No matter what changes you make... from fixing broken links to changing your font... keeping
your author website updated can be accomplished in an hour or less — and the benefits will be long lasting!
Not exact matches
I publish and regularly
update a document on my
website at www.trimeritus.com that lists vendors of both corporate and education LMS's as well as open source LMS's, course
authoring tools, generic courseware, virtual classrooms.
The fees that you pay your
website designers often make for appropriate write - offs — whether you have designed a
website from scratch or have simply installed a few new
updates to refresh your
author website.
Once you've set up your
author website and
updated your social media profiles, one of the most effective ways to rise above the noise is to convince an influencer in the media to put you in front of their audience.
When the transaction is complete the
author is automatically designated as the owner of the ISBN or the «publisher of record,» meaning that person has the ability to access,
update, and maintain her metadata through Bowker's
website myidentifers.com.
And I
updated that, too, because some new
websites — or some new promo sites have come onto the situation that I wanted to tell
authors about.
I have a business
website built in WordPress and because of being affected by
updates in one area that then affected other areas unexpectedly and needing to hire a professional to balance out the mess, I am using Squarespace for my
author website.
My book launch was two weeks ago and I'm still in PR mode — two book reviews for Goodreads, etc. lined up, have an
author blog and
website updated regularly.
Readers love to see what you look like, so put in your very best
author photo, and a short bio, complete with all your social media links, your
website address, and a direct link to your email list in case they loved your book so much they want to be kept
updated on further releases.
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Author Jami Gold has recently
updated her
website, to make sure she was doing all these basics right.
For instance, my process involves posting to my
website, resizing the blog header graphic for various social media platforms in Canva, using Buffer to schedule
updates to my Facebook
author page, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram, Google Plus and Twitter.
I've had many
authors come to me bemoaning the fact that after their
website is up, their developer is unresponsive, takes much too long to make simple
updates, and is very expensive.
Benefits include contract reviews; publishing industry
updates and advice; legal advice and forms; marketing and social media advice;
website building and hosting; access to members - only workshops, seminars and events; a print and digital subscription to the
Authors Guild Bulletin, our quarterly publication of publishing and legislative news; discounted media liability insurance; listing in our member profiles; exclusive discounts on services and goods designed to help you with your writing business, as well as discounts on hotels, car rentals, and more.
Benefits include publishing industry
updates and advice; legal advice;
website building and hosting; access to member - only workshops; seminars and events; a print and digital subscription to the
Authors Guild Bulletin; listing in our member profiles; exclusive discounts on hotels, car rentals, and more.
Finding covers,
updating websites, contacting
authors and their estates — all of this work allowed us to get to know again the amazing depth of the Auckland University Press list,» the press release revealed.
Indie
authors are encouraged to
update their
websites and blogs as soon as possible because the Mozilla Firefox internet browser no longer supports Flash.
Elegant Book Design does not provide
website updating, troubleshooting or tech support to
author websites created by anyone other than Elegant Book Design.
Meanwhile, your Facebook Page can support your
author website by allowing you to share
updates in real time with links to recently published works, driving directions to readings, new book signing dates, and more.
As you transition from writer to official published
author, you'll be then
updating your
website visitors with news of your upcoming events, future book releases, freebies and more.
But sometimes it's hard to find the time, focus, and energy to keep your
author website's blog
updated regularly with new... Continue Reading
Through our free monthly public newsletter Crime Beat, subscribers access
Author Events and Cool Canadian Crime — our catalogue of our members» published books,
updated quarterly — which are also available directly through the
website, and they can get
updates on our Arthur Ellis Awards as well as what CWC is doing at events like Word on the Street and Bouchercon.
Whether you're a traditionally or self - published
author, your
author website should be a brilliantly designed online magnet for your specific audience, providing
updates on new releases, promotions, and events.
You see, readers will frequent the
websites of
authors to get the latest
updates or they arrive at a new
author's
website from seeing their book at a retailer and because they are seeking more information about the
author and the book before buying.
The
website StopTheGRBullies.com lists
updates with Goodreads users by name as well as screen shots of some of the comments that have been made about
authors personally, and not just about their books.
Check the Indie
Author Day
website for rolling
updates, or following IAD on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
The moment I turned the final pages of the
Author's Note I hopped lickety - split to Mary Doria Russell's
website, where she had announced the same day a sequel to Doc, entitled Epitaph, will be released early 2015: Epitaph
update: bad news, good news And she's committed to writing a novel about Edgar Allen Poe.
create an in - depth book description and
author bio for Amazon's main book page, plus a separate
author page augmented with links to your «assets» such as your book trailer,
website, social media, and
update ongoing press clippings, and
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Update: I've written more advice on this topic at Self - Hosting Your
Author Website: How and Why to Do It.
With hundreds of active
author websites on our servers, we're in the
update business almost every day, and seek specificity with each request.
If you spend one day a month researching, writing blogs, doing paid ads, organising KDP Select promotions, scheduling Facebook posts, connecting with special interest groups who might be able to help with your book sales, building your newsletter list and
updating your
author website it won't take be long before you start kicking goals.
I work with my
authors on tasks such as admin tasks (sending information about the
authors / books to those who request it,
updating websites, organizing spreadsheets, mailing out prizes) to marketing tasks (reaching out to reviewers, creating press releases, creating book jacket copy, running street teams, creating newsletters).
Update: In a posting on the Tor
website Sargent posted the following letter to his «
Authors, Illustrators and Agents»
UPDATE: As of this morning, the
author's ebook titles have now been added to the Amazon.ca
website and are available.
Just an FYI that KWL staff will still be around over the holidays and that
authors can still make changes during that time, but, to keep the
website (www.kobo.com) stable, changes,
updates and inserts from KWL (and all publishers) are significantly throttled back during that time period in order to ensure the site is stable for the most important of activities: selling eBooks to Kobo's customers.
The concept of starting and maintaining an
author website, especially one that is regularly
updated with new and interesting material, is off - putting to some writers because of the ever - present threat of plagiarism and of copyright issues.
Now I am working for multiple
authors and I do a range of things from admin tasks (sending information about the
authors / books to those who request it,
updating websites, organizing spreadsheets, mailing out prizes) to marketing tasks (reaching out to reviewers, creating press releases, creating book jacket copy, running street teams).
Add new blog posts to your
author website on a regular basis, and send out a newsletter to your email list with
updated info and offers.
If you can't get in and easily make changes to your
author website, if
updating an upcoming event or posting a blog takes a webmaster's expertise, consider
updating to a WordPress site.
Ready to build or
update your
author website?
One of the steps of building a strong web presence is to create a frequently
updated blog on your
author website.
Updating an
author website with fresh content can be tough.
These quick little
updates and changes will improve your
author website and help you gain more visitors and followers.
At its heart, writing is communication, and whether you're an
author looking to publish a story or a
website owner
updating their content, reaching as many people as possible is key.
If you're
updating your
website regularly, you'll get a ton of practice writing, whether it's responding to visitors, posting writing exercises, or learning how to write concisely with your
author bio.
With our Hosting Care Package your
author website will be regularly
updated by us, plus we'll monitor your site usage and make sure your site is fast and consistent.
A lot of big name
authors see their
website as something the publisher should do and they therefore get
updated once every couple of years when a new book comes out.
Update 4/11/2018 If you have issues with Glenn's
website, you can see his Amazon
Author Page.
-- Create a Facebook fan page for the book or a profile for yourself: If you don't have the time and / or money to create or
update a
website, create a Facebook book fan page /
author profile for free.
Author assistants can also
update information for purchased ISBNs, submit a copyright request, send out review requests,
update a
website with new book information, setup and monitor a book or cover reveal tour.
Sure, I have all the obvious tabs:
Author bio, appearances, book news, links to blogs, excerpts / readings and «what's new», but what I really need is to focus on what additional elements that truly add value to my readers (and yes, I also know I need to
update my news / appearances too...) As a reader I know I enjoy
websites that are beautifully designed, visually appealing, easy to read (no weird fonts or jarring colors) and which offer lots of value added information that keep me coming back.