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February 26, 2013
Quick Q&A with Duolit, The Self-Publishing Team
Today’s post is a quick Q&A with “The Self-Publishing Team”, Duolit! I met Duolit on the Interwebs a while ago, I don’t even remember how. They’ve since formatted a book for me, hosted me on their blog, and we’ve even chatted on Skype. So of course I wanted to introduce them to you! I grabbed them for a quick Q&A, but be sure to
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February 19, 2013
Things I Wish I Knew When I First Started Self-Publishing: Indie Authors Share their Insights
If there’s one thing I love about the indie author community, it’s the sense of community and camaraderie. Thanks to a handful of supportive and generous indie authors, I’ve got some great insights to share with you – straight from them, for your benefit. This post is a must-bookmark as this information is invaluable, especially if you are a novice indie author about to
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February 12, 2013
Indie Authors Share 10 Golden Nuggets of Info: The ONE Thing That I’ve Done to Get More Readers
Today we’re tapping into the great minds (and successes) of independent authors with this post 10 Golden Nuggets of Info : The ONE Thing That I’ve Done to Get More Readers. You’re gonna want to bookmark this! Without further adieu… 1.“Take advantage of KDP Select Free Days” – Kathy Lynn Harris, Blue Straggler and Wendy Nelson Tokunaga, The Girl in the Tapestry, His Wife
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February 5, 2013
Marketing Idea: Developing a Song Playlist for Your Novel
Warning! By the end of this post you’re gonna be YouTubing it up and dancing around your office (or wherever you’re reading this). Such is the power of music! Today’s blog post is by our always-welcome-around-here guest Kathy Lynn Harris. Being the Texas country bumpkin that she is (love ya Kathy!) she includes a lot of musical references in her latest novel A Good
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January 31, 2013
*Special Post* IndiesForward Day: Where I put myself out there.
Today is a very special day, and a break from the norm on this blog. (No book marketing advice today!) Today is IndiesForward Day, presented by SelfPublishingTeam.com (better know as Shannon and Toni of DuoLit). It’s a special blogging event dedicated to spreading the legacy of Julie Forward DeMay and her touching memoir, The Cell War Notebooks. Julie Forward DeMay dreamed of being
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January Blog Post Replay: Book marketing for shy authors
Are you shy? Consider yourself introverted? What a great book! I loved this whole series as a kid. This topic is particularly important to me because of my own story and experience. I’m a little hesitant (embarrassed) to share this with you, but hopefully it will resonate with some of you and my advice will be of use. While I don’t exactly fall into
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January 29, 2013
January Blog Post Replay: “Do I really need an author website?” Some thoughts.
If you have been sitting on the fence and wondering whether you really need an author website or not; OR if you have a site but you’re not sure if it’s working effectively, here is some food for thought. PEOPLE GOOGLE. Like, all the time. When you tell people that you are an author, they get curious. And we all know what curiosity
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January 24, 2013
January Blog Post Replay: What Makes a Good Book Trailer? Some Key Elements to know about
I say it all the time but it’s worth repeating! Book marketing efforts need to beproductivenot justactive. Many authors unfortunately confuse the two, spending hours on social media without seeing any results, blogging to an empty audience, and making book trailers that never get watched. Definition forbook trailer: A book trailer is a video advertisement for a book which employs techniques similar to
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January 22, 2013
January Blog Post Replay: 11 ways to make the most of your book signing
Nothing scares most authors more than the first book signing. What if no-one shows? Will people take me seriously? What am I going to talk about? I have to have my picture taken? Here are some tips to help the signing go smoothly, and also to stretch the value of this awesome opportunity as far as possible. Book signings are not all about
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January 17, 2013
January Blog Re-play: 14 items to Include in Your Author Media Kit (& why you NEED one)
Above is an example of a media page from authorKathy Lynn Harris’s website. So doyouneed a media page (also known as a media kit?) If you are considering a blog tour, are contacting reviewers, want to be featured on blogs, websites or your local or national newspaper/ magazine,a media pageis a killer resource to have. It makes reporters and bloggers owners’ lives a ton
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