A WordPress.org blog comes with the essentials. You might call these the basics—some widgets and plugins. To make your blog run smoothly and efficiently with less work on your part, add plugins. If you are blogging a book, also install specific plugins to help your visitors read the book. Plugins add features to your site […]
How to Structure Your Nonfiction Blogged Book
You’ve got an idea for a blogged nonfiction book. Maybe you’ve even brainstormed some ideas for content, completed a mind map or come up with a tentative outline. Now you’re wondering about how to structure your book. It’s really not that difficult to create a structure for a nonfiction book. Although not all nonfiction books […]
7 Essentials for Every Start-Up Book Publisher
If you are like most aspiring authors, the idea of becoming a published author probably excites you. Even if you are planning to produce a book to boost your business, adding “author” to your credentials could represent the fulfillment of a dream you’ve had your whole life or might catapult you into the ranks of […]
How to Use Surveys to Discover Marketable Book Topics
To produce a marketable book, one that will sell to potential readers in your target market, you need to write something those people need or want. However, often aspiring writers don’t put words on paper (or screen) because they don’t know what their potential readers actual need or want. In other words, they don’t know […]
How and Why to Blog a Romance Novel
The world of blogging might never be the same after I write this post. Why? Because I’m going to suggest that romance writers get on board and start blogging books. That’s right…take those great hot men and women on the covers of those romance novels and plaster them all over your blogs. Then, instead of […]
The Pros and Cons of Blogging a Completed Manuscript
It’s not uncommon for writers with completed manuscripts to want to blog their projects. In their quest for ways to promote their work, they discover the “blog-a-book” concept and think it might work well even though they will skip a major step in the process. They won’t write, publish and promote their work but rather […]
8 Reasons to Traditionally Publish Your Book
The majority of authors I meet want to pursue traditional publishing. I find this interesting given the constant talk about the rise in number of independently published books and the benefit to authors of indie publishing. When I ask a roomful of aspiring authors at a writers’ conference how many plan to pursue traditional publishing, […]
How to Craft a Book Idea that Sells
Most aspiring authors believe their ideas are unique and readers absolutely need to read their books. Like these writers, you may feel convinced your book idea is new, fresh, timely, different, and essential. It’s great to feel passionate, enthusiastic and confident when the proverbial light bulb goes off, but those feelings—and your conviction—simply aren’t enough […]
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