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Self-Publishing A Second Edition Of A Non-Fiction Book With Gin Stephens

The Creative Penn

How does self-publishing compare to working with a traditional publisher? Can you build a viable business without active social media use? This original book that I wrote in 2016, Delay, Don't Deny, and self-published, is just really the bedrock that everything else has been built upon. It needed some love.

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Novel Marketing And Christian Publishing With Thomas Umstattd Jr.

The Creative Penn

This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life , which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. is the CEO of AuthorMedia.com , an award-winning professional speaker, nonfiction author, and host of the Novel Marketing Podcast and the Christian Publishing Show. Thomas Umstattd Jr.

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On Writing and Shame

Jane Friedman

It took a good week for me to unthaw, and nearly a year for me to share the piece publicly on social media. To be sure: I was proud of the essay, which explored my painful, conflicted responses to an unintended pregnancy during the 2016 election. When we publish our books, we go out naked into the world,” she says.

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Publishers Samples — The Wednesday Phenomenon: Who is Jenna Ortega

Verblio

Jenna is hardly a new face on TV, social media, and movie screens. In 2016, Ortega got one of her best roles in Disney Channel’s sitcom TV Series Stuck in the Middle. Jenna is also a social media guru. The post Publishers Samples — The Wednesday Phenomenon: Who is Jenna Ortega appeared first on Verblio.

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Be Yourself So Your Readers Can Find You

Jane Friedman

In 2016, after a lot of my own self-development work and a couple decades in business branding, marketing, and design, I launched my first author branding course. What do you really think of social media? Outside of the publisher. And that’s the kind of party publishers and others in power can’t afford to ignore.

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Content Distribution: Your Everything Guide, From Psychology to Strategy

Buffer

Creators worldwide publish about 500 minutes of video to YouTube, 116 blog posts, 1,099 Instagram posts, and six new websites per second.   Since 2016, I’ve been the strategy director and principal at Optimist , a growth-focused content marketing agency. as well as the social media channels you’ve set up. 

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The First Rule of Writing Is Writer’s Block Does Not Exist

Jane Friedman

Every time you publish an article or new social post, no matter the subject, you’re marketing your services as a writer for hire. You publish a blog, someone reads it, loves it, and asks you to write something similar for them—for a fee. I began freelancing full-time in 2016. Social media writing.

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