Website Marketing: Content for the Author Platform

Visitors return to sites for two reasons only: the PRODUCTS are what they want to buy or the CONTENT is of value to them. Building your Author Platform

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4 Ways to Optimize Your Marketing Videos

Youtube is one of the hottest venues on the Internet. In fact, 72 hours of video is uploaded every minute. It would take several lifetimes to view every video. So how do you get YOURS in front of your target audience? To do this you need to Optimize.

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Christmas at God’s House, A tribute to Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy

Twas’ 11 days before Christmas, around 9:38
when 20 beautiful children stormed through heaven’s gate.
their smiles were contagious, their laughter filled the air
they could hardly believe all the beauty they saw there

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Lifetime Updates Reinstated and More

In late summer we chose to discontinue our Lifetime updates on our Ebook Formatting Kit. This was a decision we felt was warranted. However, It wasn’t fair to punish our other loyal customers, so we have reinstated the Lifetime Updates. LIFETIME UPDATES We are currently programming a NEW download feature that will enable you to [...]

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Authors of the Flathead / Flathead River Writers’ Conference

If you are attending the Writers Conference in Kalispell, Montana then you are in for a treat. Keynote Speaker: Mark Coker of Smashwords.

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Stock Images and Fair Use Copyright for Book and eBooks

Fair Use Copyright: Before you start grabbing images off the Internet, know your rights and, more importantly, the copyright owners rights.

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Kindle Fire Giveaway, free ebooks, and $500

Kindle Fire and Free ebook Giveaway

Epic Giveaway: 10 Free Kindle Fires, 75 free ebooks, $300 in gift cards, a $500 library donation! by J.A. Konrath, Scott Nicholson, J. Carson Black, Lee Goldberg, and Blake Crouch beginning February 1, 2012.

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Amazon fights California sales tax requirement

Amazon fights sales tax requirement on California sales.

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Richard Hine, Amazon Encore Author and 2009 Break Through Novel Award Semi-finalist

The 2009 Amazon Break Through Novel (ABNA) semi-finalist, Richard Hine shares his insights into the ups and downs of in creating his breakthrough novel “Russell Wiley is Out to Lunch” – a humorous (satire) look at corporate office life.

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eBook Publishing Software Engineer, Liza Daly

Liza Daly of Threepress Consulting, Inc. gives an overview of her free, multi-platform Ibis Reader and the advantage of HTML5 to create multi-media ebook apps that work across any device.

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Roz Morris — Book Manuscript Editor on How to “Nail Your Novel”

The single most important element for any new book is a good polish and edit. In the world of traditional print publishing, the publishing house assigns an editor to the author and his/her book to make it shine. As ebook authors, we have the same duty to create the best, well-written book possible–a daunting task to do alone–especially for a new author.

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Unruly Gals Update Special: Is Our Kindle 3 Honeymoon Over?

Do Roxanne and Suzanne still love their Kindle 3s? Yup, you bet! The Unruly Gals talk about using their Kindles and how it feels as the initial ereader honeymoon period winds down.

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eBook Review Submissions – Suspended

Due to the overwhelming requests for reviews, Unruly Guides no longer accepts books for review. More:How NOT to comment on videosThe Kindle Women

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Writer Copyright and Trademark Basics with Attorney, Karen J. Bernstein

Intellectual Property Rights attorney, Karen J. Bernstein, joins Unruly Guides this week to cover a critical topic for writers and authors–the basics you need to know about copyright and trademark before e-publishing an ebook.

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Interview with Irene Watson, Founder of “Reader Views”

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Book marketing is a critical piece for book sales–whether you’re publishing a printed book or a digital e-book. On this week’s UG Talk podcast, Roxanne chats with Irene Watson of ReaderViews.com about her book marketing and publicity tips and experiences.

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