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Email Newsletters for Authors: Why everyone is telling you you HAVE to have an author newsletter.

February 11, 2017 by Lori Devoti 1 Comment

Author newsletters… a pain, right? You have to build the list, you have to house the list, you have to design newsletters, come up with content and then send your author newsletter. So much work… and so much techy type crap. Ugh. No, double ugh. But, yes, you really should have one and here’s why… You … [Read more…]

Posted in: Indie Publishing, Marketing, Writing Business Tagged: email marketing, indie publishing, newsletters for authors

Report: Novelists Inc. Conference 2012: Social Media, Agents, Self-Publishing Success

October 31, 2012 by Lori Devoti 3 Comments
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Thanks to the threat of Sandy, I came back from the Novelists Inc. Conference in New York two days earlier than originally planned. Thankfully, this still gave me the chance to see many friends and make a number of new ones. I also was able to attend the first two days of panels and roundtables. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Agents and Editors, Conferences, Featured, Indie Publishing, Marketing, Writing Business, Writing Life Tagged: Bella Andre, indie publishing, literary agents, Novelists Inc., self-publishing, social media

Step by Step Guide to Getting an ePub to Validate Using Sigil

September 12, 2012 by Lori Devoti Leave a Comment
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First why are we talking about getting an ePub to validate? Simply because it is one way to assure that your ebook files can be viewed properly by readers. This doesn’t mean there won’t be any errors or weirdness, but it does help. Also, there are a few places that will reject epub files if … [Read more…]

Posted in: Ebook Formatting, Indie Publishing Tagged: epubs, how to format an ebook, indie publishing, indiepub

Microsoft Word Tip: How to save italics!

March 30, 2012 by Lori Devoti 19 Comments

A while back I did a post on how to format an ebook with Microsoft Word as your starting place. Since writing that I discovered a great tip that makes the process even easier, how to save italics when you have to strip all formatting from the original file. If you have gone through the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Ebook Formatting, Indie Publishing, Writing Business, Writing Software Programs, Writing Tools Tagged: ebooks, Formatting, indie publishing, indiepub, self-publishing

Looking Back, 2011 The Year of the Author?

January 2, 2012 by Lori Devoti 2 Comments
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At some point in 2011 I read on some blog (that unfortunately I can’t remember the name of) that if 2010 was the year of the ebook, 2011 was the year of the author. I can live with that. In fact, after going through 2010 reading what to me were asinine claims by various publishing … [Read more…]

Posted in: Featured, Inspiration Tagged: ebooks, indie publishing, indiepub, publishing business
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