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6 eBook Tools That I Can’t Live Without

June 25th, 2012 . by Peggy

Part of my job is to try all sort of things that help Authors. Here, I’ll show you six things that I’ve personally tried, and that are really helping me with various things related to online marketing and eBooks.

1) Evernote is great for;

– web-based research, saving web pages

– take a pic of a white board, it saves it as searchable text

– recording audio notes to myself (using the associated FREE Android app)

– my to-do lists and perhaps even dictation on the go

2) Smashwords is great for;

– reviewing an excellent style guide when formatting your eBook for almost any platform

– uploading an eBook to multiple platforms at once, excluding Kindle

3) Audioboo.fm is great for;

– quick podcasts using only my Android phone

– interviewing Authors and Experts with no prep or notice

– immediate, no editing, low-tech

– finding other 5-minute podcasts to listen to, both at home and on-the-go

4) MailChimp is great for;

– growing and managing my email list

– designing and sending out really nice-looking newsletters

– pay only as I need to and my list grows

5) MindMeister is great for;

– outlining before I write eBooks, white papers, audio products, and blog posts

– setting goals and outlining the tasks I need to complete to achieve them

– org charts, planning websites, and even illustrating processes to clients

6) Visual Thesaurus is great for;

– the obvious (an interactive thesaurus like no other)

– brainstorming domain names, eBook titles, products, and keywords

– try changing the settings and watch things fly around!

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eBook Authors Must Read This Post

January 25th, 2011 . by Peggy

If you are trying to sell ebooks to mobile readers (and who isn’t?) you must read this post by blogger Piotr Kowalczyc. The entire post is written in bullet points, with exact instructions on how to sell more ebooks to mobile phone readers.

(And by the way, this is precisely what I do every day. Trust me. It definitely does sell more ebooks.) I might add, that you can use your own affiliate link (Amazon calls these “Associates” when referring traffic to your own books. He also gives great points on using hashtags on Twitter.

Here are the first few lines of the post, just to whet your appetite:

“If you are a self-publisher actively using social media to find readers and draw their attention to your books (probably published in an electronic form), this post is for you.

I’d like to share a simple way to make your e-book available for instant purchase by mobile phone users. As you’ll see – it’s very easy.”

Good luck!

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