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Grab My Free Guide to Self-Publishing – NaNoWriMo

Thursday, October 30th, 2014

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Dear NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) participants, I’m Miral Sattar, writer/journalist/techie and founder of Bibliocrunch. Kudos to you for embarking on this novel-writing challenge! Bibliocrunch is proud to be an official sponsor for NaNoWriMo and we’ll be supporting our authors in a variety of ways. To start I wrote a free self-publishing guide titled You’re Done, Now What? […]

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Add your Favorite Books via Twitter with #AmazonWishList

Wednesday, September 24th, 2014

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You might have heard of #AmazonCart. Amazon’s seamless and easy way to add purchases to your cart with a simple Tweet. Today, Amazon just rolled out #AmazonWishList.

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Amazon Launches KDP Kids for Self-Published Children’s Authors

Tuesday, September 9th, 2014

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In light of our IndieChat tonight, our blog post this week is focused on children’s literature.

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Amazon Speaks Out – Hachette Battle

Tuesday, July 29th, 2014

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Amazon hasn’t commented or said much about their ongoing contract battle with Hachette. Earlier today, on their forums they broke their silence and released an official statement.

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Four Affordable Last Minute Book-Inspired Mother’s Day Gifts

Wednesday, May 7th, 2014

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Did you just realize that Mother’s Day is around the corner? Don’t fret! It’s not too late to get your mom a Mother’s Day gift. If your mom loves books, here’s our affordable book-inspired gift guide for Mother’s Day. Be Funny Does your mom or wife have a sense of humor? If so then she […]

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Guardian Opens up Prizes for Self-Published Authors

Tuesday, April 29th, 2014

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I remember a discussion at BEA last year saying that everyone has recognized self-publishing except for major media newspapers.

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Amtrak’s Residency Program – Authors Beware

Monday, March 10th, 2014

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We, like, every writer community got super excited about Amtrak’s Residency program. A program for writers to write and get free train rides? How awesome!

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#IndieChat – SelfPub Metrics and Hugh Howey’s Controversial Report

Monday, February 17th, 2014

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The entire publishing world has their knickers in a twist since Hugh Howey released his report on Author Earnings last week.  The chat transcript is here. We even had Hugh Howey, HM Ward and a lot of other folks stop by. 

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Our Favorite Book-Inspired Cupcakes for Valentine’s Day

Friday, February 14th, 2014

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We couldn’t help but post. Our favorite book-inspired cupcakes for Valentine’s Day from Victoria’s Kitchen in London. 

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Predictions on Where Indie and Self-Publishing is Heading in 2014

Tuesday, February 11th, 2014

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I’m generally not very fond of making predictions about the future, particularly in the technology space.

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Paid Sites For Doing Your Book Promotion

Tuesday, January 21st, 2014

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So, you’ve written a great book. You’ve gotten a few great reviews. You’ve given away free copies and gotten great feedback. You now want to jumpstart sales and don’t know what to do next.

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Sweet! Now You Can Give iBookstore Gifts

Friday, December 20th, 2013

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Sweet! Here’s a great gift for your book lover friends who own an iPad or iPhone. Apple iBookstore now let’s you give  individual books as gifts

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BookVibe’s New Tool to Keep Track of your Book Mentions

Tuesday, December 17th, 2013

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There are always new tools popping up for authors everyday. One that stands out in particular is a tool called BookVibe Alerts. BookVibe Alerts simply let’s you input your book information into the console and keep track of all your book mentions on Twitter.

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