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Ask Lev

by paullev

under 9 minutes of advice from Paul Levinson about writing, publishing, and promoting

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Episodes

  1. EPISODE 9 - Blurbs

    How to get the most out of the blurbs you write -- and how to ask other authors for blurbs.

  2. EPISODE 8 - How Important Are Personal Connections?

    How important are personal connections -- your potential editors knowing who you are -- in getting published? Answer: Very important. This episode gives you some pointers on how to meet them.

  3. EPISODE 7 - What Is A Novelette?

    What is a novelette? And why would you write one, instead of a novel or a short story?

  4. EPISODE 6 - Lawyer or Agent?

    A publisher wants to give you a contract for your book. Do you hire a lawyer or an agent to improve the terms, and make sure everything in the contract is in your best interests as an author?

  5. EPISODE 5 - Collaboration

    The pros and cons of collaborating with another another author, aka a co-writer.

  6. EPISODE 4 - Trunk Stories

    Take those old stories out of those figurative trunks -- who knows, there might be a new editor around who might love one today!

  7. EPISODE 3 - How to Read Your Royalty Statement

    What to look for in the royalty statements you may receive from your traditional publisher.

  8. EPISODE 2 - Kindle Create

    The benefits of using Kindle Create to prepare your Kindle ebooks and paperbacks. Also, an explanation of what happened to the first 74 episodes of this podcast.

  9. EPISODE 1 - Selling Your Kindle Books as Printed Editions

    Why it makes sense - and cents (and dollars) - to make your Kindle books available as print-on-demand paperbacks by Createpace or the new Kindle-into-print option.

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under 9 minutes of advice from Paul Levinson about writing, publishing, and promoting

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