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Arthur Gutch

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Published On May 26, 2017

15 Gifts Writers and Authors Need on Their Holiday Lists

It's never too early to start hinting to your loved ones about holiday gift giving. Writers need love, too, and gifts that further your career show how much your family and friends support your efforts. The range of writerly gifts runs the gamut...

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Published On Oct 30, 2014

Sharing Your Words: 5 Places to Give Book Readings

It's the traditional view of an author, revered for countless years: a small bookstore, a pile of books, and the author reading a passage to rapt fans. Small bookstores love to schedule authors to read and sign their books. It increases sales and...

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Published On Oct 30, 2014

Are Pitches and Agents Obsolete? Is Self Publishing Here to Stay?

As little as ten years ago, the only legitimate way to publish a book and realize sales across the country was to go through the big New York publishers. Writers would either get an agent to shill for them or submit their manuscripts themselves,...

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Published On Oct 30, 2014

3 Tips On Mobile Apps for Self-Published Authors

Whether you're traditionally published or an indie writer, you're going to have to do the bulk of the marketing to sell your book. Most writers do the majority of their marketing on social media sites, but the almost-universal popularity of smart...

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Published On Oct 30, 2014

4 Thoughts From Maya Angelou About Writing

“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” – Maya Angelou

When Maya Angelo died one of our team wrote the piece below. Unfortunately it was lost and never made it to this page. I recently found it, and thought...

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Published On Oct 30, 2014

How to Use Booktrack: A Unique Marketing Concept

It's said that the more senses we engage during an experience, the better hold it will have on our memory. Up until now, eBooks have only involved our sense of sight, but a new service called Booktrack has changed all that. 

Booktrack allows writers...

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Published On Oct 27, 2014

4 Tips to Go From Author to Entreprenuer

Finishing a manuscript is only the first step in the long process of being a successful author. Books written as a hobby almost always die a quiet death, so if you want to be a successful self-published author you'll have to treat writing as the...

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Published On Oct 27, 2014

3 Easy Steps to Creating a Powerful Book Trailer

It's always exciting to watch the coming attractions before a movie, and finding out what films are coming up that you want to see, use the same power to promote your book!

As a self published author you can create powerful buzz and excitement by...

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Published On Oct 3, 2014

4 Tips to Create Your Own Real-World Writing Group

It's the rare writer today who doesn't have at least some contact with other writers online -- through Facebook groups, subject matter forums, or dedicated category organizations. Places where writers gather online, from tiny five-member Facebook...

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