, and begun to reach out to the audience experiencing that need, you're well on your way to establishing
a great author platform.
Once you've identified a need that you can fill, written a book that addresses that need, and begun to reach out to the audience experiencing that need, you're well on your way to establishing
a great author platform.
Most of my writing these days takes place in Scrivener,
a great authoring platform for spitting out books and shorter works in the appropriate publishing format.
Not exact matches
I'm a self - published
author, and while writing more books is
great, I also need to focus on selling the one that is already out there to as many distribution
platforms as possible.
Authors with previous eLearning experience might feel limited as to what they can build and create - however, the «Pro Plan» now allows users to add their own templates, or modify the existing source code, providing
greater flexibility across the
platform.
It's a
great way to lead readers from book to book in a series, and can be a useful tool for capturing a dedicated reader and bulking up your
author platform.
I had
great cover blurbs / praises to pitch on my book and across my branding
platforms (website & social media) from well - known
authors, magazines, and critical reviews from professional editorial sources.
Publishers seek
authors who know their audience, know how to reach them, and know how to grow them... Build Your
Author Platform: The New Rules provides the perfect path to turning a
great book into a
great, successful book.»
There's so much talk, in fact, that it's easy to forget that there are other
platforms out there that also do
great work for
authors and readers.
Amazon launched its Kindle Worlds fan fiction
platform just over a year ago, and the concept has been a
great success for both the rights holders who license content to the site and the fans who adore the concepts and story lines of their favorite
authors.
In
great news for
authors — or anyone who want to leverage the scope and power of Amazon's customer base — Amazon unveiled a new tool that allows anyone to host a giveaway through the
platform.
One of the key ways to build your
author platform is by creating a mailing list of your
greatest fans.
Open - publisher partners with eCommerce
platform provider, Elastic Path, for improved customer experience and
greater author freedomRaleigh, N.C., March 8th, 2011 — Lulu.com, the leader in open - publishing, has partnered with ecommerce
platform provider Elastic Path in a deal that will sculpt the way ecommerce is handled by the publishing industry for years to come.
What a
great resource for building an
author platform.
It features some
great tips from fellow
authors and Twitter users, including smart tips and best practices for building a solid
author platform on Twitter.
For more detailed information on your
author platform, here's a great, affordable guide by Barb Drozdowich, The Author's Platform: A Beginner's Guide (Amazon, $
author platform, here's a great, affordable guide by Barb Drozdowich, The Author's Platform: A Beginner's Guide (Amazon,
platform, here's a
great, affordable guide by Barb Drozdowich, The
Author's Platform: A Beginner's Guide (Amazon, $
Author's
Platform: A Beginner's Guide (Amazon,
Platform: A Beginner's Guide (Amazon, $ 2.99).
Sessions will teach
authors how to build their brand and
platform, launch your book with
great reviews, get national distribution and navigate common legal challenges for writers.
When publishers talk about
authors who have
great platforms, they are generally referring to
authors who have
great websites and / or blogs (meaning interactive, functional, and with a clear and easy - to - find sign - up form);
authors with a high number of followers across various social media
platforms;
authors with previous publications (of either books or articles); and
authors who already have a fair amount of media exposure under their belts — through a list of public speaking engagements, YouTube videos showcasing their talents, radio links, TV footage, and / or a media packet.
Self - publishing offers the
author a
great platform to get their name and message out to the world, without the cut throat rejections that are offered from traditional publishing houses — particularly for new
authors of this modern era.
For book lovers, Story Cartel is a resource to discover
great books and fresh
authors; for
authors, it's a
platform to build deeper relationships with readers.
Self - publishing provides a
platform that grants the
author a
great deal of control and flexibility.
And on the positive side, if you know your writing is good but perhaps not
great, a strong
author platform can lift you above the competition and give you a much better chance of success.
It is
great for those
authors whose marking
platform is public speaking and personal promotion of their books.
I think it's also worth noting that although there are a
great number of authentic
platforms and services out there, there are also numerous sites that seek to exploit new indie
authors who may not quite know what they're doing just yet.
Writing for large publications is a
great way to round out your
author platform and share your expertise on specific topics.
It's a
great platform for publishing and distribution for self - published
authors.
Building your
author platform before actually publishing your book is important and I try to provide my readers with some
great tips and interesting resources here that will hopefully help you with your writing or your own
author platforms.
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!
The more robust your
author's
platform, the
greater your appeal will be to potential publishers and followers.
platform further reinforces our long - standing commitment to
authors and writers, and offers a significant opportunity to provide an even
greater selection of reading material to our millions of customers.»
Reading and writing
platform Wattpad has become a haven for
authors and reading audiences alike due to the availability of
great, fun content and the supportive nature of the
platform.
Ahn went on to describe some of the processes which Korean ebook publishing
platforms employ, notably a very user friendly drop - and - drag system which he compared to the ease of using Power Point, a factor which may lead to
greater numbers of self - published
authors, even as
greater numbers of readers go digital.
-LSB-...] a
great article here on how four
authors have created the basis for their
platforms with a blog.
-LSB-...] The Book Deal blog by Alan Rinzler has a
great piece on «The New
Author Platform» — What You Need to Know.
So, if I had to give a number of when a
platform or blog is «ready» (insert one million caveats here about how every
author, book, publisher, and category is different), then a
great goal would be for a blogger to have 50,000 true fans.
I think it's
great that there are major
platforms where
authors are protected from
author service sellers who are just trying to take advantage of
authors.
Despite not doing much so far to build my new
author platform, the response has been much
greater than I ever expected.
In this month's Links Roundup, we've got
great advice for writers trying to build their online
author platforms PLUS an awesome Web design tool for people who love color, and lots of it!
As a savvy self and independent publisher — when you create a
Author and Book
Platform to reach out to your crowd, your sales will not only be
greater, the financial reward will be significantly
greater.
First, thanks Alan for another
great post, this time on
author platform.
Kindle store is
great platform for self - publishing and they have got a variety of tools that bridges the gap between
author and publisher.
I hope this gets figured out before more
great authors leave that
platform, and before I get a chance to experience their work.
And while the holiday season means that you will probably be spending time visiting and hosting family and friends, it's also a
great opportunity to keep your
author platform fresh with new, time - sensitive content!
That's one of the reasons but a free book it still such a
great tactic and it's been proven by very successful
authors that is an amazing way to build your
platform and get readers.
Twitter is a
great tool for building an
author platform and promoting books.
Winning a contest looks
great on query letters and in pitches, as well as on your website and
author platform.
While other long - form journalism
platforms like Atavist are exploring other options with this type of publishing, Kindle Singles does not foresee a change to the model in the near future, especially given the proven popularity of the format with the readers as well as the opportunity it provides for
authors of every status to publish
great work.
And at only a 15 % royalty rate for ebooks sold through Smashwords, the
platform offers the
authors a
greater percentage of their sales price in royalty than
platforms like Amazon or Barnes & Noble, who take 30 %.
Mark went on to mention «If an
author can earn the same or
greater income selling lower cost books, yet reach significantly more readers, then, drum roll please, it means the
authors who are selling higher priced books through traditional publishers are at an extreme disadvantage to indie
authors in terms of long term
platform building.
When Amazon launched ACX, its KDP or CreateSpace - style self - publishing
platform for audiobooks, it was seen as a
great equalizer for both
authors and readers.