Archive for the ‘self-publishing’ Category

The E-book Revolution – What It Means To Authors & Sales

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Today’s guest poster is the fiercely intelligent Hugh McGuire, who has been involved in the creation of tools and software aiding the E-book Revolution since 2009. It’s all well and good to look at the numbers of Hugh Howey’s data scrape, or the predictions of traditional publishing sales data analysts, but if you don’t look at them in the context of where the digital and ebook publishing phenomena has come from, and how it has evolved, you cannot make informed decisions […]

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How To Create Your Own Anthology (Or Small Press!)

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Recently I’ve been finding that my lack of published ‘short fiction’ has been holding back various grant applications and offers to teach fiction workshops. Which is why I’ve been looking at anthologies, in particular anthologies with other independent authors. Anthologies are a great way not only to get your work out there (without slaving for months in creation), of gaining credibility and publishing ‘credits’ and of tapping into the networks of your fellow collaborators, who collectively might be able to […]

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5 Mind Blowing Facts About Book Trailers – And How To Do Your Own

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I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one out there who thinks scrolling script, stock images, or god forbid, a PowerPoint presentation that zooms in on those images, is not a book trailer. Not even close. If I wanted to be bored for 2 minutes I could watch the political debates. Or grass grow, or paint my toenails. No, a trailer is meant to entertain, excite and intrigue. Frankly when I think trailer, I think dynamic movie trailers with minimal […]

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E-book Revolution Podcast Ep 16: iBooks Alternatives – How To Make A Book App With Authorly

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Welcome to the podcast episode for the relaunch! UPDATE: The giveaway is now over, thanks to everyone for participating! Today’s Giveaway is an all star e-book bundle for independent authors! This e-book bundle consists of 8 of the best books on the internet to help independent authors in their journey. Thank you to those authors who donated a copy to this giveaway! To find out more about each book just click on the links. The e-books included in this prize are: My […]

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How To Get Your Print Books Into Your Local Book Store In 7 Steps

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Welcome to the E-book Revolution Relaunch, seven days of giveaways and posts for writers and independent publishers. [Update: The Relaunch occurred from the 4th-10th April 2014] You’ll notice that I’m no longer using the term ‘self-publishing’. It is a term that has been misappropriated by the industry and indicates books of low quality. That is not what we do, and not what I’m about. So this week is also about taking ownership of the title ‘independent publisher’ and being proud of what […]

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A Newbie’s Guide To Self-Publishing Poetry or How I Learnt to Love Going Nuclear

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Making your first move into self-publishing can be intimidating. There is so much information out there it’s hard to know what the simplest path is. I’ve known Maureen for several years, she writes beautifully, and after many years of nagging, she has finally been lured by my gingerbread house of indie-author-dom. I was interested to see how producing poetry e-books differed from prose books. And it’s been a while since I was a newbie, I find that means I assume […]

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The Most Important Thing A Writer Must Do To Succeed

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Getting started in the self-publishing game isn’t as easy as some make it out to be. If you don’t like writing, a LOT, then the climb to an appreciable number of sales is long. But how do you start producing more work, faster? Today’s guest post (The first for the year! If you’re keen to write one go here) is from the amusing Dylan White, an author who I’ve know for several years and who has finally started to gain […]

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iBooks Alternatives: Transform Your eBook Reading Experience

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By Claire Johnson Guest Post Note: I have been known to poo-poo Apple. Sorry, (well… not really…) but I’ve always been a PC person. Android phone and tablets give me everything I need without making my head explode from frustration. I had an iPod once, but it just didn’t play nice with the other tech kids in the sandpit. But after sitting in on a couple of sessions at the State Library of QLD on iPads for educators, I realised […]

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Less Emphasis On The Publish & More On The Good Writing

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The danger with self-publishing is getting caught up in the hype. So Much Information! So Much Preparation! So Much Marketing Needed! MUST GET IT PUBLISHED!!!! Self-publishing is a blanket that covers a myriad of hidden trap doors, sand pits of quicksand that suck time and aggressive publishing services telling you they’re the golden ticket to the bestsellers. In among it all, people lose their drive to write, because the making and the marketing just takes over. We not only forget […]

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E-book Revolution Podcast Ep14 – How To Make Your Own Book Trailer With Red 14 Films

by Emily Craven | 6 Comments »

I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one out there who thinks scrolling script, stock images, or god forbid, a PowerPoint presentation that zooms in on those images, is not a trailer. Not even close. If I wanted to be bored for 2 minutes I could watch the political debates. Or grass grow, or paint my toenails. No, a trailer is meant to entertain, excite and intrigue. Frankly when I think trailer, I think dynamic movie trailers with minimal words, […]

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