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Gredunza Audio Series 11: Interview with Everpub's Neil Levin

Neil and Sawyer talk indie marketing, Everpub's strategy of selling books, the challenges of being a new author, and why being popular on social media is the ticket to a book deal. 

Gredunza Blog Series

How to succeed at being an author now

Used to be, you could just write a really great book and send it off to really great publishers and then have a bunch of really great readers make you rich. Though I'm not actually sure if that ever happened to anyone but the luckiest of the lucky, that's not the present we're living in now. You want to make it? You've got to Crush It, at least, according to Gary Vaynerchuck. 
There's actually some great advice in this little video, which has six parts (they'll become visible after you watch the first one.). 
The general rule to live by through these is "hustle hustle hustle," as in, promote your ass off through genuine experiences. It sounds simple, but it is a strenuous amount of work. But hey, nobody said this was going to be easy. 

I think I just said this

Gizmodo completely agrees with what I said just a few hours ago: There Are Officially Too Damn Many Ebook Readers:

There will soon be two kinds of happy ebook-reader owners. The people who paid a fair amount for a reputable ebook reader from one of the companies they already buy books from, and the people who spend like $50 on a no-name ebook reader that supports a lot of formats, who gets every book they can think of as a pirated copy over BitTorrent. Everyone else—both the buyers of tier-two ebook readers and the makers of them—are going to be screwed.

Maybe this glut of ebook readers isn't offensive to you—most of you don't have to step over them on your way to cover 3D TVs that are also everywhere at this show—but there's no reason for them, and the more we try to keep track of, the more annoyed we get. Your choices: Go Kindle, wait for a cheap-as-hell reader, pray for a slate, or buy a book. A real paper-and-ink book.

What would you prefer?

The Gredunza Blog Series wants to help. We really do. So what do you need the most help with? Are you an author looking for advice? Are you a tech enthusiast looking to learn more about the newest ebook reader? Are you an avid reader looking for recommendations? Let us know, and we'll make sure you get more of it.

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Maddison Barksdale

Happy Late Christmas...

Um, I didn't give too many people presents this year.
But I'll give you guys one.
You don't have to like it though. It's like when I gave my grandma
cashews. She's allergic.
So here's my favorite chapter to write in a very short book
I call "Emma." Sorry for wasting your bandwidth.

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Chapter 7

It is Thanksgiving Break. Yay.

Matthew won’t look at me, or at least he cries every time he does. That’s me, the girl who makes people cry from one measly lo… Continue

Posted by Maddison Barksdale on January 5, 2010 at 12:42pm

Maddison Barksdale

Er,

I've been working on my latest project and I've actually finished it.
This is only my first draft, the story in relatively short. Only ten short chapters.
I'm going to show you guys the last chapter, it gives some information on the whole
story. I guess I'll put the rest up later. God, I'm depressed for tackling this subject. Now,
this chapter's actually the shortest, they're all longer than this :D

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Chapter 10

“You like it?” M… Continue

Posted by Maddison Barksdale on December 27, 2009 at 1:15am — 2 Comments

Alissa

Jet Lag: Excerpt from On Standby

Set-up: This is Sara's first night back in Toronto.

Lying in bed.htm

Posted by Alissa on December 14, 2009 at 11:30pm — 1 Comment

Jon Sumait

I love writing =3

Finally working on my story again. =]
The second draft is coming together very nicely and I feel more satisfied with just these 4 chapters than I do with the entire first draft lol.

I truly love writing.

I really want to take my time now and try to hone in on the story now. I have a rough plotline that I'm following with my entire first draft to fall back on for reference.

But yes, expect to see a few excerpts soon XD
Hope everyone had a good thanksgiving and weekend!

Posted by Jon Sumait on November 29, 2009 at 5:07am

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Alissa all done. :) big sigh of relief.
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Maddison Barksdale added a blog post
Um, I didn't give too many people presents this year. But I'll give you guys one. You don't have to like it though. It's like when I gave my grandma cashews. She's allergic. So here's my favorite chapter to write in a very short book I call "Emma."…
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Maddison Barksdale commented on Maddison Barksdale's blog post 'Er,'
Thanks for the comment, I like tackling heavy subjects. But this one is from personal experience. Matthew is her crush, I could say. Or her savior. I think I'll put up more. It's not meant to be really long. Just ten short chapters is enough to tell…
on Monday
Alissa commented on Maddison Barksdale's blog post 'Er,'
This is a pretty heavy topic. The last paragraph definitely has a lot of shocking reveals. What role did Matthew play? There's room for expanding should you choose to revisit this work again. Congrats on finishing this project.
on Monday
 

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