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This post is a follow-up to my last three posts and continues a conversation at Grow Your Writing Business. While this topic didn’t come up in the original discussion, my thoughts extended to one more issue that bothers me. Do you really know what it means that a book is a bestseller? One of the … Read more
This post is a follow-up to my last two posts and continues a conversation at Grow Your Writing Business. Amy Derby said she had seen ads for writers to post reviews on Amazon.com. That led me to share David’s experience. He read in John Kremer’s Book Marketing newsletter about a way to get more reviews … Read more
This post is a follow-up to my last post and continues a conversation at Grow Your Writing Business. Mary Emma Allen questioned the ethics of writers asking people to vote for their books for awards, whether or not the voter has read the book. Recently I told you that my client David Bowles’ book was … Read more
Yvonne Russell at Grow Your Writing Business has an interesting discussion going on about fake testimonials and the ethics of writing . Her original post quoted an ad she saw on a freelance site asking to have 25 testimonials written to sound like they are from “allegedly satisfied readers” of the book – for the … Read more
In the last post, we talked about self-publishing a children’s book on CD. This is the final installment in the answers to questions posted by a writer. Patti McQuillen wrote in answer to my follow-up questions: I don’t have a clue about making my children’s book available online as a download. I am working on … Read more
This is the second in a series of three posts answering questions posed in comments to an earlier post. Writer Patti McQuillen asked: I have a book I finished for encouraging kids to write. It is available on CD. I self published (my first one ever) and I know that phrase makes some people run! … Read more
In this series, I am going to answer specific questions posed by a reader in a comment to The Value of Writers Groups. Although the questions are specific to one writer, many other writers probably have similar questions. Patti McQuillen wrote: I am the webmaster of Gaslight Writers, a writing group for adults in the … Read more
Most people want to get comfortable when reading for pleasure (or even for professional development and education). Sitting at a computer to read a book doesn’t appeal to us. That’s why I prefer to read on an e-book reading device. There are a number of different devices on the market that are suitable for reading … Read more
Although many people prefer to read print, I always look for e-books. My poor vision makes it difficult for me to read most print books, but I can adjust the font on e-books to make them easy for me to read. People who associate e-books with short, often free, how-to and marketing books may be … Read more
For many people, the word e-book means a PDF or proprietary electronic (some type of .exe file) document that is usually a short how-to guide. Often these e-books are offered free as a marketing tool for the author. Many of these e-books are useful: I recommend Mihaela Lica’s SEO Book of WordPress Blogs, and Yvonne at … Read more