Laura Pepper's Blog, page 17
August 1, 2013
Top Free & Paid Services to Promote Your Kindle Books (Guest post)
Note from Laura: Hello! Hope you are well. I’ve been a little AWOL in the last few weeks pouring all of my energy into the magazine. I’m happy to share this guest post by Eric of FreeeBooksDaily.net while I’m getting my groove back on :)Top Free & Paid Services to Promote Your Kindle Books. ————————————————————————- Promoting you...
July 29, 2013
Why The Write Life Magazine is now available for your desktop (the PDF version lands today :))
It’s been 11 weeks since we launched the magazine, and the response so far has been fantastic! I’m so, so very grateful for each and every social media mention, app review, and email with feedback for us that I’ve received. Thank you!! I’m committed to making the mag as fab as possible – I know […]
July 8, 2013
Are digital magazines the next big trend in publishing?
Although I still love holding a paper magazine (and have subscriptions to plenty of them), I’m pretty darn excited about digital magazines and their advantages over print. I wrote about that in another blogpost, but in a nutshell; the interactivity, the video/ audio capabilities, the analytics you can track, the ability to communicate with the author of each article on social media as soon
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July 3, 2013
Got an iPhone or iPad? 7 Newsstand magazines worth checking out this summer!
I’m sort of obsessed with my iPad. It comes almost everywhere with me, especially on my travels and long-distance journeys. But in an attempt to avoid spending mindless, can’t get it back time on Facebook, or falling into the Pinterest trap, I’m getting in the habit of filling it with great, curated content. Like digital magazines. Once you find a couple you like, you
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June 28, 2013
The Write Life Magazine Promotional Video
I’m not sure how I neglected to share this on the blog, but here is the 1.5 minute promo video for 30 Day Books‘ latest project, The Write Life Magazine. It’s filmed in Seattle on a lovely sunny day! *Just click on the image to watch on YouTube.* For more info about the digital magazine, see http://www.thewritelifemagazine.com. **Enjoyed this post? Sign up for
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June 14, 2013
Blogpost Replay: “Amazon’s answer to indie-audio publishing… ACX.com” Guest post on Audio book creation with Jeff Bennington.
Today I am so thankful to have Jeff Bennington, author ofThe Indie Author’s Guide to the Universe(& more – see full list of books below), founder of The Kindle Book Review and all-round Indie author supporter on the 30 Day Books blog. When I heard that Jeff was turning his books into audio books on Audible.com, I knew he would be the perfect person
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June 7, 2013
5 Places to Find an Intern to Help with Your Book Marketing this Summer
Hello hello. I’m on a mission this weekend – I’m looking for summer help with The Write Life Magazine. Interns in fact. Things have been ramping up with the publication (issue 2 is out today!) and it’s time to find excited, young writerly people to help with content, social media and PR. And this gave me this great idea that authors could use a
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May 24, 2013
[Blog post replay] Does This Author Bio Make Me Look Fat? (& other feelings of inadequacy) 8 tips for an enchanting author bio
It’s tough isn’t it, writing about yourself?! Even talented writers, who naturally bestow the beautiful written word onto the world everyday without difficulty, seemingly have trouble writing a decent bio. Pinpointing what is interesting and enchanting about your self is not an easy thing to do. But it’s soooooo important. Your bio is the perfect place to sell yourself as an entertainer. You are
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May 9, 2013
Lessons learned from a magazine launch – use them in your book promotions
I haven’t been blogging much about book marketing recently, mostly because my head has been consumed with the launch of The Write Life Magazine. Here’s a few updates from our launch this week, which surprisingly enough does have a lot of book marketing and promotional lessons in there. I hope you can use them! 1. Monday – Wake up early and see the magazine
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May 3, 2013
Craziness update + where I’ve been hanging out this week
With 3 days to go until the launch of The Write Life Magazine, things have been jam-packed in our little world this week! Here’s a quick peek into what we’ve been up to: - On Tuesday, my article was published on Forbes.com. Total dream come true! You can check out the article ‘Why Every Entrepreneur Should Have a Daily Writing Practice’ here. - On
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