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Fostering a Spirit of Good Will.

Posted by: allanmayer on: December 28, 2008

Hope you are all having a wonderful Christmas. This has been one of the best. The reason for this being that  for the first time we have a child in the house.
We have been fostering for a few months, and this young man came to us in August for a long term placement. During a [...]

Book Marketing Tips From Published Authors (2)

Posted by: allanmayer on: November 12, 2008

Thanks to Lucy Fox for this contribution. I’ve included it in the ‘Tips From Published Authors’ series as next month she will be one, thanks to YWO. 

Hi Allan, Just popped in to add a couple of things I found to help market our books.
Before I add them, with regards to the article asking why we don’t [...]

The YouWriteOn 5000- Pros and Cons

Posted by: allanmayer on: November 4, 2008

 
Thanks to Jane for the following:
Allan, Wally asked who was going to print the books–that’s Lightning Source, based in Milton Keynes. Legend is just assigning ISBNs as far as I can see: they don’t print any of their own books.
And so far NO ONE who is publishing via YWO has explained to me why they [...]


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