In this post, we’ll review why getting a blurb from a reputable author or publication will helpincrease book sales, share tips on how to secure one for your own book, and outline where you should use a blurb once you get it. Why do blurbs help increase book sales? Blurbs help attract...
Research libraries funded by tuition or grants must also limit what they can share online to those paying to access the materials. With state funding subsidizing many college libraries, the same economic pressures exist to limit outside use. Generally, libraries restrict their content...
Apple has a complete page titledUse built-in network security features for Apple deviceswhich covers most of the topics mentioned above, and from there you will find links to many of the related other topics. In most cases, Apple has made network security seamless so you usually won't...
Well, here's the place to make sure they have the details they need to do just that. Include your name (it doesn't have to be your full legal name – just use whatever you go by), location, phone number, and email address. You can also add links to your LinkedIn profile (if it...
Confession time: One of my first yearbooks was full of cute little clips and phrases and a few of my sugar sweet missives. Yikes, time is not kind to our silliness. You know what time likes? Simplicity. Use that KISS method! The sixBlurblayouts I’m pointing to in the image above ar...
“Is it worth my time and effort (and money) to buy this book?” Your back cover blurb is what they will use to decide whether to buy your book or to move on to the next book. So let’s get it right. How to write a cover blurb for a fiction book ...
The rules of when and where to use which kind of dash may seem complex and hard to understand, but they don't have to. Here's your guide to how to use em dashes, en dashes, and hyphens correctly.
While you have 200 words to play with, you don’t need to use up all of those words. Don’t write any more than you must to tell the broad story and pique the reader’s curiosity. Don't Summarize Remember that a book blurb is not a summary of your book. It’s not a book repo...
it’s just a few clicks and buttons to put it on sale or order multiple copies for your own purposes. If your book ends up wildly successful as a POD title, you can use the same files to print offset copies, too. Blurb, for one, has already expanded to offeroffset contracting service...
Plus a final and new wish… for it to be affordable, especially if I intend to sell it. I’ve alreadyreviewed Blurb.com’s blogto book service, and found it nifty but expensive and laborious – at least for how myblogslurped into it. ...