by Andy Updegrove | Feb 23, 2014 | SelfPublishing, Writing
One of the sadder consequences of the advent of Web-enabled self-publishing has been the number of races to the bottom it has unleashed: in price, in quantity overtaking quality in social media rapid-firing, and worst of all, in the quality of writing itself. Why?...
by Andy Updegrove | Feb 17, 2014 | SelfPublishing
Last time I promised to talk about setting up Twitter and Facebook pages. For many people this should be the easiest part of establishing a Web presence, since so many folks already use one or both services. If you’re one of them , the biggest challenge may be to...
by Andy Updegrove | Feb 12, 2014 | SelfPublishing, Writing
Including, ahem, mine. I haven’t gone in for the contest route so far, and that’s not exactly what this is, but throwing my hat into the ring was easy (and free), so I thought why not? The host is a new book club site called Noveltunity, which is...
by Andy Updegrove | Feb 6, 2014 | SelfPublishing
One of the traditional ways to inspire someone to read an author’s book has always been the interview – in print a newspaper or magazine, live on the radio or TV, or in front of a face-to-face audience. These days, all but the last are much harder to get,...
by Andy Updegrove | Feb 2, 2014 | SelfPublishing, Uncategorized
In the last post, we talked about the different types of Web sites you can create or take advantage of. In this entry, we’ll talk about actually creating the Web-based pages you’ll need to sell your self-published book, leaving to a later date how to create and...
by Andy Updegrove | Jan 24, 2014 | SelfPublishing
It’s obvious that any self-published author needs a Web presence. Why? Because promoting your books at many venues is free and most of the rest are cheap, and the Internet is where people go to find out anything and everything. And that’s great, isn’t it? In the old...
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