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More Than 30 Google+ Tools, Extensions, Tutorials and Other Resources The Google+ honeymoon might be over but many people are still active on the site. As Google+ has some shortcomings, lacking features and usability flaws, there are now numerous tools to deal with these issues. I’ve compiled a list of the most promising ones. I haven’t tested all the tools, just a few, so please report issues in the comments. I have chosen only those that seemed to make sense and have been recommended by other publishers or social media friends of mine. Web Tools and Resources Google+ Statistics – Google+ statistics shows not only who the most popular users and posts on Google+ are; it also discloses the percentage of women on Google+. Firefox and Chrome Extensions There are lots of Chrome and Firefox extensions for Google+ now. Tutorials and Solutions Tools Lists Misc. Do you already use these or other Google+ tools? * CC image by Toby Bochan.
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Go Read This | Ed Victor sets up publishing imprint | Eoin Purcell's Blog UPDATE: I neglected to include the link to The Bookseller whose original reporting I quote below. The link is now included! As if the signs were not clear enough that the world of trade publishing is changed forever, Ed Victor comes along and proves it pretty definitely. It’s not the scale, which is modest, more it is the fact that this kind of operation is but one of many sure to crop up over the next few years. From an author’s perspective I wonder on the 50/50 split of proceeds though. In any case, fascinating move: The agency is not taking on any new staff, but will work with digital production company Acorn to create and distribute the content in the correct format. Via - Ed Victor sets up publishing imprint | The Bookseller Like this: Like Loading...
21st Century Evolution Of The Agent’s Role STATUS: As it’s almost 8 pm here and I’m still at the office, you can guess my status. I’m getting ready for Book Expo so there hasn’t been a lot of extra time for blogging. What’s playing on the XM or iPod right now? I’M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE by Barbara Streisand I can’t say I have all the answers to this one but I can very clearly tell you what it WON’T be. So I’m just going to state my stance in very clear terms. 1. 2. 3. Soon though. Search Results Tasty Resources « Walking With The Mailman A Guide to CreateSpace Here’s a resouce I put together for authors looking to use CreateSpace. Instead of reading it, listen to the podcast. Click on the audio button below. To save, right click the link below it. CreateSpace Podcast A Layman’s Guide to CreateSpace: One Author’s Journey Now some have said that the self publishing process isn’t quite as bad as getting kicked in the jewels, but it can be. That being said, landing a traditional publisher is usually most desirable. Now I’m no expert, but having scavenged the internet in search of information, it appears that most self-published authors don’t make it big. So that’s what this little guide is designed to do. Why CreateSpace? At the end of the day, I went with CreateSpace. Other Costs: Now you’ll want to purchase the $40 Pro Plan through Amazon. Pitfall: Interior Formatting Microsoft Word may very well be the single most heinously frustrating program in the world. But never mind that. There’s a catch, however. Justify the text.
We Blog Cartoons » Blog a cartoon ‘We Blog Cartoons‘ contains cartoons by Dave Walker which can be freely reused on other weblogs. How to use the cartoons in your own blog: Either: Save the cartoon onto your own webspace and then post the cartoon on your blog, keeping the credit line and link as it is. (The advantage of doing this is that you save me a bit of bandwidth cost and you have full control over the image on your site) Or…Simply copy and paste the code underneath the cartoon in question. Conditions: The cartoons may be used on any personal weblog. Why am I doing this? See the FAQs page for the answer to this and other questions. Welcome to the Food Info site UK Government considers laws to regulate social media | Web 2.0 Inside a Social Media-savvy Government Department - TNW UK Hear the words “Foreign and Commonwealth Office” and you might think of fusty old English ambassadors sat behind oaken desks reading leather-bound books. It turns out they’re more likely to be tweeting a link to their latest Flickr photo set these days. The UK government may have a shaky reputation with social media but one department that seems to be particularly successful is the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. It’s active on Facebook (in multiple languages), has numerous Twitter accounts, shares photos on Flickr and uses YouTube, with many of Britain’s embassies around the world each having their own accounts too. A recent development has seen the department encouraging developers to use its RRS feeds in creative ways. Meanwhile, a recent Tweetminster study found that it was the most mentioned and retweeted government department on Twitter during the first hundred days of the current government. So, what are they doing right? Go where the audience is Trying something different
Confessions of an Ebook Publisher Last week an ebook by an author you’ve probably never heard of celebrated one full year in both the Kindle and iBooks bestseller charts, and did so firmly ensconced in the Top 10 of both. Confessions of a GP by Dr Benjamin Daniels was published in both print and digital formats in August of last year. A possible Tesco promotion fell through at the last minute, even though we had changed the cover at their request, which was disappointing and left us with a very mass-market looking book on our hands. Thankfully it didn’t put off WH Smith or Waterstone’s who promoted it in their multibuy offers and it sold very respectably, 500-750 copies a week for a short while, before dropping off to just over 100 a week once the promotions ended. So much for the print edition, for a few paragraphs at least, the really interesting stats come courtesy of the ebook. All Friday Project ebooks are priced at £2.99 or below. One year later and the book is about to notch up its 100,000th sale. Nope.
Paul, I Accept Your Resignation Paul Carr, one of our columnists who was hired for his grandstanding ways, has decided to fall on his own sword and quit very publicly on TechCrunch. I believe this is the second or third time he’s quit in public in the past couple weeks. I keep losing count. He thinks he is somehow being loyal to Mike and standing up for the editorial independence of the site. Paul’s resignation post reads like the brave stand of a man of principle. At any other publication, Paul would have been fired long ago. I am also not going to get into all the details of what happened behind the scenes during the drama which unfolded in the past few weeks here at TechCrunch. I think we’ll all just have to agree to disagree on that one.
‘Tears of Gaza’ – The Movie Susan Abulhawa | Mondoweiss | Jul 24, 2011 ‘Tears of Gaza’ by Vibeke Lokkeberg is a documentary film that should be watched by every American, to see how Israel spends our taxes. Every European should watch it, to see the true face of Israel. It should be viewed by every Arab, to renew our resolve not to allow a racist nation to wipe Palestine and her children from the map and from history. I had read the stories from Gaza after Israel’s so called “operation cast lead”. I first heard of “Tears of Gaza”, or “Gaza Traer” as the original Norwegian title is called, when Bernard Henri-Levi launched an attack against Lokkeberg and me in major newspapers throughout Europe. Source Featured A “Leaflet” to the World about it’s own “forgotten” Extermination Camp called Gaza – by occpal Gaza Siege Harshness Continues. For who does not understand the need or concept of resistance of Palestine, recommended read: History of Resistance | The Eagle of Palestine Photo Galleries Israel is not looking for Peace