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We hope you've had a great 2015, and hope you have an even better 2016!

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http://blog.liberwriter.com/2015/02/18/self-publishing-survey-results/

Self-publishing survey results A few months ago, I published a survey aimed at self-published authors. The results are in. Here are some of the key points: Writing more correlates strongly to more sales. Which way the causati...

http://www.economist.com/news/business/21643124-succeed-these-days-authors-must-be-more-businesslike-ever-authorpreneurship

Authorpreneurship THE mystery is worth a book in itself. How could a hitherto unknown novel by Harper Lee, writer of “To Kill a Mockingbird”, remain hidden for 60 years, and why...

http://blog.liberwriter.com/2015/01/16/making-the-most-of-your-books-extras/

Making the most of your book's "extras" Many non-fiction books have worksheets, templates, large images, videos and other material that isn't particularly suited for inclusion in the Kindle file. What should you do with them? Here's a p...

Step by step publishing game plan:

http://blog.liberwriter.com/2014/11/05/step-by-step-publishing-game-plan/

Step by Step Publishing Game Plan I'm working on a book to distill some of what I've learned running LiberWriter and thought I'd share the heart of the concept here. The basic idea is to take advantage of the properties of eBooks a...

Self-publishing survey:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1xykSejxRHY898F2ECc_yCJ7Kwv0QcwIJdt4Ya_fDtyY/viewform - take the survey and we'll share the results with you when they're ready.

LiberWriter Self Publishing Survey We want to learn about your self-publishing experience. If you're curious about the results, leave us your email address below and we'll email you when they're ready. Visit us online at http://www.LiberWriter.com

Working on a survey for self-published authors. What would you like to know about self-publishing from others involved?

http://blog.liberwriter.com/2014/06/04/review-the-everything-store-jeff-bezos-and-the-age-of-amazon/

Review: The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon The Facebook, Apple and Microsoft stories have been made into movies. Google's founders are fairly well known, but Amazon's Jeff Bezos and the company he created are far more opaque. This book cha...

http://blog.liberwriter.com/2014/06/03/kindle-formatting-for-fiction-books/

Kindle Formatting for Fiction Books Letting readers "lose themselves" in your book has always been a goal of the people who created the Kindle at Amazon. People should forget whether they have a paperback, a hardbound book, a Kindle...

Welcome to our newest cover designer, Diana T: http://www.liberwriter.com/kindle_book_cover_images

Why you should avoid PDF's like the plague for your next eBook:

http://blog.liberwriter.com/2014/01/29/pdfs-and-ebooks/

PDFs and eBooks PDFs and eBooks: warning, danger ahead! Why? Let me explain: eBooks are meant to "flow". You mark up what is a paragraph, what is a chapter title, and so on, and that will be displayed in the mos...