Set your online author event up for success

Posted on 08/25/2020 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

There’s been plenty of advice on the content you should include in an online author event — and, heck, plenty...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Author events, coronavirus / COVID-19, The Digital Reader

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...

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

Check your ebook prices in European countries

Posted on 07/31/2020 at 10:27 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Nate Hoffelder has a friendly reminder to authors outside of Europe selling their books there: the value-added tax rate has...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: The business of writing, The Digital Reader

How and why to design a template for your email newsletter

Posted on 07/16/2020 at 11:59 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

When you go to write your latest author newsletter, is your mind as blank as the screen? If so, having...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Email newsletter, Marketing, The Digital Reader

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

Talk shop on Twitter with other writers

Posted on 06/28/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Your regular writing group might still be on hiatus because of pandemic concerns. Or maybe you didn’t have one —...

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Tagged As: The business of writing, The Digital Reader, Writing advice

Best practices for choosing your author website's colors

Posted on 06/26/2020 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’ve changed the paint color in just about every room in our house now. Selecting new shades was tough at...

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Tagged As: Social media and websites, The Digital Reader

Social media image sizes for 2020

Posted on 06/24/2020 at 11:20 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here’s a quick tip that you’ll surely go back to, unless you hire out all your graphic work. Constant Contact...

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

Apple is retiring iBooks Author app

Posted on 06/12/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Apple has announced that it’s ending its iBooks Author program. In an email to users, it said the app will...

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Tagged As: Apple, The Digital Reader

Beware of these five internet scams

Posted on 06/04/2020 at 11:42 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Nate Hoffelder recently was the target of a scam intended to bilk him out of money for hosting his website....

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Tagged As: Social media and websites, The Digital Reader