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Author Website, you need a WordPress blog

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I read a good article this morning by Jane Friedman entitled Building an Author Website on WordPress: How to Start Smart. I thought I’d better add my two cents. She’s advertising a course which may be good, but I really have no idea about that. Oldstyle Websites are expensive A traditional static site starts at about two grand. But, a fully interactive, responsive site with e-commerce can easily start at $50,000 US and go much higher than that. Obviously, … Continue reading →

Why does list quality matter in your ePUB?

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Yea, I know, here goes David off on another of his “professional quality” rants again…. But this one’s important! Lists are #3 in reading importance The studies I’ve seen [and please prove me wrong if you know better] show that, after picture captions and headlines, lists are third in reader importance. Many readers look for lists as they start skimming when they get bored. They assume that a list will give them a synopsis and let them … Continue reading →

Gad! I hate coding

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I put off WordPress for years, and now I know why. Coding! What a PITA! Anyway, I’ve beat the thing into rough shape — now maybe I can get some work done. Spring here is finally getting started. I hope it is good where you are also. For us it’s been in the 60s day and 40s night, my favorite weather.

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