Nick Ursborne

APRIL 21, 2023

This time I asked GPT-4 to write me a 40-page Kindle book I could publish on Amazon. Homework #5 is to write a blog post on this exact topic. I put it all together… did some final edits… and then uploaded the text and cover art to Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing site, using a pen name, Nick Tapvana. How long did this all take?

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Rachelle Gardner

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Have you ever thought a one-on-one conversation with a publishing professional could get you unstuck and move your writing career forward? Maybe you just have a few questions about the querying process or how to get an agent or find a publisher. I offer publishing coaching for any phase of your career, focused on your area of need.

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The Idea Logical Company

MAY 8, 2024

My insight into the commercial world of book publishing is no longer informed by daily contact with people making their living in it. I was gifted an advance reading copy that tells me the book will be published on July 2, 2024.) Before the Erie Canal, publishers were distributed among Boston, New York, and Philadelphia.

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Jane Friedman

MARCH 12, 2024

Today’s post is by author Amy L. Securing the services of a literary agent has long been the gold standard for authors pursuing a long and successful career in publishing. At the turn of the twentieth century, the so-called “author’s representative” emerged as the figure who would help authors cut a better deal with publishers.

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Jane Friedman

AUGUST 13, 2024

Today’s post is by author Denise Massar. When I started writing my memoir, my publishing goal was Big Five or nothing. Anyone could self-publish. A New York publishing house sat around a table and debated making an offer on my book?! One week post-surgery I got the lab results: the tumor was benign. That one hurt.

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Jane Friedman

AUGUST 31, 2023

Photo by karina zhukovskaya Note from Jane: In the earliest days of my career, I served as managing editor of Writer’s Digest magazine, and one of the nicest parts of my job was calling up winners of our writing contests, including the National Self-Published Book Awards. The publishing world changes fast. Fast forward to 2023.

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Jane Friedman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Today’s post is by author Cynthia Swanson. The editor who took over, more interested in publishing nonfiction than fiction, politely passed. Published by Akashic Books, part of their Noir series, Denver Noir was the best group project I ever did. I asked her straight out, “Is this book publishable?

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Jane Friedman

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Harlequin Teen (started in 2009) was relaunched as Inkyard in 2019, publishing both YA and middle-grade fiction. It’s only logical: Publishing is a business, and if the imprint doesn’t earn its keep, there’s only so long it can continue. Publicist Kathleen Schmidt , who has had a long career in traditional publishing, agrees. “If

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Publishing Trends

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Theres a cornucopia of newsletters, blogs and podcasts available to publishers, authors, and book people, so we asked those who follow the industry what they actually read. Ann Kjellberg s BookPost is a subscription-based blog where famous authors post book reviews.

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Jane Friedman

AUGUST 28, 2024

Today’s post is by author Amy L. Over the last several years, I’ve spent oodles of time submitting short stories, essays, poetry, and novels to literary magazines, contests, and publishers. We’re talking scores of hours devoted to searching, formatting, and submitting my stuff directly to the publishing gods (I’m excluding agents).

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Publishing Trends

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Welcome to the “Errors Tour” Book – Did Taylor Swift Make a Mistake By Self-Publishing? Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know.

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Credible Content

MAY 20, 2023

Writing blog posts with useful insights There are millions of blog posts published every day. On top of that, people are writing entry level blog posts using ChatGPT and Bard from Google by the dozens every day. By publishing unique insights that your readers will not find anywhere else.

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Jane Friedman

JULY 10, 2024

Book publishing is a New York–centric business, to a fault. All of the major US publishers are based there, as are many literary agents. When I visited Chicago this past June, I had the opportunity to meet Doug Seibold, the founder of Agate Publishing , established in 2002. Sometimes certain kinds of books are up. Yes and no.

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The Idea Logical Company

JUNE 5, 2023

Books usually have prices set by the publisher which determines pretty much what you’re going to pay for it, regardless of where you buy it. My friend Thad McIlroy has written a brilliant piece for PW about the impact of AI like ChatGPT on book publishing. In it, he suggests that it could kill trade publishing.

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Credible Content

JUNE 7, 2023

How to write and publish blog posts people love to read. You don’t write and publish your blog posts so that they can exist in a meaningless space just to improve your search engine rankings. Even your search engine rankings depend on people reading your blog posts. Very few people read complete blog posts.

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Arrant Pedantry

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

.”) Inside, you’ll find new guidance on inclusive language, electronic publishing, self-publishing, editing fiction, AI, new media, and more. I haven’t had a chance to look through all the updates yet, but I hope to post a more thorough review soon. His responses are below.

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Ahrefs

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

A solid ideation process makes it easy to brainstorm dozens of blog post topics, hit a regular publishing cadence, and consistently grow traffic—without unnecessary brain strain. Content ideation is the process of generating article ideas. You can think of a … Read more ›

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The Creative Penn

AUGUST 25, 2024

How can you successfully self-publish in Germany? This episode is sponsored by Publisher Rocket , which will help you get your book in front of more Amazon readers so you can spend less time marketing and more time writing. A year later, I published my first book, and I got to make a living from it almost immediately.

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Buffer

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

To generate the posts, I used three leading AI tools to not seem biased – Buffer's AI Assistant , Claude AI , and ChatGPT. The only exception was some light proofreading before publishing. But for the week I focused on, the posts achieved solid metrics. Over the seven-day stretch, the posts achieved an average 1.57

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Buffer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

At Buffer, we recently embarked on an ambitious project: uncovering the best times to post on every major social network in 2024.    We poured over millions of posts, Reels, Tweets, TikToks, Shorts, videos, and more to pinpoint when the best-performing content was published. 

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Enchanting Marketing

JULY 30, 2024

There’s always room for getting better Austin Kleon posted this quote from Ian Svenonius’s book Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock ‘n’ Roll Group: If one becomes a lawyer, scholar, mechanist, typist, scientist, production assistant, or what-have-you, the world will commend your decision. They still practice to improve.

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Kristi Hines

JANUARY 1, 2024

podcast > transcript > quote images > blog posts), and you can monetize it on more platforms. The post How to Make Money Online: 70+ Monetization Programs for 2024 appeared first on Kristi Hines. Repurpose that content into multiple formats (ex. Transform the content with AI, and you can sell it on ChatGPT.

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Grammarly

JULY 19, 2024

To use LinkedIn to your advantage, regularly posting relevant content will help you stay top of mind as a leader or expert in your field. Read on for everything you need to know to write professional , engaging LinkedIn posts. In this guide, we’ll focus on the standard LinkedIn post.

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Agency Content Writer

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Do you need blog posts, social media updates, whitepapers, or email campaigns? Popular formats include: Blog Posts : Ideal for driving organic traffic and educating readers. Social Media Posts : Essential for engaging with followers and building brand loyalty. Are you looking to publish three blogs a month?

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Buffer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The original Buffer Marketing team started posting to the blog as far back as 2013, a very different time for content on the Internet.     If you’re looking for simple guidance on writing your first blog post, scroll down to the penultimate header, ‘How to write a blog post in 6 steps,’ for a simple guide.

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Agency Content Writer

DECEMBER 2, 2024

This can vary from blog posts to web articles, newsletters, and social media posts. Authors who understand tech tools can align their work seamlessly with digital frameworks—platforms like EdApp detail content authors’ technical roles, such as publishing courseware or managing digital paths. Here are a few categories.

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The Idea Logical Company

JANUARY 9, 2023

I was very pleased with my post of last week, about how my friend Ed Rogoff could possibly self-publish a book about health called “Scary Diagnosis” better than it would be delivered to the public by a professional publisher. Looking forward to receiving comments on the original post now. I put it up.

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Enchanting Marketing

JUNE 4, 2024

The opening of his blog post flows nicely. Suddenly, Howard realizes what’s missing from his post … an ending so good that it sings around in his readers’ minds for days … a lingering reminder to implement his advice. Repeat the essence Imagine a long list post with 18 writing tips. Even the rhythm sounds good. Lemongrass.

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Elna Cain

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

At first, I noticed only a few writing samples on my portfolio page didn’t go to my post. I would click the link and it went to someone else’s post on a similar topic. Remove Outdated Articles When you check your portfolio page, go ahead and remove outdated articles or blog posts. My portfolio is dwindling.

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Write Freelance

JANUARY 21, 2023

The course focuses on helping you improve in different elements such as character development and plot. As part of the book writing training, you’ll learn how to self-publish a book on digital platforms like Amazon. The post 10 Best Creative Writing Courses in India appeared first on Write Freelance.

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Kayleigh Moore

JANUARY 12, 2023

It also explains any material that isn’t up to par will not be published. But it also pushed me to keep working at it, and in that instance, I was able to get the piece published elsewhere once I reworked it. Updating content to include new data released since the original publish date, fresh examples, etc. A writing brief.

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Jane Friedman

JULY 2, 2024

Today’s post is excerpted from The Untold Story of Books: A Writer’s History of Book Publishing by Michael Castleman. From the first copyrights to the present day, piracy has been a thread woven through the tapestry of publishing. In current parlance, they were self-published. Why pay to publish?

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Jane Friedman

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Unfortunately, even though that book was published, it was not successful. So, by the time of our conversation, DePaulo was actively deciding whether to find another agent, or if it would be smarter to simply self-publish her book on singlehood. DePaulo herself has written for the Washington Post, New York Times, Atlantic, etc.

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Elna Cain

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Over on my Youtube channel, I posted a couple of videos on different websites that pay you to write. The websites I showed were paying two hundred dollars to three hundred dollars and upwards of five hundred dollars to guest post. These are special websites that allow writers to post an article and get paid for it.

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Kristi Hines

JANUARY 1, 2024

podcast > transcript > quote images > blog posts), and you can monetize it on more platforms. The post How to Make Money Online: 80 Monetization Programs for 2024 appeared first on Kristi Hines. Repurpose that content into multiple formats (ex. Transform the content with AI, and you can sell it on ChatGPT.

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Jane Friedman

MAY 7, 2024

Photo by Oleksandr P Today’s post is by author, editor, and book coach Julie Artz ( @julieartz ). There’s been a lot of discussion recently about the challenges around publishing with the Big Five, some of it overblown and some of it valid. You want to feel good about publishing with any press you pitch. Highlight your top five.

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Jane Friedman

JANUARY 24, 2024

Today’s post is by author Josh Bernoff. Moehringer, ghostwriter of Prince Harry’s mega-selling memoir Spare, published a revealing peek into the intimate dance between author and writer. As publishing houses and media companies shed writers and editors, there’s a burgeoning supply of available talent.

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