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Self Publishing Today
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Nov 17, 2008, Lauren Reeser
I am a digital artist with a traditional and extensive education in illustration and animation at San Jose State University. My art is complex,
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Nov 17, 2008, Weight Loss Surgery Food Journals
Well I'm at it again . Writing food journals that is. This time I've written 2 food journals to market to weight loss surgery patients: The
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Nov 16, 2008, Susan Houck--Crescent Moon Designs
I received my first opportunity to design a book cover in 2008. I used Microsoft Word to design the book cover, published it in Adobe PDF, and then
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Nov 5, 2008, Livermore The Online Novel
Site: Livermore How much traffic do you get? about 50 to 100 hits a day How much comes from the search engines? very low percent How much
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Nov 1, 2008, SiteBuildIt Special Held Over
The special, described previously, has been held over until 11/9. Click the link, or write me for details.
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Nov 1, 2008, Discovering SpiritChili
My spiritual journey and road to enlightenment comes through and in the form of acrostic poetry. I deliver semi-sub-liminal messages weaved through
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Oct 27, 2008, Crossing the Road: A Guide for the College Bound Chicken
Four high school students embarked on a journey to explore the world of opportunities and possibilities by taking on the challenge of writing a book
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Oct 23, 2008, Self-Publishing: Just Do It!
Several years ago, I was literally whining to a friend about all the questions and recipe requests I was receiving from my customers and how I was to
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Oct 20, 2008, SBI Halloween Special
If you've visited this site much, you know I'm a big believer in SiteBuildIt, the company that gave me the tools to build this site and others.
Want to see a pretty picture? It's a picture of my other SiteBuildIt site.
SiteBuildIt lets authors turn their skill with words into traffic.
SBI is running a Halloween special. That makes this a good time to give it a go. The special lasts thru October 31st.
Call it a "Buy one, get another for 2/3 off" deal.
When you "buy" SBI, you get a year of service (and web hosting is only the beginning of what "service" means). When you buy 2 SBIs:
- You can split the total with a friend or a spouse (or a child or a parent or a sbiling) and both get one SBI
- You can buy one for yourself and give the other as a gift
- You can buy two for yourself - get started with one and take up to 9 months before you start the clock ticking on the 2nd one.
What does SiteBuildIt mean to me? It means I'm never in the dark despite my complete lack of technical and computer coding knowledge. It means a suite of tools that helps me design (and write) a site that attracts the kind of readers I'm looking for.
My wife and I have 3 sites between us and she's getting ready to start our fourth.
Authors, you can use the Contact page to put your questions to me or put them directly to SiteBuildIt.
The link below takes you to more good information on the service and an order form.
If you're sick of:
- no traffic to speak of
- having to pay some techie (or beg a favor) every time you want to update your site...
SiteBuildIt is for you. Click the link below.
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Oct 17, 2008, Ernn
Illustrator focused on manga style. Often draw bishonen (handsome/beautiful/cute boys/man). All artwork are CG 2D, sometimes mixed with copic art
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Oct 17, 2008, A Mother's Day gift
For many years I thought of trying to publish a children’s book, my mother had written long ago. It was a cute and funny old and familiar story. She
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Oct 14, 2008, 1106 Design
1106 Design is an award-winning Team of Ten who can help with many of the tasks you need to publish your book. From title consulting, to manuscript
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Oct 13, 2008, wicklowphotographs
Site: Wicklow Photographs How much traffic do you get? Very little How much comes from the search engines? 20% How much money and time have
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Oct 13, 2008, publishingmadeeasy.org
Author's website: publishingmadeeasy.org How much traffic do you get? 4-5 per day How much comes from the search engines? not sure How much
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Oct 10, 2008, Shane Lees
My style of creating illustrations is mainly done in the black and white media. I use charcoal, led, and graphite. I like the mood that B&W drawings
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Oct 9, 2008, To Find a Publisher vs. Self Publishing
It took me two years to learn to write a good proposal. First the writer needs to insure that the title of his or her book tells what it is about in
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Oct 7, 2008, Building Castles, Books, and a Website
Genre: Non fiction history and art I have loved to draw and build castles and medieval armies from the time I was very young. I remember sitting in
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Oct 6, 2008, I self published and created my own book printing business
Four years ago, I sat down at my computer and started writing a movie script about my relationship with my ex husband. While writing one day, my
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Oct 3, 2008, standthebook
Site: Souper Publishing How much traffic do you get? very little How much comes from the search engines? none How much money and time have
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Oct 3, 2008, Writing Nemesis
When someone asks me what it takes to become a good writer, I usually grumble, “Enough rejects to paper the walls.” Perhaps that is not a very
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Sep 30, 2008, Grief is the catalyst of becoming self published
My journey into self-publishing began over a decade ago. Little did I know the twists and turns I would experience as a result of publishing my first
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Sep 26, 2008, Plane Sense and Perseverance
To be honest, writing was not always was my passion. My first experience was when I tried to write some science-fiction while in school. It did not
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Sep 21, 2008, AuthorHouse,UK
I self published my first novel,Clouded Crescent:Garrulous Goon through AuthorHouse UK in July 2007.Despite of ISBN allotments,POD has no demand and
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Sep 20, 2008, Stand
My journey with Stand started ten years ago when I made the choice to share my life. This was not an easy decision for the simple reason that alot of
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Sep 20, 2008, Controlling Your Destiny
Are you waiting for a literary agent or publisher to get back to you? To tell you your work is good enough, a perfect fit, or marketable? If patience
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Sep 19, 2008, My Self-Publishing Journey
My self-publishing journey began in the fall of 1993 when I offered to write an essay for my pastor. I have been a keen student of the Bible for most
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Sep 17, 2008, cherry
I just draw what's on my mind to express my feelings..i usually sketch it.My favorite is to use a charcoal.I draw some paintings
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Sep 15, 2008, Finally! A book I can hold (and so can others)
After joining two writers' groups and attending every conference/seminar/workshop I could afford (including one-on-one 15-minute sessions with an
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Sep 15, 2008, Tales of NShalain
Genre: Science Fiction I have been reading science fiction of all types for over forty years, from Jules Verne up to the present. Some of it was and
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Sep 10, 2008, Me, writing a book ? No way!
I never thought I would write a book nor for that matter ever publish one on my own. But certain events can change everything and that is what
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Sep 8, 2008, A Virtual Book Tour: Promote Your Book to Bloggers
A virtual book tour is pretty much what it sounds like: online book promotion. Talk about your book with bloggers.
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Sep 5, 2008, Self Publishing Autobiography
Self-publishing became a simple decision for me after exploring traditional publishing houses. I joyfully discovered a family connection with a
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Sep 4, 2008, Preaching to the Converted
Genre: Sports Technically speaking this is published by someone else - Lulu.com - but it's self publishing as far as I'm concerned because I did
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Sep 3, 2008, How I Said Yes to Myself for a Novel 38 Years in the Making
I’ve wanted to share the story told in MRS. LIEUTENANT: A SHARON GOLD NOVEL for 38 years, ever since I was a new Mrs. Lieutenant at Ft. Knox,
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Sep 3, 2008, Self publishing, podcasting and me
Genre: Science Fiction My name is Brian holtz and I have written two novels and I am working on a third. I have written seven shorter works of
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Sep 2, 2008, Workington Dynamo
This is self-publishing only because I did it myself. The novel here is listed as published and distributed by Lulu.com, the largest print-on-demand
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Aug 29, 2008, Start Where You Are
Genre: anthology Most writers start on the MOON, way out there in space. Then, with experience, they gradually work their way back down to earth. I
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Aug 29, 2008, Dos and Don'ts In Self Publishing
Genre: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, African American I was so proud of myself; my first novel was picked up by C&B Book Distribution. They asked
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Aug 27, 2008, Avoiding Agendas!
I wrote Woman Redeemed wanting to capture real women of the 1st century and to portray Mary Magdalene in a realistic way that every woman could
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Aug 24, 2008, roll of the dice
Genre: Suspense thriller I started my writing on 9/14/01. Just after the WTC attacks I was rearended by another driver, which left me unable to do
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Aug 24, 2008, Is it a Route You Really Want to Take?
Genre: Historical Fiction When my first novel was complete (The Better Angels) an entertainment lawyer/agent took it on but was unable to find a
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Aug 21, 2008, Self Publishing the Truth
When I finished With Malice and Forethought in 2000 and the proof reading was complete, all twenty-three people told me it had to be published. To
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Aug 20, 2008, A Dialogue about Authors' Websites in General and This Author's Website in Particular
Author's site: Belize Survivor This dialogue continues from the Comment section of a self publisher post elsewhere on the site . STEVE: So let's
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Aug 20, 2008, Is NO Not Clear Enough For You?
I actually started writing after my youngest son started college. I was as green as the rain forest, but determined. I work as a budget analyst, but
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Aug 19, 2008, Add a Genre Book List to Your Author Site - Quick Way to Attract Traffic
To attract targeted traffic to your author website, create a genre book list. Just make sure that it's a list your book belongs on! Here's what to do...
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Aug 19, 2008, Publish or (and?) Die
How do you tell the person you love most in the world that you are going to die? The doctor gave me the news late in the afternoon and after I got
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Aug 18, 2008, Authors, Content Building Means Writing. Targeted Writing.
Content means words. Content building means writing. Read why no one is better suited than an author to write the content that attracts traffic to your site.
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Aug 18, 2008, Book Selling on Amazon: Are You Leaving Money on the Table?
A shocking number of self published writers are book selling on Amazon but leaving $$$ on the table! You NEED to join the Amazon Associates program.
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Aug 17, 2008, Book Marketing for Self Published Authors: Lots of How To's
Self published authors: Find focused articles on all aspects of book marketing, including lots of stuff you never thought of!
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Aug 16, 2008, It's free to publish me?
My first children's book Tales of the Tree People To tree...or not to tree? was traditionally published. Shortly after it was published I went through
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