Technology. Writing. Where to Get a Free iPad for Your Special Needs Child. We all know apps can be great with kids – but what if your budget doesn't allow for the purchase of an iPad itself?
Here are some no-cost options for getting your child (especially your child with a disability) an iPad. Local Resources Never underestimate the power of local. We ourselves received Moxie's iPad from a local organization that my friend Mari told us about, the The Shelby Clark Memorial Fund. They were absolutely wonderful. Other Local Resources. Sign In to HubPages. Analysing Agatha – How to become the best-selling novelist of all time. The Agatha Christie Code Agatha Christie wrote 85 books that sold between two and four billion copies.
According to UNESCO, she is the most translated author in the history of the world. The Guinness Book of World Records has recognized her as the Best Selling Author in any genre of all time. See the list of the Top 10 Best-Selling Authors here. Note: Shakespeare was left out of this comparison, because he wrote plays and not novels. Book Marketing Is Also Murder. Yes, as self-published and traditionally published authors learn sooner or later, writing a mystery is only part of the journey.
Marketing that mystery can be a much more difficult and time-consuming part of a published author’s existence. And that marketing can be murder – on your psyche, your time and your wallet. Why? Because there are so many online promotional opportunities today that enable authors to stay in front of their computers and promote their books. Book Marketing Update — Phyllis Zimbler Miller. Community: Community: Creating Content. The Conundrum of Digital Publishing – HTML5 or EPUB 3? The Digital Book World event has just wrapped up and marked the first large publishing gathering of 2013.
Many of the exhibitors and speakers hyped up either EPUB3 or HTML5, as a way to distribute digital content. No one could quite agree on where the future of the industry will take us and many indie companies are focusing on one or the other. The big question that was on everyone’s mind is if HTML5 or EPUB3 will be the future of digital publishing in 2013?
In the last few weeks, Kobo and Barnes and Noble both announced that sometime in 2013 they will begin to offer full support for the EPUB 3 standard. 8 Common Tax Questions for Freelancers and Entrepreneurs. A big thanks to everyone who watched and joined the Google Hangout on Taxes for Freelancers . We had a rough start and a lot of technical issues (thanks Google), and I want to thank you for your patience. Once we finally got all the kinks worked out, it ended up going great. Fast and Easy Advertising Tricks for Writers You Can Use Today. This week, we’re talking about advertising.
Advertising, in some form, is essential, no matter what you’re writing. The more people know you, the more likely it is that you’ll get hired, or make sales of your ebooks, or achieve whatever it is that you want to achieve. Advertising can take many different forms. For example, EL James, the author of the erotic blockbuster Fifty Shades of Grey, originally wrote the book as fan fiction, on the site fanfiction.net. Fan fiction has a huge audience.
3 E-Book Marketing Tips Sure to Bring Success. E-books are exploding.
A 2012 report by publishing authority Bowker suggests more than 87,000 titles appeared between 2010 and 2011, representing a 129 percent increase in the number of e-books published over the same period. The popularity of e-books provides obvious benefits for small business owners, entrepreneurs, and writers, offering a source of revenue, an increasingly viable business model, and a new opportunity for thought leadership among business experts and authors. Ebook Marketing For Business Books: A Simple MethodAngela Booth's Creativity Factory. You’ve written an ebook for a business audience.
While you’ve made some sales, you feel you’d be making more, if only you could get some reviews. Here’s the solution: give some copies away to people who would benefit from the book. Sites like Goodreads can manage this process for you. However, book review sites for readers work best for “consumer” ebooks, rather than for books with a business audience. Ebook Writing and Selling Strategy: What Did Your Readers Love?Angela Booth's Creativity Factory. Writing and selling ebooks is a booming industry.
If you’re a business person, nothing helps your credibility as much as writing a book. And of course, if you’re a writer, self-publishing means you get to keep the profits. The publishing industry is changing fast. Writing for free to make money writing. Consider writing for free to make money writing.
Free Report: Super-Simple Article Marketing Plan. (Ezine) Survive and thrive as a writer – write for free. Here’s an excerpt from this week’s Editorial in Fab Freelance Writing Ezine: This week let’s talk about the vexed topic (in some writers’ circles) about writing for free.I write for “free”.
Oops: Film Company Asserts 50 Shades Is In The Public Domain. As you may know, the erotic blockbuster Fifty Shades of Grey was developed from fan fiction the author wrote.
Once the book took off, all the fan fiction material was removed from online. New – free report “Copywriting Confidential: How To Become A Freelance Copywriter” How to Write a Short Story: Bite-Sized Fiction Is Fun. This is fiction week, so I hope you’re trying your hand at some stories. When I came back to writing fiction after spending years avoiding it, I had huge fun making up people and thinking about their problems.
I had some questions about yesterday’s post, Make Money Writing Short Fiction. Readers wanted to know which genres to try, other than erotica. Investigate: * Mysteries;* Romance — any kind, whether sweet, Young Adult (this is becoming a hot genre in fiction), second chance, etc;* Science fiction/ fantasy;* Paranormal — vampire and werewolf stories are HUGE… Basically, write what you enjoy reading. As with all forms of writing, make it easy on yourself. Ebooks: A 3-Minute Strategy to Write and SellAngela Booth's Creativity Factory. If you’re getting into self-publishing, you need a strategy which you can put to use immediately.
I’ve created an easy one for my book marketing students. You can understand and memorize this simple presentation in three minutes. Write Fiction: Turn Your Imagination Into Dollars. This week, we’ve been focusing on writing fiction. In 2013, writing fiction is a brilliant opportunity for any freelance writer. Fiction Research: Imagination Wins. When writing fiction, use your imagination first, then research later. Digital Publishing - Bleeding Edge Tech. Draft Is The Best Word Processor You Can Write With Today. The to-do list has gotten Asana, the calendar has gotten Fantastical, and the inbox has gotten Mailbox, but nobody has made a word processor for this decade. Until Draft, which is launching today to solve major problems with Google Docs … in ways that make me nostalgic for my own startup, WriteWith. Draft offers clean saves of drafts instead of the usual autosave jumble, clear version control between multiple users, easy importing from popular file services like Dropbox and Evernote, and something pretty unique — an editing service.
Built by one-man Y Combinator team Nathan Kontny (previously the cofounder of Inkling and Cityposh), the web app puts solo writing first. Its interface makes a point of looking nice, with the words you write appearing in large, plain-text font on a light-gray background.