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Caught out on Facebook

Well, I suppose it was bound to happen at some stage.  However, I’m still puzzled at how. Now you’re wondering what I’m on about. Did you know that employers can see your FRIENDS Post?  I thought they could only see PUBLIC POSTS. If I am wrong about this, then how did they find and read…
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Barnes and Noble Goliath has fallen, by Kristen Lamb

An excellent and must-read blog post by Kristen Lamb. https://authorkristenlamb.com/2019/06/barnes-noble-goliath-has-fallen

Interviewing Author – Jane Risdon

We’d like to introduce you to Jane Risdon, one of our latest clients who recently released an anthology of shorts called Undercover: Crime Shorts. This book already has five 5 star reviews with readers enjoying the twists and turns within the stories. You may have already heard of Jane Risdon. Jane is one of our Ghostly…
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Print on Demand – Publishing a Book!

As a Publishing House, we watch technology to see how it changes relevant to Self Publishing. We are now getting more and more choices for Print on Demand Books. Here are some distributors who can help you self publish your book. Do remember there is a lot of work involved after you’ve finished writing. Plaisted…
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WordPress Reblog Glitch?

Image shows a young woman on a fuzzy screen…the screen is glitching… I’m not sure how many have noticed or become irritated due to the REBLOG button not working. Well thanks to Chris Graham mentioning something to him when I messaged him about having to continually follow his blog, it all sort of fell into…
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Submission Guidelines for Clients and Anthologies!

We have NEW SUBMISSION GUIDELINES for clients and or anyone submitting work for an anthology at Plaisted Publishing (Author Assist). THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW! All work needs to be automatically set up for when you write, this includes – Titles, Chapter Headings, Indents, Page Numbers, etc. You won’t need a Contents Page at this…
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Authors with Kiwi Characters…

KIWI SLANG – HOW WE TALK IN NEW ZEALAND SEPTEMBER 3, 2018 When I meet foreigners abroad I often get asked about the languages of New Zealand. Aside from the painfully cringeworthy “what language do you speak in New Zealand?” and compliments on how well I speak English (!), people often want to know if…
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Proud to Announce – Jane Risdon and her New Release

Undercover: Crime Stories by Jane Risdon Our latest client, Jane Risdon has just released her latest book of short stories with Plaisted Publishing House (Author Assist). It is a wonderful collection of old and new stories, murder, mystery, detective and much more. She has some amazing reviews, our favourite is from Roger A Price author…
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Who Knows the History of Traditional Publishing??

Not many. Especially readers. Well, guess what it’s only been around for approx 120 – 150 years at most. Writers used to go out an find a printer who would print copies of their manuscripts, pay them and then the writer would sell their books to the public.  Oh, wait! Isn’t this what we do…
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10 Best Website Builder by Robert Mening

Best Website Builders   Website Developer & Designer.     Last update: October 9th, 2018.   Until now, I had never used a website builder before…   Having developed websites for a while, I’d rather dive straight into coding HTML, CSS and PHP. And avoid those drag-and-drop functions that website builders have.   I was pretty sceptical.  …
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