In a guest post by Neil Baptista, CEO of Riffle, he gives us “The final word on ebooks vs paper books.” He also discusses how accessibility promotes literacy and the liberation of ideas through ebooks. It’s not an overstatement to say that we’re currently going through the biggest fundamental shift in book publishing since the […]
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8 Parts to the Indie Author Business Plan
Part 2: The Market
If You Write It, Will They Come? Welcome to Part 2 of the 8-part Indie Author Business Plan, where we’ll be tackling the topics of getting to know your audience and propelling your e-book to a prominent position in the hearts and minds of as many people as possible. Part 1 of this series highlighted […]
The Keys of Self-Sufficiency for the Modern Authorpreneur
The Keys of Self-Sufficiency for the Modern Authorpreneur Self-sufficiency is one of the main reasons an Author may end up deciding to go the indie route. The ability to have control over your own timeline, creativity, and profits is a tantalizing prospect. Even in today’s traditional publishing model, the trend has moved toward authors taking […]
8 Tips for Authors to Create an Awesome Private Writing Space
8 Tips for Creating the Master Home Lair for Your Private Writing Space Whether you’ve been eyeing that room at the end of the hall that’s been collecting junk for years or have decided to leave a traditional office atmosphere, creating your master home lair for your private writing space shouldn’t be a chore. Embracing […]
Crowdfunding is a game changer for Authors
Crowdfunding is a game changer for Authors In less than a decade, the landscape of publishing has changed dramatically. That’s good news for small publishers and independent authors who have been able to find alternative ways of publishing outside of the traditional models. Still, at the beginning, it was difficult for authors to find […]
Why Valentine’s Day is your Favorite Holiday if you’re a Romance Author
Why Valentine’s Day is a Romance Author’s Favorite Time of Year The settings, the characters, the time period may all change, but the universal appeal of a Romance novel is always the same — the love story. This timeless category has endured through time and across genre. Whether set in a fantasy world or […]
How to Embrace Your Quirks In Order to Be a More Successful Author
How to Embrace Your Quirks In Order to Be a More Successful Author We’re not sure exactly what it is in some of us that drives us to create. We do know that this compulsion to mold narratives, develop characters, invent lives is not exactly normal. If it were, there’d be a lot more of […]