Tag Archive | Informative
10 Data Sources That Self-publishing Authors Should Update Before Year End
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Extract from an article by Debbie Young on Self Publishing Advice Site: As indie authors, whenever we launch a new book, we spend a lot of time and effort choosing and inputting marketing-friendly metadata about our new books on our accounts with our chosen distributors,…
Tech Tools to Help Produce & Sell Children’s Books..
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Extract from an article by Carla King on Book Works Site: Lisa needed some help figuring out how to layout and distribute the children’s book she just finished. She had already paid an illustrator and in our conversation revealed that the book was 42 pages…
Why I’m not getting any writing done – Infographic…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Source: Quirk Books / Rick Chillot
EDITING 101: 17 – Powerful Protagonists…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Originally posted as the Dun Writin’—Now Whut? series on this blog, EDITING 101 is a weekly refresher series for some of you and brand new for others. Courtesy of Adirondack Editing Powerful Protagonists The protagonist is the chief actor, or main character, in your book. It might be a man…
Writer’s Block – The curse that keeps you cursing – Infographic…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Source: IAN LURIE at Portent
How Punctuation Marks Help You Read Voice Over Scripts Better
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
If you’re thinking of having your book made into an Audio Version, or, doing your own voiceover, here’s a useful article for you – From the Voiceover Herald site: A well-written script makes any recording session for a voice over actor so much easier. And…
How and why to set up an Amazon author page by Mark Gillespie
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Extract from an article by Mark Gillespie on Self Publishing Advice Site: I’m sure no self-respecting author reading this post has neglected what is easily one of the most valuable free marketing platforms on the Internet – the Amazon Author Page. After all, it’s as if…
Does Your Book Suck … or Soar?
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
A thought provoking article by Judith Briles on The Book Designer Site: Next month, I have the pleasure of coordinating the 4th Annual Publishing at Sea Cruise. Eight days in the sunny Caribbean in the often chilling temps that the U.S. experiences. This year, 44…
HOW TO – Link your Blog Posts to Goodreads & Amazon…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Extract of an article by author Maria Murnane on the CreateSpace Community Site: When it comes to author blogging, there are two questions I hear more than any others: 1. What should I blog about? 2. How can I get people to read my blog?…
The 10 Oldest Languages Still Spoken In The World Today…
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Extract from an article by Lani Seelinger on The Culture Trip Site: Language evolution is like biological evolution – it happens minutely, generation by generation, so there’s no distinct breaking point between one language and the next language that develops from it. Therefore, it’s impossible to…
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