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What makes for great writing?
If only more writers understood this simple model, books, articles, and the web in general would be a much clearer place. The post What makes for great writing? appeared first on Motion Publishing.
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Coming Soon: Book-Review Alerts
As any experienced author knows, book reviews matter. This is especially true for indie authors. Knowing that someone has reviewed your book, however, has never been particularly easy for authors. We...
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Parallels between Musicians and Authors
If you’ve been paying attention for the past fifteen years or so, you know that proper album sales are rapidly declining. Sure, streaming is on the rise, but artists typically find royalties from...
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Author Hack #1: How to Get Your Book into B&N
Want to get your book on Amazon? If you want to crack Barnes & Noble, though, you’re in for a tougher haul. Much tougher. For self-published authors, the odds of getting distribution of books in...
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Coming Soon: Book-Review Alerts
As any experienced author knows, book reviews matter. This is especially true for indie authors. Knowing that someone has reviewed your book, however, has never been particularly easy for authors. We...
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Book-Review Alerts Now Available
I’ve said many times that Amazon book reviews matter. A negative one might dissuade a potential buyer from making a purchase. No, you can’t delete Amazon reviews any more than you can delete...
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Meet the New President and Owner of Motion Publishing
I am pleased to announce that Courtney R. Logan (author of the acclaimed Motion book Shaped by Fire) is the new president of Motion Publishing. Let’s congratulate him. I am confident that he will...
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Do Authors Need to Be Active on Pinterest?
With its mind-boggling $11-billion valuation, Pinterest is all the rage these days. Evidently, Still, do authors need to be active on it? There’s no doubt that Pinterest can be useful. Posting pics of...
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All Editing Is Not Created Equal
First-time authors often use the term editing as a bit of a catchall when in fact it’s anything but. Anyone who’s penned a proper book knows that different types of editing exist. In order from most...
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How to Pick a Book Title and Subtitle
How does an author arrive at a book title? Introduction It’s not an easy question and the process is rarely if ever linear. What appears good today might downright suck tomorrow morning. For many...
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Do You Need to Write a Book to Become a Public Speaker?
Many people want to call themselves public speakers. If I had to guess, it has to be one of the most desirable professions. For many people, it’s probably up there with sports broadcaster and reality...
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Should Authors Respond to Negative Amazon Reviews?
Write enough books—or even just one—and you may very well receive a negative or even a scathing book review at some point. Amazon doesn’t make its review data public, but I’d wager that most books fly...
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Why It’s a Mistake to Use Microsoft Word for Book Design
Many self-published authors don’t know what they don’t know. In the case of book design, a shocking number rely upon Microsoft Word for book design and their books suffer for it. Here’s one book for...
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Is a book really a bestseller? A litmus test.
What does it mean to write a bestseller? It’s not an easy question to answer. I’ve written before about how bestseller lists are downright suspect. Brass tacks: there’s no official body that sanctions...
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What makes for great writing?
asdfasdfasdf If only more writers understood this simple model, books, articles, and the web in general would be a much better place. The post What makes for great writing? appeared first on Motion...
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Author Hack #1: How to Get Your Book into B&N
Want to get your book on Amazon? If you want to crack Barnes & Noble, though, you’re in for a tougher haul. Much tougher. It turns out that even the largest brick-and-mortar stores only stock about...
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Meet the New President and Owner of Motion Publishing
I am pleased to announce that Courtney R. Logan (author of the acclaimed Motion book Shaped by Fire) is the new president of Motion Publishing. Let’s congratulate him. I am confident that he will...
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Reimagining Collaboration Wins International Book Award
Reimagining Collaboration has won a 2021 International Book Award in the Business: Communications / Public Relations category. In addition, the committee selected the book as one of seven finalists in...
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Announcing New Author Marketing Course
I’m no stranger to the written word. It’s fair to say that I know a thing or six about writing books. Ditto for publishing and marketing them. Now, for the first time, I’m ready to share knowledge and...
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