Don't make the mistake of waiting until you published your book to start
working on your author platform.
You need to be
working on your author platform now.
So, put it to
work on your author platform and start getting some of that sweet, sweet internet love.
Work on your author platform.
Not exact matches
«Our
work demonstrates one of the most advanced designs to date of a self - contained flapping - winged aerial robot with bat morphology that is able to perform autonomous flight,» explained Alireza Ramezani, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Illinois who is the first
author of the cover article, «A Biomimetic Robotic
Platform to Study Flight Specializations of Bats,» appearing in AAAS Science Robotics
on February 1.
For instance, he was a Lead
Author in the
Working Group II of the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (IPCC), a Coordinating Lead
Author of the Intergovernmental
Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and Global Biodiversity Outlook.
«This latest
work extends the capabilities of our multi-material bioprinting
platform to thick human tissues, bringing us one step closer to creating architectures for tissue repair and regeneration,» says Jennifer A. Lewis, the Hansörg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering, the senior
author on the study and a Wyss Core Faculty member.
Employing culturally diverse
authors — many of whom who could
work remotely — is a way of providing a more comprehensive eLearning
platform on a global scale.
Unlike traditional publishers — who only take
on a book if it has a chance of doing really well, either because the
author has an established
platform or because the book is in a very popular genre — I
work on a lot of projects that probably won't be as successful.
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If you're still building your
author platform, consider joining a site like Scribofile, where you can offer feedback
on other people's writing to amass «karma points,» which you can then spend
on acquiring feedback for your
work.
Bella Andre, Lucy Kevin, Barbara Freethy, and HM Ward have signed
on to allow their popular titles to be included in the
platform, meaning the fans of those
authors»
works can now publish and sell their own adaptations of the characters and story lines that spoke to them.
Fan fiction has come into its own, largely thanks to online communities like Wattpad and the Kindle Worlds
platform from Amazon that allows
authors to publish and monetize
on their fanfic
works.
Look at the impact that a few sites already have
on Indie
Authors, some authors pray for luck in getting placement in the latest «Bookbub / ENT / POI / Freebooksy / etc / etc» because those platforms have figured out how to market since «Select didn't work for me» or «Countdown didn't work for me» or «Facebook only goes to 16 % of my fans list&
Authors, some
authors pray for luck in getting placement in the latest «Bookbub / ENT / POI / Freebooksy / etc / etc» because those platforms have figured out how to market since «Select didn't work for me» or «Countdown didn't work for me» or «Facebook only goes to 16 % of my fans list&
authors pray for luck in getting placement in the latest «Bookbub / ENT / POI / Freebooksy / etc / etc» because those
platforms have figured out how to market since «Select didn't
work for me» or «Countdown didn't
work for me» or «Facebook only goes to 16 % of my fans list».
I totally agree with you,
authors should
work on building their own
platforms, e-mail lists and good relationship with their subscribers.
This post is part of my ongoing series
on author & book promotion, which is aimed at helping fellow
authors build their audience and establish a
platform to promote their
work.
I'm in promotion and I
work with both traditional and POD
authors and you are so dead
on with the comment regarding «pre-existing
platform».
This year I'm also
working on some online courses to help
authors build a stable, long - term
author platform.
She did become my confidante and mentor, and when the timing was right, I was thrilled that she jumped at the chance to present me to Lisa Hagan, literary agent, who signed me
on the spot (this was after I self - published my first three books, developed a large
author platform, sexual abuse advocacy, signed with a (now - defunct) hybrid publisher, wrote another book, directed an imprint, and have two
works in progress and another series in the hopper).
In order to be considered,
authors must publish their
works on the Smashwords Self - Publishing
platform * for free and fill out our submission form, including their library card number.
There's a lot of
work involved in successfully selling
on these other
platforms, but a handful of
authors rank Kobo, Google Play, and Apple as a significant source of their income.
It ain't an easy road being a published
author with a
platform that agents or editors notice... still
working on that.
Your
Platform: The author's platform consists of your website, your followers, your body of work, your on - line presence, and your rep
Platform: The
author's
platform consists of your website, your followers, your body of work, your on - line presence, and your rep
platform consists of your website, your followers, your body of
work, your
on - line presence, and your reputation.
It is a great idea for any aspiring
author to offer their content
on as many devices and
platforms as possible because you never know how your next big fan will discover your
work!
Authors should be using this time to gather book reviews and
work on their online
platform,
working on their blog and building excitement about the book via social media and lining up media interviews to create a buzz about the upcoming book.
Whether you're just beginning to build your
author platform or have already released several books and are
working on another, Midnight Publishing is here to help!
Many
authors have spoken out
on the superfluousness of having an agent take
on roles that the indie
author can easily fulfill; if ebook
platforms like Kindle Direct Publishing were to ridiculously insist that they would only accept ebook submissions from literary agents, that would be the end of indie
authors and agents would once again be almost a requirement for
authors to put their
works in front of readers.
Another
platform, StoryBundle,
works on much the same concept of allowing readers to determine what is a fair price to compensate
authors for their
works, while still supporting causes with their purchasing dollars.
About Graphicly Graphicly is a cutting - edge entertainment and digital content publishing
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Other news from the Kobo and Aqufadas collaboration is still pending, as the group continues to
work on a self - publishing
platform for children's book
authors and graphic novelists; the first step for Kobo was to develop a children's bookstore to sell that content, and that is now viable.
Hybrid
authors appeared to be more active, both in their hourly writing time (20 - 24 hours per week, compared to 10 - 14 hours a week) and the time they spend
working on building their
author platforms (7 - 9 hours per week, instead of 3 - 6 hours a week from other
authors).
The emphasis will focus
on the literary
works by Sri Lankan
authors, the electronic versions of which will be hosted for the very first time
on the online store for easy download to any PC, Android, or iOS
platforms.
A number of trends she highlighted that are especially
working for
authors where they are is the mobilization of reading
on smart devices, the return of serials through a wide variety of
platforms, and the verticals of companies that are already making headway in the industry.
The two somewhat similar companies, PubSlush and LeanPub, began offering a
platform solely based
on the idea that
authors could reach out to potential readers while the book is still in the process of being written and accept funding to help cover the costs associated with publishing the book; around this same time, Wattpad rolled out a limited pilot program that
worked with six
authors to fund their titles through reader donations.
And with our initiative
on DRM and device independence we are also
working to get our
authors eBooks out to as many
platforms as possible.
You Can't Write It All: How to Avoid Side Hustle Burnout (Lisa Rowan
on The Write Life): Yes, you should
work on your writing and
author platform nearly every day, but this doesn't mean you have to run yourself ragged and nix the self - care.
As I have
worked on my book, I have become increasingly aware of how helpful my blog is for building what is called an «
author platform» to generate interest and get the word out about it.
Amazon's Kindle Storyteller Award which celebrates the
work of self - published
authors, across any genre
on the KDP
platform, has returned with a new # 20,000 prize.
With regard to smaller publishers and
authors who use the KDP
platform to put their
work on Amazon, we're asked if we want to include DRM.
Fishcake Publications has been set up as a small, independent publisher primarily focused
on helping
authors, whether already established or unpublished, get their
work into the digital realm
on as many eBook
platforms and formats as possible, therefore maximising their potential exposure and making their
work accessible for the general public worldwide.
Working with us, you will enjoy excellent service and can rely
on us to take care of the many technical and strategic marketing details required for building your
Author Platform.
Kayla Dean —
On her site, Kayla calls herself a creativepreneur,
author, and freethinker who is
working to build her
author platform while helping her readers find theirs.
the digital reading revolution opened up readers» eyes to the potential for screen reading,
authors may have believed they were limited to self - publishing their
work via a dedicated e-reader
platform, at least in the early days of this current climate of digital publishing, in actuality, publishing has taken
on a whole new meaning and there are unique copyright issues that go along with it.
In order to traditionally publish a non-fiction
work, an
author has to be able to prove his solid numbers, or
platform, in terms of viable customers before an agent can consider signing
on to represent the
author.
One of the chief complaints about the many digital self - publishing
platforms on the market is the «anyone can do it» attitude from far too many writers, indie
authors who do not take their
work seriously enough to have it professionally edited.
As always, CreateSpace has given
authors the opportunity to pay to have professional design services for their
works, but unlike
platforms that are making a huge profit by preying
on authors» fears of publishing books that look homemade and are riddled with formatting errors, CreateSpace has always offered free tools as well for
authors who have the know - how to go forward
on their own.
We believe that giving
authors complete control of pricing, everywhere but Audible (Audible always controls pricing
on their
platform), the
authors can benefit from the ability to publish shorter
works, such as serialized fiction.
In a separate press release, Michael Tamblyn, Kobo's EVP content and merchandising, says, «When we started
working on Kobo Writing Life, the first thing we did was ask
authors what they felt was most important in a self - publishing
platform.
As traditional publishers contract their marketing dollars and focus
on celebrity
authors, more and more
authors are finding they can use social media to build a
platform and develop a following for their
work.
With a market flooded with user - created ebooks across an ever - growing number of distribution
platforms, indie
authors have discovered that making their
work stand out from the crowd is a full time job
on its own.