An Apple for the Teacher? Rumors Fly

Rumors are flying over Apple’s next event, to be held on Thursday, January 19th at the prestigious Guggenheim Museum in New York City. And it’s not only tech-heads who are paying attention, but anyone interested in the future of digital books, including independent authors and publishers. Apple sent out media invitations smack in the middle [...]

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Self-publishing Week in Review January 14

Another fiction author is reporting simply astounding financial success selling his books on the Kindle platform. Joe Konrath, known for his face-paced crime thrillers such as Whiskey Sour, Bloody Mary , Rusty Nail and Shaken featuring a gritty female detective, Lt. Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels, wrote a blog post recently reporting a whopping $100,000 in sales [...]

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Why You Should Publish First for the Kindle

In my last post, I examined a headline from the cover of this month’s Reader’s Digest on how to decide which e-reader is best for you. WordPress expert Paul Taubman kindly commented and also wanted to know if the Digest article had recommended the Kindle, as I had ended my blog post with an exhortation [...]

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What You Can What You Can Learn about Publishing on the Kindle from Reader’s Digest

 Today while I was in the grocery store picking up some fresh fruit, I saw at the checkout counter that compact but widely read magazine, Reader’s Digest. First published in 1922, Reader’s Digest bills itself as a general family interest magazine and was for years, the best selling consumer magazine in the United States. The [...]

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How to “Jailbreak” Your Home Office

If you work from home, whether that be from an honest to goodness home office, or from the proverbial kitchen table, you probably get tired of grinding away in the same old environment, day in and day out. And if you are trying to get any writing done, whether it’s that lead generating report you [...]

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Self-Publishing Spotlight – Alive! An Energy Plan for Life

Here’s a dose of sweet inspiration for all you author-entrepreneurs: About a year ago, I had the good fortune to meet a remarkable woman… a professionally trained naturopath who is also certified in medical intuition, nutrition and massage therapy and is the developer of the powerfully effective Tibetan Accupressure System, Rae Hatherton. Rae is also [...]

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Your Email Newsletter – Is It Finally Time to Pull the Plug?

In my last post I outlined six great reasons why you should be blogging consistently and regularly and also gave you my recommendation for the best blogging app for the iPad. For the author-entrepreneur, blogging should be as easy as falling off the proverbial log because…     all blogging is simply writing.     [...]

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iPad Tools for Author-Entrepreneurs – Blogging

UPDATE: Blogsy just got a major upgrade, the Minotaur. Now has more features and supports multiple blog platforms, including TypePad! As a marketer, as well as an author-entrepreneur, blogging is an essential tool, one you should be using regularly to attract more readers, give value to visitors, establish yourself as an expert in your niche, [...]

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If This, Then That…

I was rudely awakened about 4:30 this morning by the ringing of my iPhone, which for me, might as well be the middle of the night, as it was still pitch black outside. Like anyone else who has lived on this earth awhile, I get a bit nervous when my phone rings outside regular waking [...]

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Self-publishing Week in Review January 6 – 2012

The first working week of 2012 is drawing to a close, and even though many folks are reporting getting off to a somewhat sluggish start after the holidays, there has been plenty of activity in the self-publishing world. USA Today published its list of Top 100 Bestselling books and indie writer Darcie Chan’s self-published digital [...]

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