So as I so often do, I am turning to you, the Kill Zone experts to find out what you think works / doesn't
work on author websites.
Looking forward to having web design relief
work on my author website — even if it's not minimalism!
Until the rules are a little clearer, your best bet is to avoid posting complete short
works on your author website.
Again, it's tempting to showcase
your work on your author website, to introduce readers to your work and possibly get the attention of an editor or agent.
Not exact matches
While this strategy
works just fine for large publishers that already have established brands and get thousands of shares
on any new article they publish (such as Mashable or TechCrunch), a more pragmatic approach is needed for just about every other business.It's true that getting quality inbound links starts with great content
on your client's
website, but the missing link is getting journalists, contributors,
authors, and editors at quality publications to become aware of that content so that they can link to it when writing relevant stories / articles.
The e-mail (whose
author did not respond to an e-mail from ScienceInsider for comment, and which was also posted
on Brookes's blog and then removed) listed Brookes»
work address and said, «his hate
website is a menace to scientific society.»
But within days of the
work being published, critics
on the PubPeer
website and other blogs pointed out problems with some of the images in the papers, including some that were very similar to those in earlier papers by first
author Haruko Obokata, a unit leader at the Kobe, Japan - based RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology.
Articles, reports, reviews, and letters published
on the CSICOP.org
website represent the views and
work of individual
authors.
«This may be because, while the muscles are
working hard, the trampoline makes the activity less jarring,» said lead
author John Porcari, PhD, professor of exercise and sport science, in an article published
on the ACE
website.
I just read your post
on the top fitness blogs.First of all, I would like to thank the
author for sharing such a comprehensive fitness blog with us.I have read several health blog posts and last week i found the
website healthymomsmagazine.net / The
website includes several healthy tips especially for
working moms
on different topics including pregnancy, children, health, safety, food, and parenting etc..
Learn more about Jules Verne, the sci - fi
author on whose
work this movie is based, at this
website: href = «http://www.unmuseum.org/verne.htm.
Share children's finished
work with the
author, by getting in touch with me
on here, I would love to see their
work and maybe share
on my
website.
Share children's finished
work with the
author, by getting in touch with me
on Etsy, I would love to see their
work and maybe share
on my
website.
She is the lead researcher
on the Urban Institute's college affordability
website and is the
author of Student Debt: Rhetoric and Realities of Higher Education Financing and coauthor of Making College
Work: Pathways to Success for Disadvantaged Students.
She is
author of the forthcoming Designing Data Reports that
Work: A Guide for Creating Data Systems in Schools and Districts (Routledge) and maintains a
website on data use at www.overthecounterdata.com/s/JRankin-CV.pdf.
In the article titled 7 Reason Why
Authors Must Blog we discuss these benefits which include creating good quality content,
working on your writing skills and allowing
website visitors to learn more about you and your message.
Bookstore staff would put out information to their email list and post something
on the store's
website, but since it was a small business, they really needed
authors to «
work their contacts.»
She wrote a book called The Indie
Author guide, which she has made available totally for free
on her
website (not exactly the behavior of a money grubber) I've read the book and it's filled with tips
on how indie
authors can get their
work out affordably.
All Around The World Audio Books
Author Platform Book Marketing Business Tips Client Talk Editing Editorial Tips Editorial Tools Editors
On The Blog Fiction Freelancing Free Stuff Getting Noticed Grammar Links Guest Writers Indexing Indie
Authors Link Of The Week Macro Chat Marketing Tips Money Matters More Macros And Add Ins Networking PDF Markup Proofreading Proofreading Marks Publishing Q&A With Louise Resources Roundups Self Editing Self Publishing
Authors Software Stamps Starting Out Training Using Word
Website Tips Weekly News Reviews
Work Choices
Working Onscreen
Working Smart Writer Resources Writing
The excerpts below are simply short excerpts from the much more detailed
author success stories about query letters that
worked for
authors who used the query letter writing strategies
on this
website.
If Dymocks posts an ebook for sale
on its
website, it will have done enough under the contract to earn its exclusive right to the
work worldwide for the
author's lifetime plus 70 years — and not just in book form: all subsidiary rights such as film, and other electronic forms are included.
In the article titled 7 Reason Why
Authors Must Blog we discuss these benefits which include creating good quality content,
working on your writing skills and allowing
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For your
author website or blog, it depends
on the tone of your site and I have seen both
work well.
We will have classes
on writing craft, publishing and book marketing, and I can personally help you with your book idea, plotting or outlining, or fixing up your
author website or funnel, as needed: I'll also be
working on my own books, but we'll have «quiet time» hours for
work and optional «social time» where we can chit chat and I can help you with whatever you need.
Your Platform: The
author's platform consists of your
website, your followers, your body of
work, your
on - line presence, and your reputation.
In my
work with
authors, I have helped numerous
authors with their
author website, their home base
on the web.
He is one of the most followed
authors on Wattpad, (the foremost
website for published and unpublished
authors to showcase their
work) having 8,410 followers, over 1,000 Votes of Recommendation and a readership of a quarter of a million.
Besides all of the free advice and tips you'll find
on this
website, I also offer paid options to
work directly with me
on your book campaign or
author career.
About Graphicly Graphicly is a cutting - edge entertainment and digital content publishing platform designed to deliver what
authors and publishers need to share their
work with audiences across all digital channels, including the Apple iPhone and iPad (plus Newsstand); eBook stores including Amazon Kindle, Kobo and Apple iBooks; Android devices including the Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet and Color and the Amazon Kindle Fire;
websites and blogs through an industry leading HTML5 web app; and the only way to read, share and sell books
on Facebook.
Rice also linked to a well - known
website that focuses
on the bullying issue, StopTheGRBullies.com, which highlighted through screenshots several comments directed at — and responded to by — Rice herself
on forums where she attempted to defend
authors» rights to write and publish their
works without being subjected to personal negativity.
HarperCollins wants to put the axe to file sharing,
websites, torrent sites and seemingly legitimate sales channels to put the kibosh
on the
authors works.
Yesterday, Good e-Reader mentioned a variety of ways that publishers are
working harder to reach a loyal fan base of readers, using offerings like
author interactions, unreleased content, dedicated storefronts
on their
websites, and more.
If they do not opt out, the review is published
on their
website and also goes out to the various outlets, such as Ingram and other services that
work with indie
authors.
More of his
work can be found
on his
website and his Amazon
author page.
Tip: if you're advertising
on Facebook,
work with your
website designer to add a pixel to your
author website asap.
Here at Web Design Relief, we often get the following question: Should a writer create a
website that focuses
on a particular book or
on the
work of the
author in general?
Those three things are responsible for your conversion rate, so I'd focus
on them first, make sure they'll all
working for you really well, before you waste months (as most
authors do) fiddling with your
website.
In support of
authors we
work with, if we lend or give a book to someone, we insist they post a review
on the
author's
website, Amazon.com, or even
on their Facebook page.
I think that with fiction, in particular, it helps to let readers sample the
author's
work — even if it's a sample chapter
on the
author's
website.
Authors Wilkinson and Pickett
work to enact the ideas they put forward in The Spirit Level
on their Equality Trust
website and its campaign for economic equality.
By the way, in my Stockett research for this post, I learned
on the PenguinUK
website that the
author is at
work on a second novel: «It also takes place in Mississippi, during the 1930's and the Great Depression.
Our Outskirts Press functionality
works nearly seamlessly when the
author is logged in simultaneously with Facebook and Outskirts Press (through cookies), but otherwise, in order to receive the Achievement
on Facebook, the
author must first «Connect to Facebook» via the typical blue button that is becoming more prevalent
on websites.
A robust
author website to anchor an
author's complete digital presence and act as the central hub and source of authoritative information
on everything about the
author, her books, her
work, and life
Currently, Audible rolled out new marketing tools and
author services, allowing
authors to embed samples of their
works on their
websites and blogs.
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).
The guidelines for submitting a book for review are listed
on the Indie Reader
website, along with a detailed description of other tools that are available to help not only
authors, but the readers who want to find quality reads in the overwhelming sea of self - published
works out there.
According to a press release
on the
author's
website, Skloot
worked for a decade in veterinary medicine, «first as a nurse for animals in general practices and emergency rooms, and later as a technician in veterinary morgues and neurology labs.»
I've had discussions with a few people about
websites recently, and I'm
working on a project for indie
authors that could benefit from information
on websites.
Having an
author website instead of just a
website promoting the book gives an
author the opportunity to promote other books they're
working on to the public.
So our marketing people
work closely with
authors to discuss blogging, tweeting, making videos for their
websites or to post
on You Tube.