Month: February 2010


Thesis WordPress Theme Review — An Editor’s Perspective

One of the 2 WordPress products I’m proud to be an affiliate reseller of is the Thesis WordPress Theme by DIY Themes (the other is Organic Themes — more on that in a future post). For a non-code-loving writer and editor like me—and presumably you—the real selling point about Thesis is the no-hassle, back-end control […]

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Editorial Awareness: So You Think You Got It?

Editorial awareness is the act of effectively connecting with readers through clear, honest expression and knowledge on a given subject. To find out if you have it, ask yourself these 3 questions: Why are you publishing? In a low-hassle, tech-enabled world, anyone can broadcast themselves far and wide. But that doesn’t mean they should. We need to […]

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3 Proven Ways to Succeed in Publishing

As I’ve mentioned before, now is a good time to start a commercial publishing operation. Startup costs are low, marketing is free and of course — great content is always in demand. The question that has everyone stumped, however, is how to make publishing profitable. Print as we now know it is a slippery slope. Slapped-up Adsense and […]

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7 Bold Strategies for the Aspiring Indie Publisher

Wow! I just spent the past week immersed in the deep and murky waters of the publishing industry, and the sense is this: the publishing revolution is shaking up the market of the written word, and this is great news for independent publishers. The once steady but now outdated operations of the business are giving way […]

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