BiblioCrunch | Self-Publishing Resouces

We’re often asked whether it’s important to have a mailing list as part of building your author platform. Yes, but you have to do it right. It’s not just about putting together a great newsletter with great content, having a good subject line, or just having subscribers.

What’s better than sitting down and snuggling up with a good book? Sitting down and snuggling up in a chair that’s a bookshelf and a comfy-looking chair. We browsed around for some of the best chairs and here are some of our favorite lounging-bookshelf-chairs.

At almost every author event, the question that always comes up is “How do I do a signing for my digital book?” There are two nifty tools that I always recommend.

This week I finally bought best-selling author David Gaughran’s book, “Let’s Get Visible”. I’m a huge fan of his why/howto self-publish book titled “Let’s Get Digital.”

I was talking to one our authors last week, Deb Chase, who runs the No Nonsense Beauty Blog. She mentioned that most authors look awful during Skype or Google Hangout video sessions. “We all look like trolls online!” she exclaimed. 

As many of you may know we host #indiechat every week. #Indiechat is held every Tuesday at 9pm EST. You can check out our previous chat logs on BiblioCrunch Storify.

It happens all too frequently that I come across an author who has been  scammed by a vanity press or by a vendor that provides some type of author services.

You’ve probably been hearing a lot of buzz about beta readers and why it’s generally a good idea to get a beta reader to read your work before it’s published.

As many of you may know we host #indiechat every week. #Indiechat is held every Tuesday at 9pm EST. You can check out our previous chat logs on BiblioCrunch Storify.

There are lots of ways for a self-published book to get professional reviews. Readers usually read reviews before purchasing a book.

I get a lot of authors coming to BiblioCrunch for advice and these are some of the most common mistakes I see. Putting together a quality book involves not just writing it, but also involves having a plan around your book.

Hey, authors! We’re super excited to team up with MediaBistro to offer you a discount on their Social Media 101 Online Workshop. It starts next week and it’s not too late to register. 

A few weeks ago, we hosted a panel at our NY SelfPub meetup on how to create buzz and marketing around your book. One of the topics we covered was using Wix to create a free author website.