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How to Find and Hire an Awesome Virtual Assistant
I bet you guys are starting to get weighed down by the minutia... or is that just us? When Steve and I started on our self-publishing journey, we had no idea just how many moving parts were involved in writing, publishing and launching a book, until we had to do all...
How to Make Your Book Description Pop with Basic HTML Elements
Wanna learn how to make your book description stand-out through proper HTML formatting that's actually easy to implement? In this post we’re going to focus on how to format your book descriptions for KDP and Createspace. One of the best ways to stand out from the...
10 Ways Smart Authors Use Pretty Links
Smart authors like to leverage tech to make boring and/or difficult jobs as painless as possible. That way they can get back to their true love—writing.
The Pretty Links Lite WordPress plugin makes the job of routing readers to places you want them to go, much less painful.
9 Ways to Tell That Your Book’s Not Easy to Read
Modern-day technological society has become so increasingly demanding and difficult, that “easy” has become one of our favorite words. So why wouldn’t your readers want their books to be easier to read? As it turns out, they do.
Here are 9 warning signs that your books aren’t delivering the “easy” your readers crave.
9 Things You Didn’t Know About Editorial Reviews
If your friend jumped off a bridge, would you do it too?
I used to love hearing my mother ask me that question, but the reality is, that’s exactly how people buy books. Here’s how to boost your book’s launch with editorial reviews.
10 Truths About Hiring a Professional Editor
We get it. Next to your book cover, editing seems like one of those unnecessary book-publishing expenses. But take it from us, fail to use an editor and your book sales will suffer.