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TweetDeck is to Twitter what slicing is to bread: it just makes it better. Find out how TweetDeck can help Twitter make sense to you.
Anthony Bourdain at the Sydney Writers’ Festival
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Anthony Bourdain had three things to say in this Sydney Writers’ Festival conversation that were particularly relevant to writers rather than readers.
Can Japanese Post-Its make you a more successful writer?
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A book is a project taking months — or years — and it’s easy to lose sight of tasks, goals, milestones and achievements. If ever there were a time for a personal productivity tool like personal kanban, writing a book is it.
Book design and the business of self-publishing with Joel Friedlander
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An interview about ebook design and the business of self-publishing with Joel Friedlander, author of “A Self-Publisher’s Companion”.
AA Gill at the Sydney Writers’ Festival
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AA Gill spoke amusingly and interestingly to Caroline Baum at the Sydney Writers’ Festival.
An interview with Karen McQuestion
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Karen McQuestion is one of the original Kindle self-publishing success stories. This interview covers her journey from unpublished author to Kindle self-publisher and AmazonEncore author, including her tips for authors wanting to do the same.
Having at it with Debbie Weil on blogging for authors
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Blogging expert Debbie Weil talks about blogging as part of your author platform.
Interview with a successful, self-publishing travel writer
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Brian Lawrenson is a successful self-published travel writer with over 30 titles on the Kindle. He has, however, had the odd scrape with Amazon over breaches of their rules.
Working with a self-publishing publisher
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Delabarre Publishing combines elements of traditional publishing (like paying advances) with the tools of self-publishing and the expertise of a professional to work with a writer through the process and promotion of the book.
How Australian bookshops are fighting back
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Australian bookshops are fighting rumours of their impending demise. National Bookshop Day in August was a very public way of announcing they still mean business.
Writing Time Management for Dummies
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Clare Evans, author of “Time Management for Dummies”, tells me how she became a Dummies guide author and gives out productivity tips for authors.
LinkedIn for authors
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How to use LinkedIn, an interview with Raz Chorev, author of “Easy Steps to LinkedIn Success”.
Upcoming training courses from Taleist
- [Melbourne] Self-Publishing Your Book (2-days)13 Jun 14 - 10:00 Australian Society of Authors 415, 5th Floor, CAE Building, 253 Flinders Lane, Melbourne […]
- [Sydney] Self-Publishing Your Book4 Apr 14 - 10:00 Australian Society of Authors C1.06, 22 Mountain Street Ultimo […]
- [Canberra] Social media for public affairs27 Jun 13 - 14:00 National Press Club 16 National Circuit Barton […]
- [Sydney] Blogging and publishing online15 Jun 13 - 09:00 Walkley Foundation 245 Chalmers Street Redfern […]
- [Sydney] Social media for magazine publishers13 Jun 13 - 09:00 Walkley Foundation 245 Chalmers Street Redfern […]
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