Today I opened up Microsoft Word document. I looked at the blank sheet of paper, and I simply didn’t want to write a blog post. I felt uninspired. That’s why it’s 8:30 p.m. Pacific Time and I’m only now publishing this post. Yes, me. The queen of blogs. I have four of them. (I used […]
How to Build Platform and Promote Your Book with Articles
All aspiring and published authors should consider themselves journalists. Whether you want to build author platform or you simply want to find ways to promote your book, articles provide an effective promotional element to add to your marketing toolbox. It’s easy enough to simply write articles about the topic of your book “off the top […]
Please Take My New Year Reader Survey
As part of my New Year planning, I want to find ways to better address my readers’ needs and interests. That means your needs and interests. I want to make my blog better and more relevant to you. To accomplish that goal, I need to know more about you. So, I have created a New […]
How to Turn Your Courses Into (Blogged) Books (Part 2)
Imagine this scenario: You decide to monetize your knowledge and create an online course. You produce the videos, documentation and membership access. In addition to explaining the benefits of the course, your sales page features a picture of you and bio explaining that you are an authority on this particular topic. You mention that you […]
How to Turn Your Courses Into (Blogged) Books (Part 1)
If you are a savvy blogger or blogpreneur, you’ve taken your subject matter and turned it into online courses. Each course is probably made up of a variety of audio or video segments, or modules. You may even have a written component to your offering as well, such as a workbook, homework sheets or handouts. […]
What Do You Want Your Blog and Book to Do?
As the year comes to a close, it’s time to review your successes and failures and to decide how you will move forward in the New Year as a blogger and an author. This is the point when you, like me, must determine if what you have done to date is working, is on purpose […]
Is Blogging a Book All You Need to Do to Land a Publishing Contract?
You’ve heard all the stories of bloggers who have landed traditional book contracts, like Christian Landers (Stuff White People Like), Julie Powell (Julie & Julia) and Jenny Lawson (Let’s Pretend This Never Happened). They didn’t do much more than create a successful blog, and publishers sought them out. With a traditional book deal in hand, […]
Use Your Blog and Blogged Book to Help Readers Keep Resolutions
Every year 45 percent of American’s make New Year’s resolutions. That’s why the personal growth industry continues to thrive and why self-help and inspirational books sell so well. People seek solutions to the problems they feel hold them back and answers to the questions they have about how to improve their lives. Yet, every year […]
How to Use Pressbooks to Go Blog-to-Book (Part 2)
Guest post by Carla King This is the second part of Carla King’s post on how to use Pressbooks.com to go blog-to-book. To read part one, click here. Add Front and Back Matter You’ll want to compose an introduction, copyright page, acknowledgements, and an about the author page. (Don’t forget to provide links to […]
How to Use Pressbooks to Go Blog-to-Book (Part 1)
Guest post by Carla King When I found out that PressBooks had a blog-to-book tool, frankly, I didn’t expect much, as similar tools I’ve tried have crashed or stalled in the middle of the process without so much as an error message. But because, after all, it is my job, I was obligated to take […]
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