What to do if Twitter targets your account

Posted on 08/10/2020 at 05:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Nate Hoffelder received some unwelcome news recently: Twitter decided that he’d violated the platform’s terms of service. We hope you...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Social media and websites, Technology, The Digital Reader

David Gaughran debunks the Amazon A9 Algorithm myth

Posted on 07/29/2020 at 01:09 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

How many times have you seen a reference to Amazon’s A9 Algorithm? And how many of those references seemed to...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, David Gaughran, Technology

The Digital Reader's action plan for rebuilding a website

Posted on 07/13/2020 at 01:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Authors and other users who’d built their websites with Virb received a nasty surprise recently. Godaddy pulled the plug on...

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Tagged As: Social media and websites, Technology, The Digital Reader

Louise Harnby's 10 easy ways to clean up your writing

Posted on 06/03/2020 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We and professional editor Louise Harnby would never suggest that technology is just as good as a human proofreader. However,...

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Tagged As: Editing, Louise Harnby, Technology

Publishing experts share their favorite tools for indie writers

Posted on 05/29/2020 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

In our post yesterday about getting started as an indie author, we mentioned that many free tools exist to help...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Publishing, Technology

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