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A Lesson In Paranoia…They Really Are Watching
The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is you really want to say. ~Mark Twain I...
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Diving into E-Publishing
Song of the Day: Fly From the Inside by Shinedown There is a great deal of excitement buzzing around lately about e-publishing. Authors across genres are casting a favorable eye toward this now viable...
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Melissa Ohnoutka- Self Published And Lived To Tell About It
By: Stacey Purcell And by the way, everything in life is writable about, if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. ~Sylvia...
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Melissa Ohnoutka- Self Published And Lived To Tell About It Part 2
By: Stacey Purcell I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions. ~James Michener Last week we took an in depth look at an author’s experience in self...
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“Don’t Let The Bastards Get You Down”
No author dislikes to be edited as much as he dislikes not to be published. ~Russell Lynes By: Stacey Purcell I’m sure a lot of you have read about author Kiana Davenport’s trouble with a large...
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Link of the Week
Looking for great read from an Indie Writer? Indie Reader has book reviews on independently published authors of fiction, non-fiction, young adult, and even children’s books. What a diversified...
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Link Of The Week
http://www.writershelpdesk.com/ While this web site has items that require money, it is also loaded with free webinars and reports for writers as well! If you’ve ever wondered about self publishing,...
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Link of the Week – Gumroad
I admit, I find this week’s link intriguing. But I have no experience with the site. Gumroad is “for independent writers, designers, game developers, musicians, artists, filmmakers, and anyone...
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Link of the Week – Indie Vs. Trad Publishing
There was quite an exchange last week On the blog A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing between mystery, horror, thriller author Joe Konrath, who just so happens to be a huge advocate and pioneer for...
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Link of the Week – Smashwords + Overdrive
For those of you who are Indie authors or are considering going indie… Smashwords has now teamed up with Overdrive. Overdrive is the distributor of ebooks to 90% of the libraries in the US. For someone...
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Link of the Week – 2EPUB
Free. We like free, don’t we? Formatting. We hate formatting, don’t we? I stumbled across this site that is a free (we like) ebook format converter – for us – for free. Did I mention free formatting?...
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Active Table of Contents for Kindle
So, you finished a book and have decided to take the indie publishing route. Now you’ve done it, wandering into unfamiliar territory. So much goes into setting a book up for sale on Amazon. Little...
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Link of the Week – Kindle and Clickfarms, WTH?
Clickfarm employee I have a love/hate relationship with Amazon. As a consumer, I love the ease of shopping with them. As an author, I am in no way happy with their changing book-selling landscape,...
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Link of the Week – Amazon and Money Laundering
There seems to be no end to scams and the author is always on the raw end of the deal. Read, or watch the short video, on Fortune.com about a money-laundering scheme using independently published...
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Link of the Week – Author Beware
Here is a one-stop info shop for today’s publishing scams. This Reedsy blog touches on vanity presses, scams, contests and more authors should avoid. They also give some helpful tips on how to sidestep...
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Link of the Week – A Voice, Indie Author Support Network
Indie authors are long past being tired of the Zon’s antics. Such monkey business includes rank stripping, disappearing reviews or page reads, sketchy Terms of Service rules, the ease of which scammers...
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Link of the Week – Dear Jeff
I’m loving this! USA Today Best-selling author Suzan Tisdale writes an open letter to founder and chief executive officer of Amazon about the cheating, thievery, and other big problems with Kindle...
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