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by Beth Barany · Published May 6, 2013
A logical — and vital — relationship exists between passion and voice. It is very hard to be passionate about what you’re doing if you haven’t found your voice as an artist. Imagine being forced to sing an octave too high or an octave too low, straining to hit notes that you can’t really hit and that aren’t natural to you. It would be very hard to be passionate about singing in that situation.
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by Beth Barany · Published April 19, 2013 · Last modified April 22, 2013
If you like writing and want to help kids, you may want to be a writing coach for children. This past Christmas I donated to a local San Francisco Bay Area organization that brings writing...
Welcome to the Spring 2013 issue of the Author Entrepreneurship Magazine! I created this magazine to help authors create sustainable and successful careers. It is my gift to you! This month’s theme is Sales and Success Mindset.
What do you do if you STILL haven’t got published after years of trying? Or if you’ve been published and your sales figures are slipping? Even worse – in some authors’ books – what’s the best tactic if your publishers fail to renew your contract?
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by Beth Barany · Published March 18, 2013 · Last modified March 17, 2013
Engaging your platform in the birthing of your book gets people juiced about your cause.
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by Beth Barany · Published March 13, 2013
Amazon censored my latest erotic short story, “Call Me Maybe: Sexual Caresses at an Airport,” by removing it from the Amazon search engine. Here’s how I resolved it.
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by Beth Barany · Published March 5, 2013 · Last modified March 6, 2013
Let’s join together in the The Women’s Thought Leadership Society. Here’s a way! Big week! As you may have heard me share before, KC Baker’s work has radically inspired & affected my life, my message,...
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by Beth Barany · Published February 25, 2013 · Last modified February 22, 2013
Welcome to today’s guest post by erotic author (and our client), Liz Adams, on her path to making her ebook into an audiobook for extra cash. This is part 3 of 3. *** Do...
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by Beth Barany · Published February 23, 2013 · Last modified February 22, 2013
Welcome to the February 2013 issue of the Author Entrepreneurship Magazine! I created this magazine to help authors create sustainable and successful careers. It is my gift to you! This month’s theme is Conferences and Workshops.
I recently joined an amazing community, Udemy.com, to offer my courses for authors, and was please to discover and connect with other teachers offering their Writing and Book Marketing Courses, too! Udemy just told us...
Welcome back to our regular column on literary law. Today we focus on whether of not to register your copyright from our monthly guest columnist, Kelley Way, a lawyer specializing in literary law. If you have general questions...
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by Beth Barany · Published February 6, 2013 · Last modified February 22, 2013
Last time I shared with you how I got started with turning my book into an audiobook with ACX. In this post, I’ll share with you my interaction with the technician as we created the audiobook from my ebook.
Once ACX said my book was eligible for a stipend to cover the costs of recording, my book was posted on ACX among all the other books covered by a stipend for the recording producers to see. The recording producers get to select which books they’d like to record, if they see one that looks good.
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by Beth Barany · Published January 30, 2013 · Last modified February 22, 2013
Every month I get a large envelope in the mail with a happy check made out to me. This month it was over $70. The money was for the sales I made selling my audiobooks. I didn’t even do any marketing! Are you interested in some extra cash?
Welcome to guest writer, fantasy author Gail Z. Martin. In celebration of the release of her new book, Ice Forged, she’s sharing what she’s learned the hard way about book marketing. Great tips! Thanks Gail!...
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