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Written by Stefanie Flaxman | June 20, 2017 | 17 Comments

A Simple Plan for Managing and Completing a Content Project

On June 20, 2009, I was reading Copyblogger and I got a new idea: I should write an ebook.

At that point, my writing and editing business was less than a year old, and I had never written anything that resembled a book.

Could I actually do it?

I knew I wanted to try, so I established a plan on July 1 that would help me write, design, and self-publish an ebook on my website by September 15.

I’m going to share that plan with you today, so you can adapt it to any type of content project you’d like to finish by the fall. You’ll also learn some habits I like to avoid when there is a specific goal I want to accomplish.
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Written by Pamela Wilson | August 1, 2016 | 0 Comments

Writers: Discover How to Step Up Your Game with Our Free Ebook

We love writers around here. Have you noticed?

Professional writers. Aspiring writers. Struggling writers. Successful writers. Writers of all kinds!

To show our appreciation, we put together a free ebook for writers called WORD. Because in our experience, writers are also readers, so an ebook seemed like the perfect delivery system for our information.

We gathered our best articles-written-for-writers from people like Sonia Simone, Brian Clark, Stefanie Flaxman, Beth Hayden, and this other writer you may know. 😉
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Written by Henneke | September 12, 2013 | 37 Comments

How to Leverage the Power of the Kindle Ecosystem to Build Your Business

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As if you’re not doing enough.

You have a website. You update your blog once a week. You’re growing your email list. And you try to maintain some presence on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.

Why the heck would you worry about Amazon and Kindle?

I used to hold the same opinion.

I liked the idea of writing a book. Who doesn’t want to be a published author?

But having to format, launch, and promote a Kindle book didn’t sound appealing at all. And apart from the snob factor of being an author, I couldn’t see how producing a book could be a valuable use of my time.

Could it seriously generate business leads?

Written by Geoff Livingston | August 27, 2013 | 57 Comments

Why You Need to Become an “Independent Publisher”

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If you’re thinking about writing a book, you should be thinking about self-publishing it.

More and more established writers are choosing the independent path. In fact, the number of independently published titles tripled between 2006 and 2011.

There are many reasons for this change, including retaining artistic direction, a higher percentage of profits, and the increasing lack of editorial and marketing support offered by traditional publishing houses.

But that’s just the tip of the iceberg …

Written by James Altucher | June 3, 2013 | 101 Comments

21 Things You Need to Know About Self-Publishing 2.0

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I wanted to write a book because I thought it would make me attractive to women. I thought it would make me attractive to future employers.

I also thought — maybe — I would make a lot of money. I would stand in the shower and count how much money I was going to make from every book.

I would be a WRITER!

I’ve published ten books. I wrote five with traditional publishers (Wiley, Penguin, HarperCollins). I self-published five. I’ve sold hundreds of thousands of copies of my books. I’ve had ten million visits on my blog since I started it in 2010.

None of those things happened.

Written by Pamela Wilson | April 30, 2013 | 72 Comments

How to Use Ebooks Strategically and Reach Your Content Marketing Goals

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Have you written an ebook yet?

Some of the most-respected content marketers have embraced ebooks for marketing their businesses and as a source of income.

Their goals vary, and so do the formats they prefer. Some use PDF-style ebooks they create and sell from their own websites, and some publish EPUB-style ebooks they upload and offer on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and the iBookstore.

Let’s briefly review the two prominent ebook styles, and how either (or both) might serve your business goals …