Tag Archives: book marketing
Does Anybody Really Know What Marketing Works?
I spent my morning writing about marketing for a thing I am obligated to do because I promised. I don’t know how many times I’ve written about marketing. Feels like a lot. Feels like I’m done. Chicago is in my … Continue reading
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Know Thyself- or at least thy concept
This is probably all a bit ironic, in that Alanis Morissette, situational irony kind of way. One of the things I harped on with myself when deciding what kind of a writing project I wanted to commit to was getting … Continue reading
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On Choosing Indie…Again: An Epic Journey
How can I possibly break this down to be a single post? The decision is part of a journey, and I can’t figure out how to yank out the reasons and present them out of context. I’m not a bullet-points … Continue reading
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#ROW80 update, upcoming release, and some recommended reading
So whew, it’s good to have this all settled and to say, “Thanks for asking, it’s coming out around September 2nd!” Really good. I’m still wrapped up in this book and not so much active in the next one. I … Continue reading
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All About You on TweetDeck
I<3 Tweetdeck. I couldn’t manage on Twitter without it. This post is going to be about how/why I use it and a specific column to add, but to get the basics out of the way, TweetDeck is a desktop application … Continue reading
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Writing to a Niche
So again this morning I find myself clicking from an Etsy newsletter to an article, and in that article finding so much that seems to pertain to us indie authors. I should probably have some kind of Etsyish Publishing category … Continue reading
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Formatting for Print on Demand
Ok, so last week I started talking to you about getting started with CreateSpace. We talked about some things you can do and think about before you really dig into formatting. The last step we talked about was doing one … Continue reading
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Running At An Artificial Pace
At the top of the email it reads, “To: Susan” These emails I get from Holly Lisle, I so often wish that I could find them and link you to them, because they’re so often very wise. And, of course … Continue reading
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Hush Money: 6 Months and 10,000 copies
I’m a real boy! As I begin this post, a few days before it will go live, days before Hush Money turns six months old, I’m still looking at the number on my spreadsheet. Marveling at it. Recording the numbers … Continue reading
