I love webinars. Being able to learn from professionals without leaving my home. I don’t often have the courage, at conferences, to ask questions but I have little problem doing that over the computer. With online training, you can learn whenever and wherever you want. How can you find these webinars and training tools? Many…
Publishing a book is a business. I don’t want to treat it like a hobby. It’s my career. You’ve probably heard the term authorpreneur. “An author who creates a written product, participates in creating their own brand, and actively promotes that brand through a variety of outlets.” Even if you go the traditional route, you’re…
I highly recommend you hire an editor. They catch things you’d never notice like repetitions. I discovered I enjoy using “had” and “but.” Now I have to be careful. On the other hand, you might be churning out several stories a year. Your wallet may not be deep enough to hire an editor every time…
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Bublish is what you make it. I talked about a book marketing site in the post Bublish Case Study. My free trial ended a couple of days ago. To recap, Bublish lets you publish excerpts of your work with Author Insights (bubbles) attached. You can share these bubbles on Twitter and Facebook. The book/bubbles are…
It’s a great time to be a writer. It’s also kind of a pain. Authors, no matter which route you take, have to be authorpreneurs. Fortunately, book promotion is like 90% digital. Only big name authors get print ads. New companies are creating ways to promote books. Because they want indie/hybrid authors to use them,…
