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Not exact matches
Author of a Wall Street Journal bestseller, Everybody Writes: Your
Go - to Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content, and a popular keynote speaker, Handley consistently churns out thought leadership content for one
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The
authors are also proponents
of «what
goes around comes around» in the link building world — called «preciprocration» by them — advocating that you freely and willingly look for places to cite work done by others, link to useful
sites, etc., when appropriate and relevant.
To all you sycophants espsecially you the
author why don't you all piss off and and support someone else, your attitude is doing alot
of damage to the club.To arry and simon, i totally agree with everything you say but because you are on a rose tinted
site they are never
going to agree with you, these idiots hate to hear the truth, am surprised they didn't delete your stuff because you are not agreeing with them.
Until this trial came out we didn't know if it was
going to be clinically better or not and now we know it is better,» said lead
author Keipp Talbot, M.D., assistant professor
of Medicine, who served as coordinating investigator for the more than 100 study
sites.
Pika populations were most likely to
go locally extinct at
sites with high summer temperatures and low habitat area, said Joseph Stewart, a graduate student at UC Santa Cruz and first
author of a paper reporting the new findings, published January 29 in the Journal
of Biogeography.
Eight days ago, Shalon (Babbitt) Ledbetter, the first
author of the 2005 paper published in Cell, posted a comment on the
site announcing the paper was
going to be retracted after the last
author's institution, Saint Louis University (SLU), determined that some figures had been manipulated by the last
author, Dorota Skowrya.
I didn't know how I was
going to do the book and keep the
site going at full tilt, but I am honored to announce that Gene Stone, the best - selling
author of Forks Over Knives (and 35 other books, including his new novel The Awareness), has generously agreed to co-
author it with me.
«Fifteen years ago if you
went on an online dating
site, you would be thought to have three heads,» says anthropologist Helen Fisher,
author of Why Him?
One in ten Americans have used an online dating
site or mobile dating app; 66 %
of them have
gone on a date with someone they met through a dating
site or app, allows expert
authors in hundreds
of niche fields to get massive levels
of exposure in exchange for the submission
of their quality
Dear
Author and Smart Bitches both run regular features on their
sites highlighting books that have
gone on sale for $ 2.99, $ 1.99, or $.99, because the romance genre in particular is full
of readers that burn through so many titles that they are eager to snap up books for as cheaply as they can get them.
(And I may not often comment on Dear
Author but yeah, if they're
going to
go and review one
of my favorite fantasy series even though they're usually a romance
site, fuck yeah I'm
going to speak up in that comments thread.)
We just joined Scotiabank as a sponsor
of the Giller prize; as I told Elana Rabinovitch what her family has done there is fantastic and now, when you announce the next winner, you'll have a
site that can
go really deep into the character
of the book and the background
of the
author.
I've lurked on enough blogs,
author sites, and genre loops to see the mad press
of promotion
go horribly wrong.
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».
--(Briefly) started a book recommendation
site with a fellow
author — Launched a movie review blog with a friend (still
going)-- Launched a t - shirt company with a couple other friends (sucked a bunch
of time and never amount to much
of anything)-- Found a publicity company for indie
authors called Book Review 22 (the second best venture)
If you're after kid's books,
go to
author Jason Boog's Born Reading
site and especially check out the pages on getting library e-books for young kids, his list
of Best Children's Book Treasuries and related information on Goodreads and on the Kindle Chronicles
site.
«I have been a Premier member
of the
Author Marketing Club for about 2 months now and feel it is probably the best «
go to»
site for all your book writing and promoting needs.
Note the number
of pirate
sites where
authors have to
go out weekly and play whack - a-mole.
(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds
of listings on the Vault, and as a result
of doing so, won't see one thin dime
of income on the
site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the
site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf
of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any
of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my
author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing
authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out
of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share
of administration for the Publetariat
site, which since its launch on 2/11
of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the
site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it
going because I know it's a valuable resource for
authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies
of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools
of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part
of the Rise
of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published
authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour
of my time spent reading and commenting In spite
of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage
of my fellow
authors.
It allows you to «share» the audience
of a more popular
site, generate links and references back to your
author website (which helps your search engine rankings), and often gives a you a big boost in traffic for a few days after the post
goes live (the better you've done at optimizing your website above, the more
of these new visitors you'll retain).
But I am against individuals uploading e-books to
sites where books are borrowed for a cost, especially when the
site owner insinuates that part
of that money
goes to the
authors.
A portion
of the proceeds
goes to charity, and you even get to choose how much
goes to the
site and how much
goes to the
authors.
Our team specializes in creating and promoting events with built - in audiences at unique off -
site venues or with bookstores if you would be paired with a local
author or group panel, or simply
going in for a meet - and - greet with booksellers where you sign stock copies
of your book.
We're excited to be able to get
authors more exposure on more
sites in an easy to access format that doesn't require
going to each
site and filling out a bunch
of forms.
If you don't want to
go through the trouble
of creating an
author account on all
of these different
sites and don't mind giving up a bit
of your control and getting smaller percentages, ebook distributors are your method
of choice.
According to this attorney roundtable podcast on the Smart Passive Income Podcast (which is well worth a listen, or
going to the
site and downloading the transcript for free, to because 80 - 90 %
of what this show talks about setting up a business structure applies to indie
authors), some
of these policies are junk.
Regarding royalties, it
goes like this: Smashwords Wholesale compensation = 60 %
of retail (when sold on
sites other than their own) Example: if your eBook is selling for $ 7.95, the
author would get $ 4.77.
Of the top 25 books sold in 2014 through the site, sixteen of them were romance novels, while three of the top 25 spots went to historical fiction; in fact, the top five books included three works of historical fiction by the same author, Shayne Parkinso
Of the top 25 books sold in 2014 through the
site, sixteen
of them were romance novels, while three of the top 25 spots went to historical fiction; in fact, the top five books included three works of historical fiction by the same author, Shayne Parkinso
of them were romance novels, while three
of the top 25 spots went to historical fiction; in fact, the top five books included three works of historical fiction by the same author, Shayne Parkinso
of the top 25 spots
went to historical fiction; in fact, the top five books included three works
of historical fiction by the same author, Shayne Parkinso
of historical fiction by the same
author, Shayne Parkinson.
How to get your planning
going for your book release 71 Ways to Promote and Market Your Book, Kimberley Grabas put together this excellent set
of tips on book marketing on her
site YourWriterPlatform.com How to Build a Top Notch Media Kit from Molly Green Writer, blog, what are the media kit parts How to Write a Killer
Author Bio from Divrit.com blog
Jason Chen, the founder
of StoryBundle.com, joined us to talk about how he started the
site, how he's
gone about creating book bundles full
of awesome titles by traditionally published and indie
authors, and how he sells upwards
of 3000 bundles in a 3 - week period over and over again.
So to blame everything on
authors really isn't fair and it is a damn shame that some users
of the
site are now
going off to rate books 1 star or whatever.
For the record, I am not an «aspiring»
author — I have a 150K word science fiction novel (not romance, as the
author incorrectly insinuates by my inclusion in this article) available for purchase on every major online retail
site, one which has sold multiple thousands
of copies and resulted in enough income that we are now consulting with a tax accountant to determine the best way to structure our finances
going forward.
The
site and its suite
of options enables writers to publish their works without having to
go it alone, a common complaint from
authors who are still unsure about which option they prefer for the publication
of their works.
Be VERY cautious and only
go with reputable ebook
sites that will protect your work and that
of other
authors.
I guess my question would be is the majority
of the user base
of Goodreads and these social retailers American because UK readers aren't interested in social reading, or because UK publishers and
authors aren't given the same opportunity that US ones are in terms
of providing content for the
sites, and thus aren't actively telling readers to
go there to discuss books?
When readers and supporters want to get to know an
author, and that
author's whole catalog
of work, the first thing they do is
go online and look at the
author's
site.
If you
go to the Web
site using your Kindle and download the guide, you can then download a variety
of Kindle - friendly books that are either in the public domain or were written by
authors who want to distribute their works free
of charge.
The thing to consider is when exactly potential readers are
going to be looking through the front matter
of an ebook: in an online store, where all
of the reviews are already displayed — not just the ones from that
site, but, hopefully, the juicy ones from elsewhere, which the
author and / or publisher can almost always add either to a separate dedicated «Editorial Reviews» section or, at worst, to the description.
I've been in the middle
of writing a long blog post about web
sites for
authors, and I think I'm
going to tear up my post and
go home.
You surely know
of Joanna Penn as a
go - to
site for
authors.
Because
of the potential for spam and redirects being redirected to places they aren't supposed to
go, we require all links to your books,
author website and social media to be direct to the appropriate
site links.
-LSB-...] no shortage
of sites telling you how to
go about doing that too, and it's essential to do certain things if you ever hope to be a published
author.
As an
author,
going on a blog tour immediately introduces you to a number
of bloggers where you'll be supplying a guest post pertinent to their
site, as well as all their readers.
I decided to
go back to making it an Amazon - only Kindle download for some
of the benefits bestowed upon self - published
authors on that
site.
I like the idea
of authors coming and promoting their own books, maybe you could link us to their
site, we
go from them to Amazon, and that would up your ratio as well.
I am a romance
author and a party addict - I know, those two things don't exactly
go together, but I started this
site so I could focus on both
of those and help other people in either area.
And guilt - tripping and spamming
author sites that are meant for mutual support and exchange
of information is
going to backfire.
I'm
of the opinion that if an
author can't take 5 minutes to browse my
site for relevance, then I'm not
going to take the hours it requires to read the book.