I've been doing 15 minutes per
day on my author platform and am finally finding a small amount of forward momentum.
Not exact matches
More specifically, using digital scans of paper maps based
on aerial imagery acquired by the U.S. Geological Survey, along with modern -
day satellite imagery from a variety of
platforms, the
authors digitized a total of 49 maps and images from which they calculated changes in the terminus positions, ice speed, calving rates and ice front advance and retreat rates from 34 glaciers in this region over the period 1955 - 2015.
In the
days of digital technology, e-books, tablet reading devices and Kindle Direct Publishing (to name one distribution
platform), paperback for indie
authors was the one «as yet unconquered» land for self - published
authors everywhere until about four years ago, when Amazon - owned print -
on - demand company CreateSpace built traction and changed the playing field for indies everywhere.
Still with what Malone reports is some $ 1 million being pledged
on the site per
day (for all types of projects), is there any expectation that little - known
authors can dependably access this
platform's power?
If you agree that «the thousand mile journey begins with one step» then it's time to get started
on doing one thing a
day to grow your
author platform.
Because it can be such a challenge to find hours in the
day to give writing projects the attention they deserve, any available time is often spent solely
on writing, and not
on a long - term approach to building an
author platform.
Besides
authoring books such as How to Write Format Publish Promote Your Book Without Spending Any Money, he builds tools to make publishing easier and shares his tips
on building profitable online businesses through his 21
day author platform, video courses and blog.
Although The 21
Day Bestselling
Author Platform will be my major new course, I'm first launching this shorter, tighter one
on Guerrilla Publishing.
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.
I can also decide how to arrange my title / subtitle fields
on the amazon page (I will probably put the «subtitle» in the title field, and put the less important, repeating «21
day author platform» in the subtitle field.
This is their «plus - one»
platform where
authors get additional perks by going «exclusive» (they don't sell
on other online stores for 90
days) with Amazon.
It seems like every
day new information circulates
on the Internet about which social media
platform is best for
authors.
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.
On Day one you talked about an
author platform and my vision was limited at that point.
I've been promoting my work and building my
author platform for going
on six years, and I work at it every
day.
With so much emphasis
on the social networking aspects of creative careers these
days, you might expect an expert
on author platform building to promote an extremely social approach.
All I can say is that the onus of book promotion is falling more and more
on authors these
days, and that setting up a
platform well in advance puts you in a much better position as far as that is concerned.
In
day 2 of my 5 - Day Author Platform Challenge, I give you step - by - step instructions on how to define your target audience and also share a real - life case stu
day 2 of my 5 -
Day Author Platform Challenge, I give you step - by - step instructions on how to define your target audience and also share a real - life case stu
Day Author Platform Challenge, I give you step - by - step instructions
on how to define your target audience and also share a real - life case study.
If you are an eBook
author signed with the Amazon Kindle Digital Publishing Select
Platform (KDP Select), you will already know about the option to list your book
on Amazon as a free item for up to five
days.
Additional Reading: In
Author platforms and the Black Box Effect, Anne Hill follows up
on TOC's
Author (R) evolution
Day (#ARDay): «We are further along than many
authors realize.»
That's the very question I think a lot of
authors are skipping by these
days on the way to the self - publishing
platform du jour.
On day one, Lulu was a
platform designed to empower
authors.
It's true that these
days much depends
on the
author's existing
platform, how hard the
author him or herself works to get the word out, and the interest of the booksellers or the media.
Hey Jeremy, I've said before that first time
authors should probably go Select http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2014/08/30/exclusivity/ If you're using the same name as your non-fiction, and you have traction
on other
platforms, then go wider, but if the brand is so different that it won't make any difference, then I would at least start in Select, do the 90
days and then consider next steps.
In 72 hours, the Arizona State University - based team prototyping a new Intel publishing
platform created an anthology of essays
on a series of questions about the future of books, reading, publishing, editing,
authors, the works... all within the three
days of Buchmesse.
These below are more inline with the later -
day movements in social media,
platform choices etc — many of which need to be considered by new writers considering the traditional publishing route also — because many traditional publishers now insist
on seeing a growing
author's
platform before considering submissions.
Nate Hoffelder presents Twitter Launches Buy Buttons, Enabling
Authors to Sell eBooks on the Service posted at The Digital Reader, saying, «Twitter is now beta testing a new embedded buy button that could one day enable authors to sell ebooks from inside Twitter's platform.
Authors to Sell eBooks
on the Service posted at The Digital Reader, saying, «Twitter is now beta testing a new embedded buy button that could one
day enable
authors to sell ebooks from inside Twitter's platform.
authors to sell ebooks from inside Twitter's
platform.»
The amazing team here at Smashwords: Our development team spends every
day dreaming up and developing new tools to give our
authors and publishers a competitive advantage; our service and vetting teams dedicate their
days to supporting our
authors, publishers and sales channels; our merchandising team works to promote our
authors at major retailers and library
platforms; our marketing team focuses almost 100 % of its effort empowering indie
authors with best practices knowledge they can use anywhere, even if they don't publish with Smashwords; our finance team manages the inflow and outflow of money to ensure our
authors and publishers are paid
on time, every month; and my wife, advisor and confidant, Lesleyann, without whom I would have never co-written a novel about soap operas that started this grand adventure.
On its platform alone, over 70,000 Smashwords authors and publishers will specifically benefit from this distribution method according to the company's press release posted a few days ago on their blo
On its
platform alone, over 70,000 Smashwords
authors and publishers will specifically benefit from this distribution method according to the company's press release posted a few
days ago
on their blo
on their blog.
Organic promotion includes sending an email to your mailing list
on the first
day of the promotion, posting to that social media
platform you've been building, a few times every
day that the promotion is running, and asking friends, family, other
authors and bloggers to spread the word.
The first phase of The Writing
Platform website will be launched
on 12th February 2013 at O'Reilly Media's Tools of Change
Author (R) evolution
Day in New York where Kate Pullinger will be speaking about opportunities for writers in the digital age.