Jan 4, 2019 | your author webstore
I can name a dozen (or more) website hosting companies off the top of my head. There are some that I’d recommend (and use) and some that I would not recommend for a variety of reasons. Anytime someone posts in a Facebook group geared toward podcasters or those...
Jan 3, 2019 | content management, your author webstore
The jump from the Classic Editor in WordPress to the block editor format of Gutenberg can be a doozy. Watch out for that first step. If you’re concerned about upgrading your site because of this–don’t be! First, while we’re up to 5.02 (funny...
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...