Nov 20, 2018 | writing & publishing, your author webstore
No doubt you’ve seen web addresses from bit.ly or tiny.url. These small addresses which are often easier to remember, and type, than a long web address, are called redirects. They allow you to type in something short to get to a destination, much like a...
Jun 8, 2017 | marketing, writing & publishing, your author webstore
You can’t be in the independent publishing space and not have heard about the change Amazon made to the buy box. Now, Amazon will allow third party vendors to take the “buy box” when purchasing paperback books. What does this mean? It means that...
Feb 27, 2017 | your author webstore
One of the common misconceptions I hear is that if someone has books published through a publisher that they cannot have a store on their site. While it’s true that exclusive distribution agreements, such as those signed with a publisher, will prevent you from selling...
Feb 24, 2017 | ebooks, your author webstore
One of the first basic lessons that’s taught in Entrepreneur 101 is that you don’t want to build your entire business on someone else’s platform. What does this mean? It means that if a tool you use to promote or service your business, for example Amazon, goes away...
Feb 23, 2017 | your author webstore
With many publishers closing down their online bookstores (A mistake I believe, and if they say they “can’t afford it”, then they need new IT people), a lot of independent authors are asking me why I am such a proponent of authors being able to sell their own books...
My first domain was registered in the late 1990s and I never looked back. I love technology and well, it loves me. My passion is making the tech side of being an author and entrepreneur easy, so you can focus on your brilliant work without having to stress over your website, newsletter and eCommerce sites. I create content for those who don't like to write. I fix websites for the technically disinclined. And most of all, I use my geeky goddess skills to unscramble your tech so you can focus on the rest! 