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Articles - Your information highway to publishing, marketing, social media, publicity, and more Here you will find a variety of articles, by experts in the field of publishing, to give you their expertise. Each one of the contributors has vast experience and is willing to help you, the potential author, the published author, and the publisher. Recently, Barbara Hudgins published an article on Twitter called, "Are you Being Twittered to Death?" in which she talks about how the benefits and drawbacks 0f this new social media phenomenon. |
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the Self-Publishers Online Conference 2009! Learn What You Need to Know to Get Your Book Published Now The online conference runs May 13, 14, & 15 on a computer near you! SPOC 2009 connects entrepreneurial, business and other non-fiction authors with resources that help you publish and promote your books and:
….to grow your businesses, share your mission and create greater revenue. Focusing on the Needs of Self-PublishersAre You an "Entrepreneurial Author?" Becoming a published author is easier than ever thanks to so many options and opportunities available through self-publishing resources. But what are the best choices for you? The Self-Publishers Online Conference aims to take the mystery out of self-publishing by showing and explaining the opportunities and choices available to you—and give you guidance on selecting the best ones for you and your publishing goals. Getting Involved as a Sponsor, Speaker, or ExhibitorAn Affordable Way to Reach Publishers SPOC is looking for the best in the self-publishing and information publishing industries to share their offerings and expertise. Click below for more information about becoming a sponsor, speaker or exhibitor. |
FREE EVENT: Twitter Training for Authors and Aspiring! TWEET! TWEET! :) DATE & TIME: Monday, April 27th at 9:00pm Eastern FORMAT: Simulcast! (Attend via Phone or Webcast -- it's your choice) TO ATTEND THIS EVENT, CLICK THIS LINK NOW... http://instantTeleseminar.com/?eventid=7138560 It helps authors brand, market and build web traffic for their books. We'll show you how! Ministry Marketing Solutions, Inc., 33011 Tall Oaks, Farmington, MI 48336, USA |
** PERMISSION TO FORWARD ** "Blogging 101 Workshop" with Author and Internet Marketing consultant, Sylvia Hubbard Time: May 23, 2009 from 10am to 2pm Location: private location in detroit. after registration, you'll be given the details. Organized By: Sylvia Hubbard: Event Description: Blogging 101 May 23, 2009 10am - 2pm Learn the basics of blogging, draw traffic to site and how to write incredible blog posts. Each workshop comes with a resource disk and refreshments. If you have a laptop, please bring; wifi available on site. Intimate class size of no more than 20 students maximum. $20.00. Must register only online. No registration @ door. To be notified of more workshops, please subscribe to Internet Marketing Mailing List. Unfortunately there are no handicap facilities at this time at this location. More workshops will be held at other facilities. Purchase now at : http://e-junkie.com/hubbooks or for more information See more details and RSVP on Michigan Literary Network: http://motownwriter s.ning.com/ events/event/ show?id=650346% 3AEvent%3A47184& xgi=11QFX0r If your email program doesn't recognize the web address above as an active link, please copy and paste it into your web browser ------------ -------- About Michigan Literary Network Michigan's largest literary entertainment and education network for readers, writers, authors and poets. http://motownwriters.com Sylvia Hubbard Author, Blogger and Founder of Motown Writers Network http://aaeln.com (African American Electronic Literary Network) Author of Romance & Suspense and Internet Marketing for Writers & Business NOW AVAILABLE: Secrets, Lies and Family Ties order your copy now Coming Soon: Tanner's Devil www.redrosepublishing.com |
Baker & Taylor Signs with LibreDigital for E-Books, Starts Digital Media Services Group Baker & Taylor announced this morning that it has signed with LibreDigital to build a service that will enable B&T to offer its distribution clients a range of digital book services, including secure distribution through LibreDigitals channels. Additionally, B&T is launching the Digital Media Services Group, headed up by Bob Nelson, B&T's executive v-p of global business development. Read on » |
INTERNET MARKETING FOR WRITERS AND BUSINESSES GUIDE A guide for writers with or without published work. A comprehensive resource that every writer should have in their library in order to learn how to publish, promote, and market themselves on the Internet. From Tagging to html, Sylvia Hubbard, Author and Internet Marketing Consultant gives you the tips and tricks to become a success online. See this author's website for more of her work: www.sylviahubbard.com. Join author's mailing list to get free updates to this book. Printed: 68 pages, 6" x 9", perfect binding, black and white interior ink (583 kb) Download: 1 documents, 583 KB Description:A guide for writers with or without published work. A comprehensive resource that every writer should have in their library in order to learn how to publish, promote, and market themselves on the Internet. With over 1000+ websites, tips and more to help you become a success and spreading the word about your product and services.Keywords:This book can be purchased at: Lulu.com (paperback and ebook) http://www.lulu.com/content/3246114 CreateSpace.com (paperback only) https://www.createspace.com/Workflow/cart.do?action=jump&jump.step=cart&addCnt=3341945 Amazon.com (paperback only) http://www.amazon.com/Internet-Marketing-Writers-Businesses-connecting/dp/1438212526/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239551678&sr=8-3 E-Junkie.com (pdf ebook only) http://www.e-junkie.com/hubbooks/product/70259.php Smashwords (mobi, pdf, e-reader, epub & more ebook format) http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1541 Payloadz.com http://store.payloadz.com/go?id=255175 Resellers, please contact for more information of placing this book on you site. Or go to: https://www.payloadz.com/affiliates/gen_2.asp?id=636211&merch_id=46098 More ebook versions coming. Sylvia Hubbard Author, Blogger and Founder of Motown Writers Network http://sylviahubbard.com/ http://loveablackwoman.com/ http://motownwriters.com/ http://michiganliterarynetwork.com/ http://aaeln.com/ (African American Electronic Literary Network) http://hubbooks.biz/ Author of Romance & Suspense and Internet Marketing for Writers & Business NOW AVAILABLE: Secrets, Lies and Family Ties order your copy now Coming Soon: Tanner's Devil http://www.redrosepublishing.com/ |
Barnes & Noble Working On An E-book Reader Of Its Own? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Everyone else is doing it, so why not Barnes & Noble too? http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/20648 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- E-book Idea Was Lit A Long Time Ago ---------------------------------------------------------------------- John Hendricks waited 17 years for the moment when Amazon and Sony would battle for dominance in the world of portable electronic book readers http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/20633 |
Sylvia Hubbard Author, Blogger and Founder of Motown Writers Network http://aaeln.com (African American Electronic Literary Network) Author of Romance & Suspense and Internet Marketing for Writers & Business NOW AVAILABLE: Secrets, Lies and Family Ties order your copy now Coming Soon: Tanner's Devil www.redrosepublishing.com |
Just a quick word here about word processors, and how to turn your eBook into the PDF file you will eventually need to be able to have your customers buy and download it. Many of you, I know, will insist on using Microsoft Word to process your text and create your eBook! If that's what you're used to, then that's what you should use but be aware that turning your Microsoft Word .doc file into a PDF involves you in using another piece of software. (Just Google for PDF Converters. There's some good free stuff out there!) Or you can pay for the ultimate PDF software: Adobe Acrobat professional, which will enable you to produce a fully featured and secured PDF eBook, though it is quite expensive. If you're prepared to put in an extra hour or two, to discover a brilliantly written and incredibly useful piece of software then Google 'openoffice' and download the Open Office suite of software. The incredible thing about this fully featured suite of software applications is that it is absolutely free. And in Office Writer, which is the Office equivalent of Microsoft Word, there is a magic little button at the top of the page on the toolbar that will turn your text document into a fully featured PDF file. You can even add security features. This free piece of software makes it so incredibly easy to create a PDF file eBook from your text that I recommend anyone interested in serious eBook publication to download a copy of it. It will make your eBook creation easier. Use Arial as your text font. It's one of the easiest fonts to read on screen, readily available on both PCs and Macs, and bundled with most printer software. Your main text should be 12pt - 14pt in size. Smaller text should be in Verdana which was specially designed to be easily read online. Larger text can be in Georgia or Times New Roman. Add Headers and Footers to your document for a more professional look. Put the Title of your Ebook into the Header and copyright information and page numbers into your footer. Use the INSERT Menu to do all this. You can find the Copyright © character under INSERT, then, SPECIAL CHARACTER Make use of lists, both bulleted and numbered. This makes your information easy to absorb, and gives the reader a mental break from dissecting your paragraphs one after the other. You can prevent your Ebook being copied or changed. Instead of clicking on the Red Adobe Acrobat icon on the tool bar to turn your document into a PDF... do this instead. Click FILE on the top menu. Click on EXPORT AS PDF. Along the top menu of tabs find SECURITY on the far right. Click on it. Click in the second white box down where it says *Restrict Permissions*. You can then enter a password so that only you will be able to make changes to or copy your Ebook. Finally, click on the EXPORT button to save your newly created, and secure, PDF Ebook.
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As a professional speaker, most of your income comes from product sales, and those sales are moving online. In addition to selling physical products on the Internet, the Internet offers a special opportunity for income from high-markup e-books. An e-book is like a paper book except that it exists only electronically. Why would you want to create an e-book? For one thing, having a book gives you extra credibility as an expert. Moreover, you can sell an e-book for approximately the same price as a physical book, but it costs almost nothing to duplicate and to deliver. Your royalty on a $30 physical book would be about three dollars, but your income on a $30 e-book would be nearly $27. If you don't wish to sell your electronic book directly, you can make it an extra benefit for someone who buys another one of your products promptly - "act by midnight tonight and you will receive these amazing extra offers..." When should you create an e-book? You can create one whenever you've gathered sufficient material, since the cost of creating an e-book and delivering copies is minimal. Is it worth the small effort of putting together an e-book? You should probably check to see if there is sufficient demand for the material. See how many people sign up for the tele-seminars you are offering on the same topic. You could also check what other e-books are being offered on that subject, see how well their sales are doing, and see how yours could fit into a gap in what is being offered. If your book and the others are complementary, you might be able to work out joint ventures with the other authors to cross promote each other's books. How much trouble is it to write an e-book? Quite little, for a public speaker. You're giving speeches, classes, seminars, and tele-seminars. Get a recording, hire someone to transcribe it, and edit the transcription into a book. If one speech or tele-seminar doesn't give you enough material, put together the transcripts from two or more on different aspects of the same subject. What do you have to do to turn a transcript into an e-book? Of course you should edit it carefully. You should format it attractively. You can format it in a conventional text editor such as Microsoft Word or Open Office Write. I use Lyx, a free typesetting system. Eighty to 100 pages should be the minimum for a book that you are going to sell at a reasonable price - reasonable price being defined as prices high enough to attract affiliates to bring you customers. Use 6" x 9" pages, which are easier to view on a computer screen. Use line-and-a-half or double spacing. You can start subheadings on the next page - you're not wasting paper. When you have the body of the book properly formatted, save it in Postscript form. You can create a cover with an image editor, or you can outsource it. Save the cover in Postscript. Load the Postscript file for the cover followed by the Postscript file for the contents into a PDF creation program. Merge the two files, set the access rights, save the file in PDF, and you have your e-book. Since it's so simple and inexpensive to create an electronic book, there is no reason not to create several ebooks a year.
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