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 —...

Categories: Behind the scenes

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

Browser extensions can block Twitter and Facebook home pages

Posted on 06/03/2020 at 09:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

When we share time-saving and focus advice, trust us, we’re coming from a place of empathy and not judgment. And...

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

Looking for a font? Google can definitely help

Posted on 06/01/2020 at 03:03 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Feel like you just can’t find the right font for your website or a social media graphic? Nate Hoffelder has...

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Tagged As: Social media and websites, The Digital Reader

The Digital Reader is launching tech clinics on Twitter

Posted on 05/28/2020 at 09:43 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

With the freedom of being self-employed comes the responsibility of solving any problem your business encounters. And unless you’re incredibly...

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Tagged As: Social media and websites, The Digital Reader

Apple's new publishing portal doesn't require authors to have a Mac

Posted on 05/12/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

In case you missed the news last Friday, Apple’s new portal allows you to upload epub books and sell them...

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Tagged As: Apple, David Gaughran, Publishing, The Digital Reader

Draft2Digital: Barnes & Noble royalties are being delayed

Posted on 04/14/2020 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Digital Reader has a heads-up for authors selling their books on Barnes & Noble. Royalties from the bookstore chain...

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Tagged As: Barnes & Noble / Nook, coronavirus / COVID-19, The business of writing, The Digital Reader