Linking your blog to your Goodreads author profile
There are two options for displaying your blog on Goodreads. Link your existing blog to your author profile. Create a blog on Goodreads as part of your author profile.
Using Jetpack’s “Related Posts” feature
Jetpack is a WordPress plugin that packages a number of features that are provided to people whose sites are hosted on WordPress.com. If you’re hosting your site on WordPress.com, you already have these features; if you’re hosting your site somewhere, you will need to install the Jetpack plugin (which is free). The Related Posts feature…
How to create a custom tab for your Facebook page
You can do all kinds of things with a custom tab on a Facebook page. Link to a book landing page, link to a page of cat videos…the sky’s the limit. 🙂 In this image, you can see a custom tab named “Bundles” at the bottom of the left sidebar on a Facebook page. When…
The format and placement of copyright information pages
A copyright information page will generally include more than just copyright information. Publication information, disclaimers, and design accreditation also appear on this page. Note that I’m not a lawyer, and am not providing legal advice. Where should the copyright information page go? For a print book, this page should go in the front matter at…
Author website basics
There are a few very easy – and very important – things all authors should do on their websites. How you do them is up to you – but if you’re not doing these things, you should put them on your to do list right now. That said, there’s only so much time to fit…
Jutoh and Word, BFFs!
Jutoh is an easy-to-use ebook creation tool that generates ebooks in epub, mobi, and other formats. It runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux, and is inexpensive. As with all ebook creation software, there are many, many things that you can use Jutoh for. This post focuses on a simple and straightforward way to convert a…
Story bundling for curators: How to choose authors to invite
If you’re curating (aka organizing) a story bundle, how you select authors to invite to participate is entirely up to you. You can publish a call for submissions, or invite only authors whose names begin with the letter M, or who were born under a full moon – anything is fair game. If you don’t…
How – and why – to put author information in your personal Facebook profile
Why should your personal Facebook profile contain your author information? If you’re like most authors, you’ve probably used your personal Facebook profile to join writing-related groups, ‘liked’ Facebook pages that relate to a topic you write about, and so on. These groups and pages almost certainly contain members/followers who aren’t connected to you personally, so…
What are story bundles, and why should authors care about them?
A story bundle is an ebook box set that has a few characteristics that make it different from standard ebook box sets. The main story bundling websites right now are BundleRabbit, StoryBundle, and Humble Bundle. StoryBundle and BundleRabbit only bundle books; Humble Bundle also bundles games. Availability Bundles can be purchased through a bundling website…
Three easy ways to use Facebook to get mailing list sign ups
Here are three different ways you can use a Facebook page to direct people to your mailing list/newsletter sign up page. Add a sign up button to your page Provide a link in your page’s cover photo Use an app to add a sign up tab and form Add a sign up button to your…