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Great Summer Reads? Just Ask Judy
Originally posted on Marathon Mouth:
Just ask Judy Gardner for great, unusual summer reads. She’s sold more than 300 customers on this fascinating medical book Bricks-and-mortar bookstores will never disappear. Why? Because of people like Judy Gardner. Now, many experts will tell you traditional bookstores are threatened by online giants like Amazon. The same folks…
10 Reasons Why You Should Know How To Format Ebooks
Originally posted on Writers In The Storm Blog:
By Kait Nolan, @kaitnolan I’ve been around since the fairly early days of self publishing. My first ebook went live in early 2010. Since then, the market has exploded and a thousand things have changed. Something that’s true this month may not be true the next. But…
Setting up an Author Platform
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
Writing a book is hard enough, but marketing it can rapidly become a daunting task. After months of searching, trying, failing and learning new tips, I discovered that any author, self published or traditionally published, should create an author platform where they promote their books across different media and through various channels. Brooke…
Creative Genes Don’t Know When To Stop!
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Many of you authors have talents beyond writing great stories (music, sculpture, painting, drawing, etc) I suspect that the creative genes within you just don’t know when to stop 😀 For example, author Denise Buckley (you’ll all meet Denise on 27th JULY) kindly sent me an email today…
Calm morning haiku
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
We had yet another tremendous storm last night that went on for hours. So long in fact that Finbar got fed up lying curled up (and cowering) on the rug next to our bed and went back to his own bed. ©Giovanni Dall’Orto Storm tide ebbs leaving The sky’s…
Stars as Stellar Engines by Centauri Dreams
Posted: 27 Jun 2014 09:29 AM PDT I’ve always loved the idea of an O’Neill space habitat because of the possibility of engineering a huge environment to specification. That notion translates well to worldship ideas — a multi-generational journey would certainly be easier to take in an environment that mimicked, say, a […]
Meet Guest Author John Reinhard Dizon
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
? I was born and raised in Brooklyn NY, and my experiences and extensive familiarity with the NYC community, its neighborhoods, society and culture are reflected in my novels. I wrote my first novel in sixth grade, a train wreck called “Enemy Ace” about a…
Now Hiring at BookPeople: Tech Support
Originally posted on BookPeople:
We’re now accepting applications for a full time Tech Support position here at BookPeople. We’re looking for someone who has an aptitude for working with computers, servers, and general electronics. Ideal applicant should be resourceful, have a basic understanding of computers and networking, and be able to work autonomously. IT related education is a plus,…
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