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Archive for August, 2012
Thursday, August 30th, 2012
Julia McCutchen interviews Mark Coker
This session is reserved for IACCW Members only.
Over the last four years, Mark Coker’s company Smashwords has helped over 47,000 authors publish more than 139,000 ebook titles. In part two of his two-part session, Mark will reveal the ebook publishing best practices of the most commercially successful authors including:
- Building reader trust
- Time management
- Metadata – what it is and how to use it your advantage
- Leveraging viral catalysts to make your books more discoverable to readers
- How ebook retailers merchandise ebooks to readers
- Creating covers that get noticed
- Exclusivity. Friend or foe?
- Addressing the global market opportunity
- And many more!
Mark Coker is the founder of Smashwords, an ebook publishing and distribution platform serving 45,000 independent authors and publishers around the world. More than 139,000 titles have been released through Smashwords since its founding in 2008. Mark is also the author of the free ebook The Secrets to Ebook Publishing Success. For more information, visit www.smashwords.com
Date: Thursday 6th September Time: 16:00 BST / 11:00 EST
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Find out about how to do so and discover the other benefits of becoming a member of the International Association of Conscious & Creative Writers (IACCW) by clicking here …
Tags: author, book, ebook, mark coker, publish, publisher, Publishing, self-publishing, writer, Writing
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Thursday, August 30th, 2012
Julia McCutchen interviews Mark Coker
This session is FREE for everyone to enjoy!
In part one of this two-part session, Mark Coker, will provide a primer on ebook publishing, free of jargon and hype. He will provide listeners with the practical knowledge and guidance they need to prepare, publish, market and distribute their masterpieces. Mark will cover:
- Market trends that led to the rise of ebooks
- How indie ebook publishing levels the playing field for all authors
- Why there’s never been a better time to be an author
- Guidance on ebook creation (including formatting and conversion)
- Advice on how to price ebooks
- Distribution and marketing strategies
Date: Thursday 6th September Time: 14:30 BST / 09:30 EST
Part 1 Primer is free to everyone. Click here to register for your FREE place
Tags: author, book, ebook, kindle, mark coker, publish, publisher, Publishing, writer, Writing
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
Writing regularly doesn’t happen
from pushing yourself to write.
It comes from consciously choosing your priorities.
What priorities will you choose today?
To your conscious & creative success!
PS Please take a moment to add your comments below.
PPS Join our FREE teleseminar on THURSDAY 6 SEPTEMBER
on The Secrets to Ebook Publishing Success -
Part 1: Primer More information here.
Tags: conscious, priorities, Writing
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Monday, August 27th, 2012
FREE Teleseminar on THURSDAY 6 SEPTEMBER
14:30 BST / 09:30 EST*
The Secrets to Ebook Publishing Success: Part 1 Primer
Julia McCutchen interviews Mark Coker
 
To register your place for the live call
AND to receive access to the audio recording, click here
While the ebook revolution has taken the publishing industry by storm, many new and established authors are not quite sure just how to get started. Others, who embraced the change and jumped in with both feet, are eager to implement best practices that will help them reach more readers with their books.
In part one of this two-part session, Mark Coker, the founder and CEO of Smashwords—the world’s largest distributor of indie ebooks—will provide a primer on ebook publishing, free of jargon and hype. In this interview, Mark will provide listeners with the practical knowledge and guidance they need to prepare, publish, market and distribute their masterpieces. Mark will cover:
- Market trends that led to the rise of ebooksHow indie ebook publishing levels the playing field for all authors
- Why there’s never been a better time to be an author
- Guidance on ebook creation (including formatting and conversion)
- Advice on how to price ebooks
- Distribution and marketing strategies
Mark Coker is the founder of Smashwords, an ebook publishing and distribution platform serving 45,000 independent authors and publishers around the world. Smashwords gained international attention for its simple but radical idea: Provide a free service that enables any author anywhere to publish their ebook in seconds, and make it available for immediate sampling, sale and distribution to a worldwide audience via major online ebook retailers and mobile smart phone platforms. More than 139,000 titles have been released through Smashwords since its founding in 2008. For more information, visit www.smashwords.com
Please Note:
Part 1: Ebook Publishing Primer - is FREE for everyone to enjoy!
To register your place for the live call
AND to receive access to the audio recording, click here
Tags: ebook, marketing, Publishing, Writing
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Monday, August 6th, 2012
 Six weeks ago I broke a large bone in my foot and entered a phase of involuntary stillness that has been both challenging and surprisingly rewarding.
As a core component of my daily practice, stillness has been an integral part of my life for a long time. So I chose to accept this unexpected situation fully and see it as an extended meditation on stillness and surrender.
Naturally, there have been moments when I have felt a long way from this balanced perspective! Yet, overall, the requirement to prioritize physical stillness has opened up a whole new level of appreciation for the depth of creative potential accessible to us all through stillness.
Fortunately, there is no need for you to have such a dramatic entry point or such an extended duration of stillness to benefit from the conscious and creative gifts it has to offer.
Conscious Stillness
Conscious stillness means being fully present to deep inner and outer stillness at every level. Having a still body with a chattering mind will not deliver up the same results.
When we prioritize complete stillness, even for short periods of time, a whole new world is revealed. Imagine seeing the reflected world in the surface of a lake and suddenly finding yourself within the reflection looking out.
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Tags: conscious, creative, creative process, ideas, insights, readers, words, Writing
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