Category Archives for Publishing
Image Copyright and Authors: How To Avoid Legal Trouble
Image copyright for authors. We authors are usually pretty sensitive and aware of copyright issues around the written word. But with so many images seeming to be freely available online, do you know
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Tired of the Same Old Stock Image Sites? Here Are 10 New Options
As an author, you probably already know that using images in your book can really add to the reader’s enjoyment of your writing. You also know that a great book deserves a great cover with a striking
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How to Create and Narrate Your Audiobook
Your self-published book is finally finished. You lovingly and painstakingly nurtured it over many months, maybe even years, transforming it from a few scrawled notes into a sleekly bound thing of beauty.
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Book Marketing: Love It, Hate It, But You Better Not Avoid It
Ah yes. Book marketing. You may love it. Or you may hate it. But you can't avoid it.But then who would want to? Avoid book marketing, that is. Your hands, or even both hands, might be waving in the
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ONE Thing You Should Do For Your Indie Author Career
We're talking about one big, free, online thing you can do that will help you with your indie author career, regardless whether you're a newbie, veteran, romance or nonfiction author. It's signing up
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How to Get Your Book Into Physical Book Stores
If you're like just about every other author, you dream of how to get your book into physical book stores.Nothing comes close to the thrill of seeing your printed book displayed for the world to see
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Weird and Wonderful Ways to Win With A Book About Your Business
Think of some of the world’s top businesspeople. How many of them have written a book? How many of them would you have known about if it weren’t for their book—or books? The fact is that writing
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What’s Your Definition of Success As An Author?
Why do you write? What do you hope to achieve? What, in short, is your definition of success as an author?The last question confronted me recently when a fellow writer, who I met online
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Behind the Scenes of a Successful Documentary Pitch
Do you have a nonfiction idea, perhaps even a completed and published book, that you’d like to pitch as a documentary for film or TV? The world of the silver screen may feel scary. However, while
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How to Co-author a Book and Protect Your Relationship
When you co-author a book, you may find it easier to get to the finish line and self-publish. You share the workload, talents, and areas of expertise. Sounds great, right? However, everyone has a different
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