Need a free graphic-design suite? David Gaughran has you covered

Posted on 01/17/2020 at 10:45 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

David Gaughran has a roundup of his favorite free graphic-design tools for authors, but if you already use and love...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Cover design, David Gaughran, Design, Technology

Author discusses the English book market in India and writer-centric software

Posted on 11/15/2019 at 11:14 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Joanna Penn’s interview with author Vikram Chandra covers quite a bit of new ground. After years of hard work (familiar...

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Literature in translation, Technology

All the infographic tools you could ever need

Posted on 10/23/2019 at 10:52 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

There are countless infographic-creation tools floating around the internet. But how do you find the one that fits your needs?...

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Tagged As: Design, Technology

A primer on turning posts into podcasts

Posted on 10/04/2019 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If you’re ready to take the plunge from blog posts to podcasts, Joseph Kunz has a beginner’s guide ready to...

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Tagged As: Podcast, Social media and websites, Technology

Dive into video production and marketing

Posted on 09/25/2019 at 05:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You know video is important, but how do you even get started, let alone reap the benefits from your labor?...

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Tagged As: Marketing, Technology, Video

How to handle spam comments on your blog

Posted on 09/04/2019 at 04:19 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Identifying a spam comment seems obvious, right? Sometimes, but not always — and then there’s the question of how to...

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Tagged As: Social media and websites, Technology

Joanna Penn: AI will change your job; it won't take it, though

Posted on 08/21/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Joanna Penn is the interviewee on her latest podcast, with Orna Ross serving as the guest host. The topic: how...

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Podcast, Technology

Tech advice for hosting your podcast

Posted on 08/04/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’ve shared guides to starting a podcast before, but we think Jay Artale’s post might provide the deepest dive into...

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Tagged As: Marketing, Podcast, Technology

Spend less time on text design with Microsoft Word styles

Posted on 07/29/2019 at 11:04 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The life of a writer is filled with tasks that aren’t, in fact, telling stories. Many of them are necessary...

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Tagged As: Design, Technology

13 writing tools to use ... in addition to a human editor

Posted on 06/30/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Digital Reader agrees with us that technology can’t replace the insight of a human editor. But that said, we’re...

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Tagged As: Editing, Technology, The Digital Reader