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by Gary McLaren · Published July 22, 2015 · Last modified February 5, 2017
In the third week of July this year I launched a new blog for writers, Writers Unplugged. This will now be my main blog for writers. Over the past 15 years I have posted my articles at multiple web sites including freelance writing material at WorldwideFreelance.com, e-publishing articles at PublishYourOwnEbooks.com and platform building at PlatformPundit.com. I have discovered that writing new material...
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by Gary McLaren · Published April 10, 2015 · Last modified April 11, 2015
A few weeks ago I posted my views on where we’re heading in the independent publishing industry and what will be most important for indie authors in 2015. So many readers enjoyed that post that I decided to create the following infographic that contains all of the key points.
I’ve always loved libraries. Even as a young boy I was a regular visitor to our local library where the world opened up to me through books and reading. Many years later I look back on those early reading experiences and I reflect on how they influenced some of my adventures around the world. I hope you love libraries too. Here are twenty of...
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by Gary McLaren · Published February 25, 2015 · Last modified May 31, 2015
In this post I’ll reveal some of the most useful hashtags for indie authors. For those not familiar with hashtags they are essentially a keyword beginning with the “#” character. When someone writes a tweet they can include a hashtag to make it easier for people interested in that topic to find their tweets. For example I might include the hashtags #publishing...
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by Gary McLaren · Published January 15, 2015 · Last modified May 31, 2015
It’s that season when people love to post resolutions and predictions for the year ahead. Along with others in the publishing industry I have been reviewing “where we’re at” and “where we’re heading” as an industry in 2015. When considering where we’re at it’s helpful to remember just how far self-publishing has come in the past decade. It’s just over 7 years since Amazon launched the first Kindle eReader (in...
by Gary McLaren · Published January 3, 2015 · Last modified March 13, 2015
Publishing house Raconteur Media has surveyed around 500 authors, journalists, editors, students, and media and marketing professionals, asking them who is the world’s greatest storyteller? The Infographic below shows some of the results. As Raconteur explains on their blog, “…we wanted to take a moment to celebrate storytelling as we know and love it – storytelling that comes from people, whether they are...
