Jun 7, 2014 | Marketing, Publishing, Writing
I’m starting today a weekend special on self-publishing, with four simple tips that can help you succeed. When I self-published my first book, I was confident that I could easily put it forward, based on my professional career as web developer and marketeer. I...
Jun 2, 2014 | Marketing, Publishing
Writing a book is hard enough, but marketing it can rapidly become a daunting task. After months of searching, trying, failing and learning new tips, I discovered that any author, self published or traditionally published, should create an author platform where...
Apr 24, 2014 | Publishing
I found on the Passive Voice a reference to the latest Harris Poll concerning Americans’ reading habits. The upshot was that Americans who read more electronically, read more, period. There is, however, a wealth of useful information to be gleamed from the...
Apr 14, 2014 | Marketing, Publishing
It’s Sunday afternoon, and it’s raining cats and dogs. Which makes this afternoon even more melancholic than Sunday ones traditionally are. So, I decided to get some work done, hoping to forget the sad weather outside (on the upside, the garden badly needed some...
Apr 13, 2014 | Publishing, Writing
Following everyone’s private and public feedback on the cover of my new book, an anthology of short sci-fi stories, I’m pleased to report that I’ve now made more changes. No one can accuse me of ignoring your feedback, as I’ve changed the cover...
Apr 9, 2014 | Marketing, Publishing
As we all know, the publishing world is in major upheaval. With ebook prices dropping even for big authors, and so many ebooks available for free, are we witnessing the end of the paid model? And what might replace it? I can see four distinct models emerging from all...
Apr 7, 2014 | Blog hops tours & reblogs, My Publications, Publishing
The big news of the day was author Sarah Daltry throwing in the towel, having had enough of the bullying reviews. In a heart-breakingly frank open letter she addresses these bullies and displays incredible emotional courage in her outburst, baring her psyche and...
Apr 4, 2014 | Marketing, Publishing
About two years ago I was part of a company that wanted to finance start-ups. I saw quite a few projects and ideas, some of them really amazing -the type that made me go “why didn’t I think of that?” and “Now, that is so useful, I wonder how...
