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Margaret I. Carr

Practical Tips for Online Authors by Lida E. Quillen
Published by Twilight Times Books
http://www.twilighttimesbooks.com/practical_tips.html

Now available from ePress-Online.com ANNEX
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My hard drive is a disorganized mess. I try to separate files into appropriate folders but somehow it gets away from me. Even worse are my Favorites/Bookmarks. Oh, I have lots and lots of folders and I try to put new entries in appropriate folders, when I'm not in too much of a hurry. I even try, sporadically, to go through and do some organizing. Ugh! Organizing! I don't want to spend hours and hours sorting, checking and moving marks around.

What I really want is someone to do it for me!

Someone has, at least for the writing, publishing, promotion and related topics. In Lida E. Quillen's Practical Tips for Online Authors includes over a thousand links to topics irresistible to any writer. She's verified all the links and also provides updates twice a year. Purchasers are entitled to any updates that are published within one year of purchase date.

It isn't just lists of urls. Each section includes the practical tips referred to in the title but they could just as well have been in a print book. The beautifully organized collection of urls could not! With the speed the Internet changes half would be outdated before going to press and, even worse, you'd have to type each one in online instead of click and go as you can do with an e-book. The author recommends the Word97(®) version for easiest clicking. I'm adding comments to my copy as I go. Now that's Interactive publishing!

Take a look at the Table of Contents. Whatever your question is you should find some good leads. Meanwhile, excuse me, I have some serious clicking to do.

Practical Tips for Online Authors

Table of Contents
Chapter One: Get your story published in an ezine
    Markets, Research
Chapter Two: Web design
    Section A: Create an online magazine
    Promo, Resources

Section B: Build an author web page
    Free Author Web Pages, Resources, Web Site Promo
Chapter Three: Create an email newsletter
    Promo, Resources
Chapter Four: Market your novels online
    Guide to Query Letters, Ebook Publishers, Promo, Publicity, Resources
Chapter Five: Promo tips from published authors
    Promo sites, Publicity, Resources
Chapter Six: E-authors talk about e-publishing
    Links, Promo, Resources
Chapter Seven: Self-publish your books
    Promo, Publicity, Research, Resources, Web sites that will list your books
Chapter Eight: Find paying jobs online
    Resources
Chapter Nine: Research on the net
    General Research, Research Topics
Chapter Ten: Locate writers' resources
    Email lists, General, Genre, Markets, Online Communities, Poetry, Professional Organizations

Appendix A: Readers
Appendix B: Mostly for Women
Appendix C: Recommended Reading for Writers
Appendix D: Definition of Terms

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