t intend to publish this book for a year or two at least (if not longer), but I came across what I thought might…
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Setting up a Pre-Order for Your Book Part II
For those of you who are not Canadian, we just had Thanksgiving this past weekend. I am both thankful and full. Now… on to pre-orders. In our last blog (How to Set up a Pre-Order for Your Book Part I), we worked through a simple process of setting up a pre-order with Ingram (and pointed…
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Setting up a Pre-Order for Your Book Part I
I apologize for not posting much in the last while (as in the last couple months). I have some health “challenges” that I deal with, and they leave me pretty exhausted. As such, I blog when I have energy. The last two months… not so much energy. Today… a bit more. So… here we go! I’ve…
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SPoaB Guide
Welcome to the SPoaB Guide! A Free Self-Publishing on a Budget Guide! This guide is laid out in phases from Phase One to Phase Six in the hopes that when it is finished, it will lead authors from start to finish through the Self-Publishing Journey. This is based on what I have learned as I…
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Social Media and the Self-Publisher: All the Rest
Alright, we’ve been walking through the topic of Social Media and the Self-Publisher. This is what we’ve been looking at: 1. Twitter and the Self-Publisher 2. Facebook and the Self-Publisher 3. Goodreads and the Self-Publisher 4. Other Social Media and the Self-Publisher So, today we’re going to cover “Other Social Media.” I felt lumping the…
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Social Media and the Self-Publisher: Goodreads
Alright! We’re covering how to use Social Media as a Self-Publisher. Here are our topics: 1. Twitter and the Self-Publisher 2. Facebook and the Self-Publisher 3. Goodreads and the Self-Publisher 4. Other Social Media and the Self-Publisher Today, we want to talk about using Goodreads! Goodreads It might seem odd that I’m posting about Goodreads…
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Social Media and the Self-Publisher: Facebook
Alright, in today’s blog on Social Media, we’re going to talk a bit about Facebook. I don’t post a huge amount on Facebook because, as with other forms of social media, I’m not convinced everyone wants to hear about every little thing I’m doing. 🙂 However, Facebook is one of the best forms of social…
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Social Media and the Self-Publisher
Social media can be wonderful, and I love certain parts of it. Sites like Facebook allow you to connect up with people you haven’t seen for years and often help you to stay on top of some of the stuff going on in their lives. It allows you to easily share pictures and events with…
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How to Set Up an Amazon Author Page
Setting up an Amazon Author page is actually quite simple. There are two real benefits to having an Amazon Author page: 1. People can click on your author name or scroll down on the book page to get a little info about you as the author 2. You can send people to your author page…