Rise above the Crowd
Posted in eBooks, MetaPlume eBooks on Mar 30th, 2012
Teachers and home school parents will be interested in our latest publication, a short story by Sue Oaks called ‘Shortsighted’. This 7000 word piece deals with themes that resonate with 8-14 year olds, as the main protagonist deals with a challenging new truth. Set in rural South Australia, ‘Shortsighted’ is ideally suited for classroom discussion. [...]
Posted in Social Media, Web Presence on Mar 23rd, 2012
One of the best ways for an Indie writer to connect with potential readers is to blog regularly. Here’s why: – it’s a platform to show snippets of your work – you can promote books and eBooks on the blog – it’s an opportunity to connect with readers, since blogs provide easy links to social [...]
Posted in eBooks, MetaPlume eBooks on Mar 19th, 2012
I recall an episode of Sex and the City where Charlotte, who recently became divorced, visits a bookstore in search of a self help title about moving on after a divorce. Once in the self help isle she becomes uncomfortable with the book titles and the uneasy looks of the people around her as they [...]
Posted in Marketing on Mar 15th, 2012
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Posted in eBooks, Search Engines on Mar 15th, 2012
In the 1980s and early 1990s when I was in the thick of my pre-university schooling there was no Internet, or not what we know of now. My Dad had this huge modem you literally plugged the telephone handset into at work, but that was the only Internet in my life. One great source of [...]
Posted in MetaPlume eBooks on Mar 14th, 2012
Sue Oaks is an emerging Australian writer who writes short fiction, which is a pleasure to read for an adult, but usually aimed at a younger audience. Her engaging prose has a disctinctly Australian voice, but one that is still very accessible to a global audience. Her stories are about the lessons that life teaches [...]
Posted in eBooks, MetaPlume eBooks on Mar 13th, 2012
Katherine Gordy Levine is not only a mother and grandmother, she has been a foster parent to over 300 troubled teenagers. If that doesn’t make her worth listening to when it comes to parenting, then add in a professional career is psychotherapy and mental health crisis program director, and you really do have someone [...]
Posted in Social Media on Mar 1st, 2012
Last week I shared with you my new passion for pinning. Now I know Pinterest a lot better and it’s the perfect time to share my experiences with you about this absolutely awesome website. Hope you have already read my previous blog about Pinterest. But for those of you who missed it, here’s a quick [...]
Posted in eBooks on Mar 1st, 2012
Seth Godin (from the Domino Project) has reported that his latest eBook has been rejected by Apple’s iBookstore because it contains links to his other eBooks on Amazon. Is this a valid rejection from a company that wants eBook sales links to Apple’s iTunes from an eBook sold on the iBookstore, or is [...]
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