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How to become Editor-in-Chief of your own news site

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I’ve become Editor-in-Chief of my own news digest, The #amwriting Journal. It’s a paper.li creation, an exciting new (to me) discovery in micro-publishing. I was hooked on the fact that I could easily create something I’d want to read with high value content on subjects I’m passionate about. After examining it’s bells and whistles, and creating my own publication, I thought I’d share a bit about how it works. Paper.li has been confusing to me for a long time. I’ve run across plenty of them and often… Continue reading →

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‘ebooks vs. print books’ | My unscientific prediction

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I wasn’t a total Luddite in my attitude toward eReaders, but for a long time I was pretty convinced I’d never cop out and go digital. I love the library and bookstore experience, the feel of a real book in my hands. And I didn’t want to contribute to print books ‘going the way of the Dodo bird’ as a friend recently said. We’ve all heard endless dire warnings: ‘dead tree’ books disappearing, Borders indicating the death knell for all bookstores, and libraries–well they’re as antiquated as… Continue reading →

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How Guardian Cats became an Amazon best seller

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In case you didn’t already hear this somewhere else, Guardian Cats and the Lost Books of Alexandria made it to Amazon’s Best Seller list last week. This totally caught me by surprise. I published Guardian Cats in June, so it’s been out almost six months now. Sales have been modest… but steady. On an average, I was selling one or two a day. Nothing to crow about, but I was happy. It has eleven good reviews and the general ranking ranged between #18,000 to #35,000.… Continue reading →

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