• Home
  • About
  • START HERE
  • Hire Us
  • Book Coaching
  • Books
  • Speaking
  • Contact

Write & Publish Like a Pro

Your Toolkit for Excellence from Belinda Pollard & Small Blue Dog Publishing

  • Writing Tips
  • Write Your Life
  • Feedback & Revision
  • Self-Publishing
  • Book Marketing
  • Subscribe
You are here: Home / Archives for Self-Publishing

Self-publishing tips

These articles explore a range of self-publishing topics, including whether to self-publish in the first place, how to decide formats and techniques, and tips for making your self-publishing more enjoyable and successful.

The difference between editing and proofreading

By Belinda Pollard 21 Comments

Editing and proofreading are two separate parts of the publishing process. Every book needs both editors and proofreaders, and this is what they do…

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Writing & Editing

How to choose a theme for your author blog

By Belinda Pollard 19 Comments

If writers need to blog in order to make connections with their audience, what should they blog about? It’s a tricky question for many of us — especially if you write fiction. But even a non-fiction author needs to fine-tune the overall blog topic. These are my tips for finding the way forward that is particularly suited to YOU. And there is ONE key thing that really matters! (Includes downloadable worksheet.)

Filed Under: Book Marketing, Self-Publishing

Do authors really need to blog?

By Belinda Pollard 38 Comments

There’s plenty of debate about whether authors and hopeful authors should blog. “Spend your time writing your BOOKS instead,” say many. So, do we really need to blog? Here’s what I’ve discovered.

Filed Under: Book Marketing, Self-Publishing

4 useful blogs to get you started in self-publishing

By Belinda Pollard 39 Comments

The internet is awash with writing and publishing blogs. Which ones are worth reading? I dip into lots of blogs, but I don’t want to overwhelm you! So I had a little think and came up with this Sampler of just four blogs, to help you get started on the self-publishing path.

Filed Under: Self-Publishing

Is my book ready for beta readers yet?

By Belinda Pollard 11 Comments

Beta Readers are those wonderful people who critique your manuscript, usually as an exchange — they read yours and you read theirs. Many people are not quite sure of the best time in the development of their book to ask for a beta read. This timeline — adapted from the traditional publishing process — can help you plan your project.

Filed Under: Beta Readers, Self-Publishing, Writing & Editing

Why you shouldn’t ask Beta Readers to do copy editing

By Belinda Pollard 9 Comments

A Beta Reader critiques your manuscript, and provides feedback to help you improve it. Lots of people will suggest asking a beta reader to copy edit your work. I don’t recommend that, and here’s why.

Filed Under: Beta Readers, Self-Publishing, Writing & Editing

Should you use photos on your author blog?

By Belinda Pollard 13 Comments

The right images can help draw readers to your blog, or get them to click on that link to read the rest of a post.

But how do we choose photos and illustrations, and how do we use them?

These are some things that I’ve learned about how to use images, and where to find them.

Filed Under: Book Marketing, Self-Publishing

Book Promotion: Should you appear in your book trailer?

By Belinda Pollard 11 Comments

Usually, you won’t see an author appearing in their own book trailer. But sometimes it’s exactly the right thing to do.

Filed Under: Book Marketing, Self-Publishing Tagged With: book marketing, ernest f. crocker, fiction, max barry, non-fiction, web video

Making videos for your author blog

By Belinda Pollard 13 Comments

Everyone says we have to include video on our blogs these days, but how do we do it? Not only do we have to be author, publisher, marketing manager and general dogsbody, but apparently Martin Scorsese and Gwyneth Paltrow too! In this post, I’ll talk you through a short video I just made for my […]

Filed Under: Book Marketing, Self-Publishing

The New World of Self Publishing

By Belinda Pollard 22 Comments

Self-publishing used to mean 15 boxes of books going mouldy in your garage, but new technologies have changed all that. Find out how it works.

Filed Under: Book Marketing, Self-Publishing

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

Subscribe by email

Finger pointing "here" with words: subscribe to this blog

Check out my Strengthen Your Book series of courses

A pink typewriter on an aqua background with the words Strengthen Your Book

Follow Me Online

  • Amazon
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Browse my library of articles

 

I use and recommend

AWeber Free: Email marketing for free. No credit card required.
Alliance of Independent Authors /
Web Hosting
IPPY Silver Medalist 2015
The Book Designer
Pixel of Ink

ECDA-GoldStar-Dec-2014

MENU

  • Home
  • About
  • START HERE
  • Hire Us
  • Book Coaching
  • Books
  • Speaking
  • Contact

TOPICS

  • Writing Tips
  • Write Your Life
  • Feedback & Revision
  • Self-Publishing
  • Book Marketing
  • Subscribe

A personal note…

I hope you find this site useful. It’s a business and my livelihood, so please assume most links are affiliate links, where I receive a small percentage if you end up buying a product – but it doesn’t cost you any extra. I only recommend tools and resources that I use myself, and which I think might help you. Honesty is a key value here!

Privacy policy

Read my privacy policy here.

Terms & Conditions

Read our Social Media Terms here.

Read our Website Terms of Use here.

Small Blue Dog Publishing

PO Box 310,
Lawnton, Queensland, 4501
Australia

Thank you for visiting!

I hope to see you again soon. ~ Belinda

Copyright © 2023 · News Pro Theme On Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in