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Publishing a Book Series Week 8: A Toothy Distraction, Mailing out ARCs, Assigning ISBNs and Setting Up Preorders
All in all, it was a pretty productive week even though I ended up losing a day to a toothy issue, specifically a bad toothache that left me pretty much useless on Wednesday. I was able to get a dentist appointment but not until this coming Tuesday so I'm glad that...
Publishing a Book Series Week 7: Another Cover to Design
It was another quieter week on the book series release front. I did have an email about a promo I had booked for January that had been scheduled to go out January 14, but which was now scheduled for January 12, and while I was fine with the January 14 date, moving it...
Publishing a Book Series Week 6: Mailing List Switch and More Copyedits
In terms of author news I feel like things were a little less hectic this week, and part of that was because of things going unexpectedly smoother than I expected with switching mailing list providers. That almost never happens! The only other activity on the author...
Publishing a Book Series Week 5: Mailing List Issues, Keeping My Focus and Another Cover Reveal
This week saw some challenges in the form of issues with sending out my "monthly" email newsletter as well as the age old problem of doing everything I want to do, and when I can't to at least focus on important tasks. But in less challenging matters, after my final...
Publishing a Book Series Week 4: Booking Blog Tours, More Copy Edits, More Proof Copies
It's been another busy week here, and once again I'm thankful that I left myself so much time to get this book series published, because I'm finding (as is so often the case) that I have grossly underestimated the amount of time it takes to accomplish tasks. Usually I...
Publishing a Book Series Week 3: Cover Reveal, Proofs, Publisher Website and Booking Promo
Well, at last this week I can show you the cover that I keep talking about, but it's a bit anticlimatic since I've already done an "official" cover reveal over at my author site. Other things I've been working on this week include making sure the ebook preorder page...
Publishing a Book Series Week 2: Website Updates, Edits, More Cover Design Work
(Note: Some of the links below are affiliate links, which means if you click through and make a purchase I will earn a small commission at no additional cost to you.)Welcome to week 2 of my chronicles of publishing a book series. This week I was busy doing some much...
Publishing a Book Series Week 1: Edits and Cover Designs
Introduction This is the first in a series of weekly updates chronicling my experience publishing my first book series. Each week I'll let you know about what I am doing to prepare or promote my books and share both my pitfalls and successes with you in the hopes that...
An Author’s Guide to Social Media
(Note: Some of the links below are affiliate links, which means if you click through and make a purchase I will earn a small commission at no additional cost to you.)The common wisdom is that authors should have social media accounts and that those accounts should be...
Why You Shouldn’t Advertise Your Book in the Classifieds
(Note: Some of the links below are affiliate links, which means if you click through and make a purchase I will earn a small commission at no additional cost to you.) Each week I get a local classifieds newspaper in my mailbox, what is commonly referred to as a penny...