by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Just thought I’d share a tool that I’ve found really helpful lately. It’s also free, which is especially nice. Dave Chesson from Kindlepreneur is the tool’s creator. It [...]
By Dan Brotzel, @brotzel_fiction I met my two collaborators, Martin and Alex, at my local writing group. By coincidence, it turned out that we all lived in the same road. As we got [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve mentioned here before that I was slow to start sending out a newsletter. What really made me finally commit to sending them (in 2013) was that readers [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Fortunately, the olden days of being a self-published writer are over. Those days involved keeping large quantities of paperback novels in your garage or closet or even carrying [...]
by Colleen M. Story, @colleen_m_story When your readers come to your website, how long does it take them to figure out what kind of writing you do? If it takes more than a few [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig There are all sorts of time savers out there. They’re not really shortcuts, but they definitely help to both make projects less-overwhelming and quicker to tackle. One of my favorite [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig There are several reasons why I have my printed books available through print on demand distributor IngramSpark. For one, it’s a cheaper option for international readers than KDP Print [...]
by David Wogahn, @Wogahn It is simple to figure out eBook royalties because there are no “manufacturing” costs. But the formula for calculating your royalty for a paperback book printed by Amazon KDP [...]
Hi, everyone! Today I’m guest-blogging over at Laura Smith’s blog with a post for self-publishing beginners. I’m offering 5 self-publishing basics. Hope you’ll hop over. :) Photo credit: Stuck in Customs on Visualhunt [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Clearly, I’m no accountant or tax lawyer. In fact, I encourage anyone with a large-ish writing business to use a CPA, as I do. I had one terrifying [...]
by Jenny Bravo, @JennyBravoBooks We are in the age of the author. With the rise of self-publishing and hybrid publishing, authors are pumping out books more than ever. We live in a content-based world [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I realized at some point last year that I wanted to write a new series. For one thing, it’s nice to have an additional revenue stream, especially if [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve published a couple of posts about getting your character rights back from publishers. This enables writers to continue publishing new books in a series. In my case, [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I usually just jump right into new projects without thinking a lot about it. I follow my outlines and I write what I’ve told myself to write each [...]
By Steven W. Giovinco, @recovreputation 8 Online Reputation Management Tips for Authors, Books, Novels, Fine Art Photography Publications, With Sample Task List Authors–not just plumbers on Yelp or lawyers on Avvo.com–need a positive [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig This may seem an odd topic for me to blog on. I have never been an editor and I have no aspirations to be a freelance editor. However, [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Getting our digital books into libraries is much easier these days than it was a few years ago. All we need to do is upload our ebooks to [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Always leery of more work, I’d put off moving my print books from CreateSpace to KDP Print. With about 20 titles to transfer (the rest were trad-pubbed), I [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve written on rights reversion a couple of times and each time I’ve received emails from traditionally published authors concerned about one aspect or another relating to the [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Thought I’d provide a somewhat belated update as to the translation platforms I’ve been working with alongside my Spanish translator, Freddy Moyano. As you may remember (and here’s [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Writers are frequently advised to ‘go wide’ with their books. It’s advice that I’ve followed: my books are in about every [...]
by Emmanuel Nataf, @EmmanuelNataf 81% of Americans want to write a book in their lifetimes. However, a much smaller percentage actually goes on to publish a book. So what’s stopping them? You’ll hear that [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig The word ‘blurb,’ which is what publishers used to mean ‘endorsement’ has gradually changed in meaning to ‘book description,’ so I’ll use ‘endorsement’ to be clearer. Regardless what [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Sometimes dealing with both creative work and the business end can be overwhelming. On any given day, I’m brainstorming plots, researching a new promo approach, and reading articles [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I have a quick, cautionary tale for you today. I released book nine in the Southern Quilting series in late-April. I consider the series to be one that [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I have seen some pretty pitiful bios on Amazon…usually when I’m looking for contact info because there is no contact info on the author’s website or blog. This [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I can go quite a while without doing any speaking, and then I’ll have a flurry of engagements. I used to have to put a lot more time [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Last year I started branching out into translation. At the time, the main platform I found to support royalty-sharing translation (no upfront costs to the author…the author [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig It’s now time for my regularly scheduled reminder to back up your work. This time I’ll make my post a little different by urging you to back up [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Recently, I went through and updated all of my individual book pages on my website… a very tedious process, but it was a rainy day and a worthwhile [...]
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