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A Guide to Self-Publishing Part 1

What is self-publishing? Self-publishing is a route that many authors are now taking to publish their stories. It has led to the success of many authors and it is changing the book and traditional publishing industry as a whole. The major printing houses are pickier than ever about the titles that they are willing to print. Now, you no longer need one of the big publishing companies to publish your book, self-published authors are actively turning down offers from publishing companies.  Self-publishing allows you to keep control over a lot of important things to ensure that your book comes out...

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A Guide to Self-Publishing Part 2

Cost of Self-Publishing The costs of publishing a book vary depending on the length of the book, production costs, and the retail price that you set. It is important to be prepared when it comes to how much you will pay to self-publish your book.  The length of your book impacts printing costs, there will also be extra costs if you hire an editor, hire someone to design your book cover, potentially for formatting depending on which platform you use, and for any promotional ads or materials that you want to use.  Self-published authors recommend that at the very least,...

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A Guide to Self-Publishing Part 3

Why you should hire an Editor Editing is a very important part of book production and it should be done on the original manuscript before the process of producing book pages starts. Hiring a good book editor can make the difference between becoming a best-selling author or publishing a mediocre book.  It is important to always check references and portfolios of the work done by the editor you are considering. It is also important that the editor is interested in the subject matter of your book, so that they can get the whole book edited in about four weeks or...

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Getting Busy With Your Blogging Using These Tips

You can enjoy the Internet more, connect in a more interactive way, and even possibly make some money by blogging. You can find a number of different sites online that can help you get started as a blogger. Use the tips in the following article to help get your blog started on the right foot. Blogging can be personally fulfilling and enjoyable. Read them, and enjoy! Post original content on your blog, and include pictures or other content. Linking out to relevant sites, quoting experts in a field or adding videos can also make a post more interesting. Make sure...

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Put These Blogging Techniques Into Practice Today

Where do you begin when you decide that you want to start blogging? Everyone has something to say and blogging can be the perfect way to say it. The choices that you make can make or break the success of your blog. Use the information from this article to help you craft a blog that accomplishes your goals. If you are starting your own blog, you probably won't have a multitude of readers and comments right away. You will have to search out people and show them you exist. Some ways to do this are with social networking, such as...

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Tips To Help New Bloggers Succeed

Do you want to build a larger potential of business for your business? Do you want the advantage over your competition? Then you should read through this article and figure out how blogging can help you build a presence online that people will see and follow, in order to help you achieve the goals you set forth. Make use of a mind map. Organizing your blog into a mind-map, using the categories, posts, promotion and all of your income sources can be a great method of organization. It creates a way for you to see where your blog is lacking...

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Tips To Help You Blog Your Way To Success

Blogging, it has becoming one of the greatest tools people are using today in order to either promote their voice or their business, and sometimes both. If you are interested in blogging and what it has to offer you then you're in the right spot, look through this article and absorb the information present. When you are starting to blog, it is important that you never give up. You are not going to get a lot of readers your first day, and even your first week, and that is okay. Just keep writing what you are passionate about, and the...

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