Rise above the Crowd
Posted in Marketing, MetaPlume eBooks, Social Media, Web Presence on Mar 21st, 2013
On March 21st, from 9am until 10pm (Mountain Standard Time), on the hour every hour, parenting expert and creator of Emotional Fitness Training® Katherine Gordy Levine will be checking in on her own Facebook birthday party. To mark her 76th birthday, and the publication of her sixteenth book in twelve months, Katherine will be posting [...]
Posted in Marketing, Publishing industry, Publishing note, Web Presence on Jan 9th, 2013
The inspiring creator of Smashwords, Mark Coker, has (freely) published a veritable manifesto of predictions for the publishing industry in 2013. This sets the tone for his article: “Books are worth fighting for, so fight for the future you want. Otherwise, someone else may determine your future for you.” Sporadically located across the world, thousands [...]
Posted in eBook Marketing, Marketing, Publishing note, Social Media, Web Presence on Sep 28th, 2012
When an author is releasing a lot of books, or a series, it’s important to create a look that is branded and recognisable to followers and readers. Although there are always more tweaks to be done, I think we’re getting this right with Katherine Gordy Levine and her two prolific topics, parenting and emotional [...]
Posted in eBooks, Marketing, Publishing industry, Social Media, Web Presence on Jun 15th, 2012
Guest blogging is more easily done if your ebook is non-fiction. You’ll find blogs on every topic known to man. Just google a keyword related to your ebook’s topic and start contacting bloggers, large and small, introducing yourself and offering to provide a free guest blog. In my experience, as you do this you will [...]
Posted in eBooks, Marketing, Social Media, Web Presence on May 18th, 2012
Now, more than ever before, it’s not enough to just have a site that represents you, or a blog, you have to have a complete profile. A profile shows off your messaging, what you think, what you know, who you’re associated with, and that you’re genuine and ready for people to connect with. Without a [...]
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 Marketing, MetaPlume eBooks, Social Media, Web Presence on Feb 15th, 2012
Last night I embarked on a little project, from which I hope I will learn a lot about being on the writing side of publishing, and being part of an ecosystem that spans many genres. I started playing Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR), a massively multiplayer online PC game set 3000 years before the [...]
Posted in eBooks, Marketing, MetaPlume eBooks, Web Presence on Feb 10th, 2012
In December 2011 we published a ‘New Players Guide to Star Wars the Old Republic‘ for www.swtorface.com, a blog dedicated to news and information about Bioware’s new hugely popular massively multiplayer game. There are dozens of blogs and sites following the game and presenting information that players need. John Gatt talks to us about why [...]
Posted in eBooks, Marketing, Web Presence on Oct 28th, 2011
Someone asked me the other day, what is MetaPlume’s speciality? Now the word ‘speciality’ implies that there is one thing that we should be experts at and when it comes to e-publishing, that implies that you pick a genre or a type of publication. Romance, public domain, self-help, indie, tech, magazine, children’s books, business, text [...]
Posted in eBooks, Marketing, Social Media, Web Presence on Oct 14th, 2011
I just read this post over at Robert Collings’ blog where he comments about a post on the Domino Project that considers what it is that people are actually buying when they purchase an item. Robert concludes that for publishing: “Readers are really buying into the author. Just as the fans of bands invest in [...]
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