Indie Publishing News RoundUp – 7 Jan 2014

Here is a quick round-up of publishing stories making the news in this first week of 2014. Smashwords is reporting that author revenue was up 33% in 2013, to $20 million from $15 million the year before. There are now 275,000 titles (up 45%) and 8 …

How to Use Goodreads as an Author

See Full Version at Goodreads At the end of March, Amazon announced that they have reached an agreement to acquire Goodreads, so I thought it would be a good time to review how authors can use this web site and social network. Founded in 2007, Goodread …

10 Reasons Why Authors Should Be On Google Plus

This blog post is no longer relevant since Google shut down Google Plus, but we have kept it here for historical reference. article In case you haven’t heard already, Google+ has now passed Twitter to become the 2nd largest social network in terms of a …

10 Reasons For Freelance Writers To Join Google Plus

This post is now out-of-date since Google shut down Google Plus. We have left the post here for historical reference. Freelance writers, you need to get on Google Plus… now! Are you paying attention? Because this is not a sales pitch. OK, actually it …