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Self Publishing Advisor is a blog that discusses self-publishing and book marketing for authors before and after the publishing process.

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Outskirts Press wishes you a happy New Year! selfpublishingadvisor.com/20…
Outskirts Press wishes you a happy New Year!

Outskirts Press wishes you a happy New Year!

From all of us at Outskirts Press, have a safe and happy New Year!

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How to Write an Author’s Bio that Stands Out and Attracts Readers selfpublishingadvisor.com/20…
How to Write an Author’s Bio that Stands Out and Attracts Readers

How to Write an Author’s Bio that Stands Out and Attracts Readers

It’s easy to overlook the author’s bio. Often, they’re tucked into the back of a book or at the bottom of an article. Yet, a bio is necessary if you’re publishing a book and want to make writing a …

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What Is a Creative Commons License, and if It’s Right for Your Book selfpublishingadvisor.com/20…
What Is a Creative Commons License, and if It’s Right for Your Book

What Is a Creative Commons License, and if It’s Right for Your Book

If you have researched options for publishing licenses, you might’ve run into Creative Commons and wondered if it was right for you. A Creative Commons (CC) license is a free licensing scheme from …

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Why Self-Publishing Writers Need a Style Sheet selfpublishingadvisor.com/20…
Why Self-Publishing Writers Need a Style Sheet

Why Self-Publishing Writers Need a Style Sheet

Professionally published books are edited with a document little known to the public: the style sheet. A style sheet is a list of terms, rules, and preferences used for editing. This sheet helps wi…

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Scrivener vs. yWriter: Which Word Processor for Authors Is Yours selfpublishingadvisor.com/20…
Scrivener vs. yWriter: Which Word Processor for Authors Is Yours

Scrivener vs. yWriter: Which Word Processor for Authors Is Yours

Here’s the hard truth: most writing software out there isn’t made for book authors. Most digital writers use one of the default word processing programs, like Microsoft Word, Pages from Apple, or G…

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What to Expect When Hiring a Copyeditor selfpublishingadvisor.com/20…
What to Expect When Hiring a Copyeditor

What to Expect When Hiring a Copyeditor

If you only get to choose one collaborator to hire for your self-published book, I recommend that you get a copy editor. A paradox of editing your work is that you won’t be as effective as an outsi…

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Reposting Original Book Review: The Winds of Malibu: An Unexplainable Memoir by Jeff Lucas selfpublishingadvisor.com/20…
Reposting Original Book Review: The Winds of Malibu: An Unexplainable Memoir by Jeff Lucas

Reposting Original Book Review: The Winds of Malibu: An Unexplainable Memoir by Jeff Lucas

All he wanted was another 1920s Hollywood Utopia! OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION The Winds of Malibu is the true story of a boy whose father (a computer engineer with a grudge against Hollywood) has held on …

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Reposting Original Book Review: A Sense of Urgency by Patrick McLean (Fiction) selfpublishingadvisor.com/20…
Reposting Original Book Review: A Sense of Urgency by Patrick McLean (Fiction)

Reposting Original Book Review: A Sense of Urgency by Patrick McLean (Fiction)

OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION* Baseball franchise moves can break your heart. Mark Weber, President & CEO of the St. Louis Cardinals, thought he had landed his dream job. Little did he know it would tur…

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How to Include Images in Your Book Without Getting in Trouble selfpublishingadvisor.com/20…
How to Include Images in Your Book Without Getting in Trouble

How to Include Images in Your Book Without Getting in Trouble

Image permissions are one area where I advise authors to be careful. If you include a photo, illustration, or another image in your book without understanding its copyright, the image’s owners can …

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Reposting Royalene Doyle’s Conversation on DON’T FORGET AUTOBIOGRAPHIES AND MEMOIRS! selfpublishingadvisor.com/20…
Reposting Royalene Doyle’s Conversation on DON’T FORGET AUTOBIOGRAPHIES AND MEMOIRS!

Reposting Royalene Doyle’s Conversation on DON’T FORGET AUTOBIOGRAPHIES AND MEMOIRS!

Just yesterday, a neighbor asked me a few questions about the “easy way” to pull the time-frames together as he writes his Memoir. Then he wondered: “Is a memoir the same as an autobiography?” Ther…

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Book Endorsements: How to Leverage Expert Praise for Your Book selfpublishingadvisor.com/20…
Book Endorsements: How to Leverage Expert Praise for Your Book

Book Endorsements: How to Leverage Expert Praise for Your Book

Obtain a book endorsement if you want to give your next self-published book professional treatment. A book endorsement (also called a blurb, testimonial, or advance praise) is a brief quote from a …

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Reposting Original Book Review: Rambling with Milton by Richard Siciliano selfpublishingadvisor.com/20…
Reposting Original Book Review: Rambling with Milton by Richard Siciliano

Reposting Original Book Review: Rambling with Milton by Richard Siciliano

OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION*: After a long, successful career as the author of an esoteric newspaper column, “Rambling with Milton,” Jock Petitte finds himself unfulfilled and at loose ends. However, two …

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A Guide to Promoting Yourself as an Author Online selfpublishingadvisor.com/20…
A Guide to Promoting Yourself as an Author Online

A Guide to Promoting Yourself as an Author Online

A point that I keep returning to on this blog is that to be successful as an author, you have to market and promote yourself. Furthermore, it’s important to market early in the process, even before…

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Why Business people Need to Publish a Book selfpublishingadvisor.com/20…

Why Business people Need to Publish a Book

Most professionals benefit by having a published book Certain professions need to be published. This list of professions can go on forever: entrepreneurs, doctors, lawyers, journalists, consultants…

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How to Write a Strong Online Book Description as a Self-Published Author selfpublishingadvisor.com/20…
How to Write a Strong Online Book Description as a Self-Published Author

How to Write a Strong Online Book Description as a Self-Published Author

If you want to sell your book online, you must have a strong book description. When you make self-publishing a business, you’re in charge of all the components for hooking in buyers: marketing, pub…

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Why You Must Market Your Book selfpublishingadvisor.com/20…
Why You Must Market Your Book

Why You Must Market Your Book

If you want to make a career out of book publishing, you must make peace with the fact that you will be marketing your books. I know, not everyone’s excited by the prospect of promoting one’s work,…

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The Importance of Securing Amazon Review selfpublishingadvisor.com/20…
The Importance of Securing Amazon Review

The Importance of Securing Amazon Review

When I’m looking for a new book on Amazon, I often wish I had the psychic ability to look at a novel and know right away whether I’d enjoy it. But sadly, I don’t have psychic powers. But I do have …

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Reposting Royalene Doyle’s Conversation on FEED MIND, IMAGINATION, AND SPIRIT selfpublishingadvisor.com/20…
Reposting Royalene Doyle’s Conversation on FEED MIND, IMAGINATION, AND SPIRIT

Reposting Royalene Doyle’s Conversation on FEED MIND, IMAGINATION, AND SPIRIT

There are few things in my life as special as walking the aisles of my local library. This is where book scents and muffled conversations create an environment that feeds my imagination and prepare…

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Beware the Internet Egg Basket: On Diversifying Your Social Media Presence selfpublishingadvisor.com/20…
Beware the Internet Egg Basket: On Diversifying Your Social Media Presence

Beware the Internet Egg Basket: On Diversifying Your Social Media Presence

Recent events have reminded me of an adage: don’t put all your eggs in ONE basket. This warning primarily applies to the social media and other online platforms we use in self-publishing. Here’s th…

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Reposting Original Book Review: “Forgotten But Not Gone” by Barbara Peckham selfpublishingadvisor.com/20…
Reposting Original Book Review: “Forgotten But Not Gone” by Barbara Peckham

Reposting Original Book Review: “Forgotten But Not Gone” by Barbara Peckham

OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION*: Forgotten But Not Gone is an interwoven story about a married housewife and part-time librarian living in coastal Massachusetts in 1965. She is happy and very active in her l…

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