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You've recorded your audiobook. The performance is spot on, the audio quality is perfect, and even the cover art astounds. Now how are you going to get your audiobook into the stores?

We understand that too many Big Ideas are lost in the noise because writers don't have the funds, support, or direction to make it through the process of publishing a book. E-Pub Co-op offers the resources and support authors would get from a traditional publisher - editing and feedback, design, conversion, and marketing help - ...

To become a thought leader in an online space, you need people to listen and share your message. An ebook, in addition to its potential as a passive income stream, can be the strongest tool in your audience-building toolbox. An ebook that shares your Big Idea can become the centerpiece for your entire brand.

You know you should publish an ebook. It's done wonders for other bloggers and entrepreneurs. But the process seems so overwhelming - and where will you find the time? Here are 21 tips and resources that will help you get started, keep you motivated, and help you navigate the trickier parts of the ebook publishing ...

So you want to be a writer, or you think you are one or (worst case scenario) you are one... I don't know where in these categories I fall, more exactly, but I do know that writing has been my religion since around age seven.

A good story can make or break a presentation, article, or conversation. But why is that? When Buffer co-founder Leo Widrich started to market his product through stories instead of benefits and bullet points, sign-ups went through the roof. Here he shares the science of why storytelling is so uniquely powerful.

(A version of this post originally ran as a guest post on the Spin Sucks blog.) Study after study points to the power of storytelling to transform our communications, help us move and persuade audiences and get more of what we want out of life.

Welcome to Scene Stealers, our series of writing prompts designed to flex your creative muscles. We're thrilled that so many of you are participating in our writing prompt series. (Read the other Scene Stealers here and add one of your own.)

There's a well-known, much-quoted, and apparently simple prescription for writing success that any budding writer can take up.

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You've heard the news- Facebook is slowly taking pages out of peoples' unless you pay to promote your status updates and posts. It was only a matter of time really. And as much as it is a pain for all us little bloggers, if they didn't do anything, Facebook would become overrun with ads and business self-promotion.

Duarte creates presentations and offers training based on our unique VisualStory™ methodology, which applies storytelling and visual thinking to craft persuasive communications designed to shift audience beliefs and behaviors

Please click to listen to my PODCAST, or you can read the transcript below, or do both. I would love to hear what you've done for your own book launch party, and hope you leave comments in the section below. Please share with others who need help with their book launch.

Whether you're a freelancer, a blogger, a fiction writer or anything in between, we could all use a little company on the sometimes lonely road known as the writing life. Maybe you just got your first offer to ghostwrite a book and have no idea what to charge.

"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." While we may not always be conscious of this "agony," the discomfort is revealed through the sense of joy and release we feel when we finally do share our stories. Each of our lives is a chapter in the Human Story.

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Writing about emotional upheavals in our lives can improve physical and mental health. Although the scientific research surrounding the value of expressive writing is still in the early phases, there are some approaches to writing that have been found to be helpful.

It was a rainy night in October when my nephew Lewis passed the Frankenstein statue standing in front of a toy store. The 2 1/2-year-old boy didn't see the monster at first, and when he turned around, he was only inches from Frankenstein's green face, bloodshot eyes and stitched-up skin.

If you have written, or attempted to write, a novel or a short story you know how difficult it can be. Writing is a beautiful game, and like soccer it takes commitment. Our aim is to reward that effort in the form of feedback and encouragement.

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FLIP HTML5 is a Interactive html5 digital publishing platform that makes it easy to create interactive digital publications, including magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Create HTML5 flipbook from PDF to view on iPhone, iPad and Android devices.

In 2005, Blurb founder Eileen Gittins wanted to do something she thought would be relatively simple: Make a book of her own photography. The "make a book" part was possible, sure, but the costs were prohibitive. And the "simple" part? Not so much.

A good editor can make your draft the best it can be while remaining true to your vision. Writers and coaches rely on Editor Kae Bender for reader-ready material and error-free proofing - and it's guaranteed to meet the highest standards and your expectations.