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Publishing Confusion – Part Four – Social Media

Social Media. Most of you know how to use the basics…or do you? I thought I was good with Facebook, when one day a course in our local region we found a tutorial on how to use Facebook for business. It blew what we thought we knew right open. OUCH. Luckily there was no re-learning,…
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KDP Hardbacks – Easy or Difficult?

After hearing that KDP had Hardbacks in BETA, I thought I’d take a look at the setup and see how things worked, what was different.  The first page where you type in your information is the same as for the ebook and paperback, so if you’ve already done them, then page one will automatically be…
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Update from Draft to Digital Print!

Supply Chain Delays May Impact D2D Print As a user of our D2D Print service, we wanted to inform you of the potential for delays for print on demand services that may arise in the coming months. Our print partner has informed us that they are preparing for disruptions to various aspects of the print…
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Price Increases from Ingram Spark

Dear Publisher,  Amidst significant uncertainty in the global supply chain, IngramSpark is committed to supporting the book industry with the best possible service through the busy holiday season and into 2022. Over the past several months, the publishing industry has seen several cost increases for consumables, such as paper and packaging materials, as well as…
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ALERT-SCAMMERS – IMPERSONATING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STUDIOS BY VICTORIA STRAUSS.

PLEASE SHARE THIS LINK AND WATCH OUT FOR ANY UPDATES FROM VICTORIA STRAUSS https://accrispin.blogspot.com/2021/07/alert-scammers-impersonating-major.html

How to Tell a Compelling Brand Story by Clifford Chi

Brand Storytelling is a new Marketing idea which has taken off.  Since many of us are Authors and Publishers we should have some great stories to tell… and below, they show you what you need to do.  For those authors who do Outlines…this should be a breeze. Start reading and click the link at the…
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Audiblegate Row… Update

Thank you to Susan May for keeping us up to date with what is going on with Audible.  The next meeting with them is tomorrow. Good luck and here’s hoping something good comes out of this. https://www.susanmaywriter.net/single-post/we-re-not-gonna-take-it-audible-s-response-to-audiblegate

Word War is BACK – Affect/Effect

With Cac, the Proofreader WORD WAR is back. I will be doing these each Tuesday, and they will be much shorter than before…at least I will attempt that! Let’s go! Affect v. Effect. Affect is ??????? a verb. It means to impact or change. Transform. “How did that affect you?” Effect is ??????? a noun,…
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LULU eBook Update

      I received this email today and thought I’d share.  It seems we are going to have to pay for Global Distribution for each and every ebook we upload… If you wish GLOBAL… Dear Lulu Author, We’re contacting you today because you currently have Ebook projects using our Global Distribution service. Effective February 15th,…
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