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A Blog About eBooks, Now Advertising an eBook About eBooks

February 21, 2013

Since around October, I’ve been talking a lot about the future of books and the future of eBooks. I’ve made a guide about how writers should blog in a way that gets people to read your stuff. I’ve also talked about how building a platform and an audience is crucial to getting anyone to actually…

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authors, books, content marketing, ebooks, self-publish, technology, writing

Writers Stink at Social Media (And Why That’s Bad if You’re Self-Publishing)

February 20, 2013

I’ve talked about how bad writers can be at Facebook before. It’s pretty obvious if you just take a look around. There are exceptions to the rule, of course, but in general it seems that us writerly folks tend to not like social media that much, particularly the insta-smile networks of Facebook, Twitter, and their…

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Is the Final Draft Dead?

February 13, 2013

I wrote a lot of this in my car, because I have a smartphone, so now I can talk sternly to it and, magically, those incantations are turned into text. I’ve tried this method to write blog posts before, but it never quite works because swerving through rush hour traffic isn’t the most conducive environment…

For Writers, Technology

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How One Author Makes Facebook Work

February 6, 2013

Facebook has been something of a Rubik’s Cube for authors. Even if you take a look at some of the most famous authors’ Facebook Pages, you can tell that the teams pulling the strings have a pretty poor understanding of how it all works. In my quest for authors who use Facebook effectively, I first…

For Writers, Marketing

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Why All Writers Have to Love Technology

February 1, 2013

The other day, I got in an argument with my friend over a recent article about what a few start-ups were doing to nonfiction books. Well, “argument” is being generous. More like four exhaustive Facebook posts written by two tired people who have the same opinion about things, but disagree to pass the time. Anyway,…

For Writers, Technology

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Are Commercial eBooks the Only Things You Can Write to Make Money?

January 24, 2013

Jane Friedman thinks that self-published eBooks are going to have depend on a “readership that consumes books like candy.” The idea is that you should write a lot of stuff. Publish it. Then, you repeat until you make a profit. Essentially, this means the books themselves will be like candy. Sweet, short-lived, instantly gratifying… and…

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authors, books, ebooks, self-publish, writing

How to Set Up Google Authorship on WordPress… and Why All Writers & Bloggers Need It

January 18, 2013

Don’t feel like you’re out-of-the-loop if you haven’t heard of Google+ — practically no one uses it. Sure, there are some reports about a surge of users for Google’s social network, but that’s mostly people who have been tricked into using it by accidentally clicking the wrong button on YouTube or Gmail. The average Google+…

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Why Can’t I Click Your Book?

January 13, 2013

Books. Engrossing vessels of unparalleled knowledge, learning, and experience… or obsolete hunks of text that can’t hope to compete in an era of relentlessly over-stimulated people? The question struck me when I was reading Christopher McDougall’s Born to Run recently. I like to run. I like learning things. And I’m not adverse to being taken to far-off,…

For Writers, Technology

books, ebooks, self-publish, writing

3 Free Platforms for Writers, Musicians, and Artists to Make a Website

January 9, 2013

If you’re a writer, musician, or artist looking to make a website these days, what do you need to start? Not any knowledge of HTML. Not a web designer. Not a lengthy textbook about “building a website.” You just need about an hour of time and a slightly foggy notion of what to do. Oh,…

For Bands, For Visual Artists, For Writers

blogging, websites

Print Books Aren’t Dying, But They’re Definitely Changing

January 6, 2013

It’s a new year. We’re humans, so we love the endless art of speculation. If you’re a writer, an avid reader, or both, there’s probably one big question on your mind in particular: are print books going to stick around or are eBooks going to replace them? What’s a bookshelf going to look like in the…

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