Recently a blogger for Publishers Weekly, Barbara Vey, wrote a piece about what she likes and doesn’t like on author websites. The full post is here, but I thought I’d include the highlights: DO have a website in the first place! Quote: “To me, being an author is a business and as a business you […]
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Remember when publishing was limited to a stuffy breed of executives in New York or San Francisco who read manuscripts over $5 cups of coffee? Boy how times have changed. Self-publishing has grown exponentially in the last 10 years. So has social networking sites for authors which allow aspiring writers to submit their own works
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This speaks for itself. Check it out: http://www.facebook.com/TheHungerGames Kudos to whomever at Scholastic built this. I would have no idea how to do this myself, but I’m sure going to start doing some research into it. This would be an amazing way to give an author’s Facebook presence their own look and feel, and integrate
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A great press release I came across today … Thought any up-and-coming author would appreciate it. ———– How Any Author Can Prepare for a Successful Book Launch in 2011 At the start of a new year, many writers look to print-on-demand as a quick and economical publishing solution. If an author is prepared for a
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You know how the Neilsen ratings have long-been the main source of data on TV viewership? Well, Neilsen also ranks website activities. They can tell you which websites are getting the most traffic on any given day, week, or month. And new information from Neilsen suggests that social networking has completely taken over as the
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It’s that time of the year again. Most people in the Western World are spending every free moment doing their holiday shopping, which means that sales should go up in nearly every category over the next six weeks. But what about books? What type of books is projected to sell the most? How can you
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E-books are all over the news this week, with two big stories breaking about the future of digital books. It certainly is starting to look more and more like we’re heading towards a world of paper-free reading! First, on Tuesday, the NY Times reported on Amazon releasing what they’re calling “Kindle Singles.” It’s essentially the
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Here’s an excerpt from a press release that should be of great interest to all authors who include book excerpts on their websites: ——————————————————- Amazon Launches Kindle for the Web Readers can now read the first chapter of Kindle books for free through web browsers – no download or installation required SEATTLE, Sep 28, 2010
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Remember when self-published authors were shunned by the marketplace? That wasn’t so long ago! And yet, all the recent changes in book publishing have put self-published authors pretty much on a par with those published by major publishing houses. About five years ago, I was working as the webmaster for Publishers Weekly. And PW’s had
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In doing my weekly browsing of any and all articles, blog posts, etc… related to author websites, I came across a HUGE number of pieces this week having to do with the website for author Jennifer Egan. She’s covered in the New York Times. She’s reviewed by The Quincy Review. In short, she’s everywhere. And
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