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  • How Google Alerts Can Help You Build an Organic Web Presence

     
    In the ongoing quest for connections, readers, and book buyers, authors need to be aware of the online tools that can help them build a solid web presence. One that is based on more than the foundation (though solid enough) of content alone. Co...

  • Writing Tips for Fiction Authors

     
    We can imagine that it goes without saying that in order to be a great writer you need to be a great reader. Yet there are countless authors who have offered this advice and countless writers who have ignored it. Whatever genre you're in, read ...

  • Marketing Your Self-Published Book – The Author Platform

    What is an 'Author Platform'?We all have a platform, whether we realize it or not. If you have a career, children, or even a hobby, you already have a 'platform' for those things. Your platform is how you prove to other people that you're good at what ...

  • Marketing Your Self-Published Book – The Essential Basics

    I know that the stereotype for writers has been the image of the hermit who does nothing but churn-out books in his quiet cabin or house by the lake, but the reality of the new world for any self-published author is a vast deviation from that norm.
    Wh...

  • Publishing Your Ebook Online (Without Using Amazon)

    Just for a moment, let us suppose that Amazon's self-publishing platform doesn't exist. I know, crazy, right? Humor me for five minutes though. Amazon may very well be the largest online distributor of ebooks and digital content, but they're certainly ...

  • The Best Software for Writing a Kindle Book

    You have a great idea for a Kindle book, and no idea how to organize your thoughts and get them into a format that is Ebook-friendly. While you will still need to go through Amazon's upload process and have your book in the correct PRC format to do so,...

  • Kindle Direct Publishing, or KDP Select – Is it for you?

    Yes, another self-publishing tool from Amazon. Before we move into the pros and cons though, let's get a definition of what KDP Select is. Paraphrasing from Amazon's FAQs page for the program, Kindle Direct Publishing is one of the options Amazon offer...

  • Submitting to Amazon's Kindle Scout Program

    How to submit to Kindle Scout

  • Amazon Launches Kindle Scout

    Amazon Launches Kindle Scout

  • Debunking Some Common Self-Publishing Myths

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    • October 7, 2014
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    Debunking Some Common Self-Publishing Myths
    There are so many unreasonable things said online about aspiring writers and how they should not choose self-publishing over traditional publishing. The following are some myths which have been debunked so a...

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