Smashwords: Publish for free, keep 85%
In some ways, the title of this post says it all. With that said, there is so much more to know about Smashwords, the place on the internet to publish your ebooks. I discovered Smashwords last spring and so far, nearly 1500 people have downloaded my ebooks. I’ve not made enough to retire, but having [...]
The Ebook Has Landed!
I’ve been talking for months about my new free ebook, Getting Started in Blogging, and finally it’s here! Newsletter subscribers got a sneak peek last week, but now I’m launching it formally.
Everyone’s got to start somewhere with blogging and that’s how this ebook came about. It was based on a series of posts targeting those [...]
Free Ebooks From Get Paid To Write Online
I’ve produced a number of series on this blog which I know many of you have found useful. Now I’ve decided to make them available in another format. I now have PDFs of:
SEO Your Website
Promotion Is Free
Making It As A Freelance Writer
Freelance Writing Questions
That means you can get all the posts in each series in [...]
An Ebook In 20 Minutes With Zinepal
I created an ebook/ezine in about 20 minutes today – and I did it using Zinepal. This handy online tool (which you can try without even signing up) allows you to pull together recent posts from your blog (via the RSS feed) or from any web page to create an ezine. You can download this [...]
Want To Publish Your Ebook?
I’ve been thinking a lot about ebook publishing recently, so it was a moment of serendipity when I happened to talk to one of the writers I work with, only to learn that he’d just started an ebook publishing company. Co-founder Garry Pierrepoint says that Ebook Library will ‘revolutionise the way online books are marketed, [...]
Nikki Leigh Book Tour
If you want to get paid to write, then get some inspiration from someone who has. Nikki Leigh is a published author, who is currently promoting her latest book, Lady Lightkeeper, with a blog book tour.
I’ve interviewed her today on my Writing Lab. Nikki answers questions on her writing process, her sources of inspiration [...]
How to Pick a Publisher
One of the most baffling, and disappointing aspects of novel writing is the rejection letter. Many new writers are frustrated after receiving 5, 10, and even 20 rejection letters.
Writers are told not to be disheartened, or quit submitting their manuscript to publishers. There is a better way to become published, but it is [...]
First Steps In Writing And Publishing
I didn’t always want to be a freelance writer. When I was little I wanted to be an architect. I loved creating new things out of nothing, putting pieces together and changing them around so they made more sense. My favourite toy was Meccano, which I liked for the same reasons – a girly girl [...]
Why I’m Happy That I’m Not Finishing My Novel
Everyone’s got NaNo on the brain – everyone except me, that is. For about four years, I’ve had a novel outline languishing in a corner of my desk. It has stared at me reproachfully as I have done other jobs and written other things. I’ve felt guilty because I feel I haven’t stuck to it [...]
Stepping Into Self-Publishing
When I signed up with Lifetips several months ago, I didn’t know what I was letting myself in for. Within a short space of time I had written on fruit, video chat and conversational Spanish. Spanish meshed well with my previous experience and fruit was general knowledge, but to do video chat I had to [...]
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