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Wendy Woudstra - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Wendy Woudstra is a partner/owner of PublishingCentral.com, a site for writers, publishers, and lovers of print.
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- Why Publishers Should Be on Twitter
[Writing-and-Speaking:Book-Marketing] When I speak to publishers about the benefits of Twitter, I get one of two reactions. They either respond enthusiastically, or they declare that Twitter is a complete waste of time. Here are five reasons book publishers should be on Twitter.
- What's on Your Back Cover?
[Writing-and-Speaking:Publishing] Everyone knows that a book's back cover needs a bar code along with ISBN and price information, but once those are in place, new publishers often are unsure what to add to the back cover of their books. While there are many different views about what should be on a back cover, I believe the best use is to see the back of your book as a mini sales page, including four elements.
- Building Your Reputation on Amazon - Even Before You're Published
[Writing-and-Speaking:Book-Marketing] Everyone knows Amazon is a book store, but did you know it's a social networking site too? Raise your profile on Amazon by using your profile and Amazon's features to their best advantage.
- Digital is Not Print
[Writing-and-Speaking:Publishing] Many newspapers and magazines over the past year have switched to digital-only editions. In some schools of thought, the only difference between a print edition and a digital edition of a magazine or newspaper is the delivery mechanism. But they are very different in many ways, and the same business model that is applied to print cannot simply be moved over to digital and expected to function the same way.
- Book Design - Widows and Orphans
[Writing-and-Speaking:Publishing] When you are working on the interior design of your book, beware of widows and orphans. Here are a few dos and don'ts to help you deal with these common design nuisances.
- 5 Things Authors Can Do While Waiting For Their Publication Date
[Writing-and-Speaking:Publishing] There comes a time in the process of book publishing where the author feels like there's nothing to do but wait for the finished book to arrive. There are, however, plenty of things authors can do during this period to give their book promotion efforts a head start.
- Learn to Write Like Ben Franklin
[Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] Ben Franklin wasn't born a gifted writer. He had a rigorous and demanding method to improve his writing that you can use too.
- Finding a Publishing Internship
[Business:Career-Advice] College graduates wishing to enter the publishing industry often find themselves in the old catch-22 of needing a job to get experience and needing experience to land a job. Taking an internship while still studying can offer some of the real-world experience that employers so often demand.
- Why You Should Advertise in Special Interest Magazines
[Business:Advertising] It's easy to get so involved in online marketing and pay-per-click ads that you miss out on print advertising. But if you've got a niche product, there's a magazine out there with perfect synchronicity that you'd be crazy not to advertise in. Here's why.
- The Advantages of Self-Publishing
[Writing-and-Speaking:Publishing] While there has traditionally been a stigma attached to self-publishing, for some writers the option to self-publish has many advantages. Self-publishing allows you to make a much larger profit on each book sold. If you already have a channel to sell your books, self-publishing can make the writing/publishing process more profitable than having your book traditionally published.
- A Review of Stephen W Miller's "The Jesus of the Bible"
[Book-Reviews:Non-Fiction] The book's author, Steven M. Miller, begins with a look at Jesus' homeland. With maps, illustrations and amazing photographs, Miller shows the farmland of Galilee, compares the desert of Negev to a martian landscape, and gives not only a sense of the history of Palestine, but also how the geography affected the people of the area.
- A Strategy For Getting Your Self-Published Book Into Stores
[Writing-and-Speaking:Book-Marketing] It's fine to say that you don't need to have your books in brick and mortar bookstores as long as you've got the Internet, but every author and publisher wants that real world presence in their local bookstore, and especially in bookstore chains. Here's a strategy to make that happen.
- To Give Or Not to Give Your Friends Free Copies of Your Book
[Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] It's an unfortunate custom that your friends and family, no matter how unsupportive of your writing they've been, expect a complementary copy of your book when it's published. The question is, do you give it to them?
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