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The Truth About Being “Published”

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In a recent meeting of authors I overheard one of them to talk about his publishing contract, and that he was surprised to find a clause “that the publisher has all the rights for publishing means that come up in the future”. When asked if he signed this, he affirmed: “Well I wanted to be published, seeing my book in stores, and writing is a hobby for me.” I have heard and read similar statements before, and I am just wondering if these authors have not more self-respect for their own wr...

One of the Best Ways to Sell Books!

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Almost everyone likes to get free samples. I love to try out new foods at grocery promotions, and most of the time, I buy the products after sampling. Same with books:

Readers do “search inside” to find out if they like the story or the tips given in a non-fiction guidebook, before they hit the “Buy” button. Even more alluring is it, when they find an articleor a short story from you on your blog, on your website or a magazine,online or print, such as Salon.com, Huffington Post,Hubpages.c...

How Can You Leverage Your Book Manuscript?

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Re-purpose your manuscript and make more out of it than just a book and an e-book: Your book has a secret ingredient that is called “Copyright.” Every story you write, every novel, is a package of copyright.
What else can you do with your manuscript and your copyright? Split your manuscript into slices and sell each piece separately!

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You can sell parts of your book to:

one publisher other parts to another publisher some parts to overseas markets other parts to audio as e-Books or Sing...

Invitation: Inspirational Talk @ Media Club Ottawa, ON

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How Magazine and Newspaper Articles Help to Sell Your Book

and How to Leverage Your Manuscript

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Inspirational Talk at the Media Club Ottawa, ON, Canada

May 25, starting at6pm

Honeywell Room Ottawa City Hall 110 Laurier Ave. West,

Ottawa, ON, Canada

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Living in Ottawa, Canada? Or visiting this month? Don’t miss this talk!

Speaker: Doris-Maria Heilmann, author of Book Marketing on a Shoestring
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If you can’t attend and you would like to get a mentor and our support in all things publishing,...

7 Writing and Publishing Resources

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If you are sometimes scrambling for phrase or proverb ideas, idioms and expressions, with their meanings and origins explained… or for book marketing tips? Are you not sure, if your query is proper written or do you want to find out where the next writing contest takes place? All this information and more can be found in the following blogs and websites:

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Book-Writing Tips
Chock-full of tips for aspiring writers and their publishing path. Earma Brown is the author of 12 books including:...

5 Steps to Writing Success

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Even the shyest author, who would never speak at writer conferences or to a group of book lovers at a library, can write his or her way to success. I am not talking about your next book, which is certainly important, as your readers want to get more books from you, once they discovered you as an author.
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So, What Else Can You Write to Become Successful?

write short stories that you can sell (or give away) on Amazon write articles for newspapers and magazines write regularly blog articl...

5 Ways How to “Trick” Facebook

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Many authors used to be on Facebooksince years to “meet” with friends and family, and once they became self-publishing authors, to build a following and connect with potential readers. Most authors have a “private” page and one for their book(s).
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Facebook’s Major Changes in 2015
FB limits numbers of followers who see your post. Two months ago we wrote already about Facebook’s major changes. After more than a decade of receiving free content from their users, Facebook grew into a billio...

Did You Know: Copyright and Illegal Downloads

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You might have read thesearticles here on our blog: “What Every Writer Needs to Know About Copyright” and “Re-Blogging vs Copyright Infringement“. See more of this topic in the following infographic , also about illegal downloads…

By iSkysoft, developer of Free Youtube Downloader
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Prequels: A Recipe for Success!

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Dr. Denis Densley, professor for literature, and author of 53 books, explained in one of his lessons: “Prequels are all the rage these days.
For example, the musical Wicked is, indeed, a prequel to the novel (and movie) The Wizard of Oz.” One of the most talked about prequels was written by J.K. Rowling, she did it for Harry Potter. Every writer should create them too: Writing a Prequel for their upcoming book.

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Promote Your Future Book Through Short Stories
Savvy authors are building...

What’s Better: Networking or Advertising?

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One of our clients recently emailed me: I am following now 300 people on Twitter /GooglePlus / Goodreads and not a single book sold … The author had for months only 35 followers / following and we took great efforts to explain her how important it is to network with her future readers – if she wants to sell her books and does not have ten-thousands of dollars every month to advertise it. Or if she cannot spend 60,000 to 90,000 dollars to pay an agency, helping her title to get into the N...