by Steve Spillman | May 30, 2013 | blog, Video Blog |
If content is king on Facebook, then Pictures are his queen. According to Facebook, there are 300 million photos uploaded to Facebook on an average day. A picture is worth a thousand words and it engages your audience more than any other content. In this screen...
by Steve Spillman | May 28, 2013 | blog, self-publishing |
Mistake # 4 Don’t Bother with an ISBN or LCCN! First of all, what is an ISBN and an LCCN? ISBN is short for “International Standard Book Number.” Without getting too technical, it’s a thirteen digit number assigned to your book; it’s how book buyers and booksellers...
by Steve Spillman | May 23, 2013 | blog, Video Blog |
You have done it! You set up and created a Facebook page. You filled in the About us. You got your cover pic set and your profile picture done. People will come running to join my facebook page…right? Wrong! You have to give people a reason to care. The...
by Steve Spillman | May 21, 2013 | blog, self-publishing |
Mistake # 3 Layout Your Own Interior! How words look can be as important as what they say Pagination (typeset in the old days) is how the interior of your book is laid out. Most new authors don’t even know pagination is a word, let alone how it plays a profound part...
by Steve Spillman | May 16, 2013 | blog, Video Blog |
In this week’s screen capture video, we discuss the Admin Panel on your Facebook Page. This is an area that a lot of people struggle. You can do wonders with it…you can also destroy your page or even delete here. Be sure you know what you are doing and...
by Steve Spillman | May 14, 2013 | blog, self-publishing |
Mistake #2. Design Your Own Cover! You’ve heard the old saying; “You can’t judge a book by its cover”? Unfortunately, that’s exactly what happens; your book will be judged by its cover. In the span of a few seconds a potential reader, reviewer or professional...
by Steve Spillman | May 9, 2013 | blog, Video Blog |
By now you have heard how everyone should have a Facebook page, whether you are an author, a business, a non-profit, or a person of influence. With over 1 BILLION people on Facebook, I agree! For many it comes down to the mechanics of how not the question of why....
by Steve Spillman | May 7, 2013 | blog, self-publishing |
Mistake # 1: Edit Your Own Book! Spelling and Grammar – ouch! Do you think editing is just a matter of running ‘spell-check’ on your word processing software? Think again. Do you think that you are your own best editor or that hiring a professional editor is too...
by Steve Spillman | Feb 28, 2013 | blog, Books |
I was talking to a book publisher friend of mine in the UK this morning and I told him that our business really shifted a few years ago from publishing books to telling stories. We publish books, lots of them, but that’s not our business. Our business, whether...
by Steve Spillman | Feb 19, 2013 | blog, Writing |
I received a manilla 8 x 10 envelope in the mail from a close friend of mine this week. Inside was another manilla envelope, self-addressed and postage paid, along with an introduction letter (I’ve known her all her life), a one page bio (I’ve known her...
