Tumblr’s announcement this week that all adult content will be deleted on 17 December has many users running for the exits, and that really should include you (even if you...Continue reading
Tag: authors
Here’s a selection of helpful posts we’ve written for our author audience.
Are Email Verification/Validation Services Worth the Cost?
If you hang around where business people (this includes authors) talk about marketing, the topic of mailing lists will come up a lot, and every so often someone will ask...Continue reading
Here’s What You Can Do with That Old Blog After Launching a New Website
If you write online for years on end there will come a point where you will end up with multiple old blogs and abandoned writing projects residing on various platforms...Continue reading
Amazon Launches a New Reports Site for Authors – KDP Reports
Word is circulating through KBoards and Facebook today that Amazon is testing a new site where authors can track their sales data. It’s called KDP Reports, and looks something like...Continue reading
Guest Post: The Key to an Effective Social Media Strategy for Writers
Whether you’re a writer of nonfiction — blogs, articles, technical and nonfiction writing — or an author of books and fiction, you know how important it is to be active...Continue reading
Infographic: Top Ten Book Titles, As Recommended by Librarians
Names are important. Choose the wrong name for a book or series and you can kill its sales before it even reaches the market. This is why it is so...Continue reading
My Site is Loading Twice As Fast Today As It Was Last Week. How About Yours?
Earlier today I did some behind the scenes work to speed up my site, and I thought it might be helpful if I walked you through the process and shared...Continue reading
Gutenberg Will be Released with WordPress 5.0 on 19 November – Here’s What You Need to Do
We have known for the past 18 months that Gutenberg was going to one day change just about every aspect of running a WordPress site from publishing posts to designing pages....Continue reading
The Four Bios Every Author Needs
If you Google author bios you will find a million different articles, each with their own recommendation. Be short and too the point. Use the third person. Simply say who...Continue reading
Nate’s Big List of Free Courses for Authors
Between marketing, social media, ads, writing, and book formatting, there are a million and one skills authors and other creators need to learn over the course of their career. And...Continue reading
Nate’s Big List of Writing, Marketing, and Publishing Podcasts
What do you call a group of 3 or more adults under 40? (a podcast) Podcasts are now so widespread that they inspired me to write the above joke, but...Continue reading
Making Your First Infographic Is Easier Than You Think
A reader left a comment on last night’s infographic post, and I thought it deserved its own post. Mark Williams asked: The possibilities are endless, but can you point us...Continue reading
Infographic: How Authors can use Infographics to Connect with Readers
Infographics are a popular marketing tool in the business world because they are a great way to get a company’s name out in front of potential customers. A popular infographic could...Continue reading
Gutenberg, WordPress, & You: the What, the Why, and the How
If you have a WordPress site, chances are you have heard of something called Gutenberg. You could have seen one of the posts written about it over the past 18...Continue reading
How to Upload a PDF to the Kindle Store, and Sell It
In my morning coffee link post this morning I included a post on The Book Designer where a so-called “expert” made various claims about PDFs, including that PDFs aren’t ebooks...Continue reading
