Tag Archive | Informative
Book Design: The Architecture of the Book Page…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Excerpt: Book pages, especially early in the design and construction of your book, are architectural in that they contain basic structural elements that need to be built on strong foundations, allow for ornamentation where appropriate, and pay attention to the execution of the book’s function…
Avast! Piracy and the Self-Publisher…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Excerpt from an article by Author David Kudler on The Book Designer: I hear from a lot of authors — traditionally and self-published — who are panicked to find their work being stolen. “I just did a Google search,” they’ll moan, “and found a site…
Getting Creative with Disclaimers…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Excerpt from an interesting article by California attorney Helen Sedgwick: Many authors assume the legal disclaimers at the front of their books are supposed to be boring. They presume some pricey lawyers devised standard legalese, and they dare not depart from the norm. Not so. The…
How To Describe An Object And Why It Matters In Your Novel…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
For further information, click on the link or article author Katharine Grubb’s photo below: how-to-describe-an-object-and-why-it-matters-in-your-novel/
11 Tips for Building a Successful Writer’s Platform…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Excerpt: Recently, I’ve received several requests to write a post about how to build an writer’s platform. Which makes sense, because this is probably one of the most difficult parts about being a writer. The act of writing is a very solitary task, but the…
How to add StumbleUpon (and others) to your Blog Share Buttons…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
I always recommend that WordPress Bloggers (especially Authors) activate ‘Publicize’ so their posts are automatically uploaded to their media pages (but they will need to have accounts there) ALSO, add every available share button that WP offer. These buttons can then be used by their…
#Authors – How to Set Your Book Free on Amazon…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Excerpt from Indies Unlimited article: This may be old hat to some of you. But we get new indie authors every day, and also Amazon changes stuff every little while. So since IU is here to help everybody, no matter where they are on their…
Pssst – #Authors – Wanna try an Online Plot Generator?
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Click on the link or image below: plot-generator
#Authors & #Bloggers – A Beginners Guide to Creating a #WordPress Blog/Website…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Excerpt: This article is for those of you who either are new to WordPress or are regular users who want to learn about the best way to run a WordPress website… To read the full, quite long and detailed but very informative, article by Click…
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