My dearest homeys, if you aren’t following David Gaughran’s truly outstanding blog, Let’s Get Digital, then you probably missed my guest blog post over there, Using “Free” to Generate Pre-Release Buzz. You can also check out the comments for bonus discussion.
David said some nice things about me, all of them lies:
One of the criticisms that self-publishers face is that they rush their work out. Sometimes it’s bad covers, or poor editing, but sometimes the book just wasn’t ready to be published.
Today’s guest poster, Moses Siregar III, understands the importance of making sure your book is the best you can possibly make it before you sent it out into the world.
Rather than be frustrated by seeing other indie writers dive in and rack up sales, Moses never rushed his work, instead taking the time to assiduously build his platform in a number of interesting ways, all building up towards the release of his novel at the start of August.
But seriously, thanks, David!
David recently released a free ebook called Let’s Get Digital: How to Self-Publish and Why You Should. You can get it for free as a pdf from his website, or pick up a version for $2.99 from Amazon or Smashwords.
This guide contains over 60,000 words of essays, articles, and how-to guides, as well as contributions from 33 bestselling indie authors including J Carson Black, Bob Mayer, Victorine Lieske, Mark Edwards, and many more.
Did I mention that I recommend following his outstanding blog? Because it really is that good.
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I’m pretty new to blogging, but I’ve found a few plugins that I really like.
CommentLuv
This allows people who comment on your blog to provide a link to one of their recent blog posts under their comment. It’s a nice community-builder, and if you register your blog with their site, then you get to choose from your last ten blog posts.
Follow Me
See the Follow Me graphic on the side? It lets you input any number of social links, or even just plain old links. Mine links to my RSS, Facebook profiles (2), Twitter, Shelfari, GoodReads, and YouTube.
Comment Notifier
Not to be confused with “Comments Notifiers” (notice my recommendation is singular). This allows users to check a box (or you can set the box to be checked by default) to receive email notifications of responses to blog posts they have commented on. Just be sure to customize it to your liking.
I’m also using fbLikeButton, Add to Facebook, TweetMeme Retweet Button, Arkayne Plugin, and WP-PageNavi, among others.
What about you? Any plugins you recommend?
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