Many writers and bloggers use Scrivener to help them manage their projects—and even more would like to learn how to do so. I’ve written about Scrivener several times and how I’ve used it to help with my continued blogging and blog-to-book projects. But my knowledge of how to use the program is limited. That’s why […]
Create Blog-Book Synergy to Reduce Content Creation Stress
Many aspiring authors worry about starting a blog. They fear they won’t have the time to produce a book manuscript while trying to produce consistent blog content. However, the blog-a-book and book-a-blog strategies provide an efficient way to write and publish books—and keep up with blog content schedules. Today, digital nomad and full-time writer and […]
How to Book a Blog Using Scrivener
I use Scrivener to write most of my blog posts. Why? Because Scrivener allows me easily to file them in folders and later, if I want, turn those folders into books. However, before I used Scrivener, my posts were all written in Word or directly into WordPress. That made it hard to create a manuscript […]
Offer Another Book to Your Readers—by Blogging it For Free
By D.I. (David) Telbat (@DITelbat) There you are, an author hanging off a cliff. The gorge below threatens to swallow you, but still, you lean farther out, offering yet another tantalizing novel to your fans. They reach for your inspired works as if their lives depend on your very words. If only you had more […]
3 Ways to Convert Blog Content Into a Word Doc
For those bloggers who would like to book a blog, or repurpose their posts into a book, turning blog content into a word-processing file can pose one of the largest challenges. You likely need a Microsoft Word file, since these are used by designers and to create a variety of ebook formats. Yet, it’s not […]
The “Queen of Snark” on Booking Blogs and Promoting Books
I met Rachel Thompson not long after the release of her second book. She was teaching classes on how to go blog-to-book on Triberr.com. Since then, she’s written and published a third successful book. Although she hasn’t blogged a book, she knows how to book a blog and how to successfully self-publish a book. As […]
3+ Reasons I’ve Started Using Scrivener as a Blogging Tool
For a while now I’ve been toying around with the idea of using Scrivener as a writing tool. I hadn’t seriously considered using it for blogging, except I was interesting in finding out if it could become a blog-to-book tool. If it could import posts form WordPress, I figured it might be quite useful. I […]
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 […]
Traditionally Published Author Self-Publishes a Booked Blog
Although this blog focuses a fair amount of attention on blogging books to get “discovered” by literary agents and acquisitions editors at traditional publishing houses, there’s just as much value in blogging a book—or simply blogging—to create the audience you need to produce a successful self-published book. No one knows this better than someone who […]
How to Create the Best Book From Your Blog
I advocate blogging a book rather than booking a blog. The reason why is simple: Not every blog deserves to become a book. Some blogs are just blogs; the content on them works well as posts but isn’t thought out well enough to become a book. A blogger who blogs a book, on the other […]