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Four Ways To Use Teleseminars To Publish Your First Digital Book - The Future of Ink

Four Ways To Use Teleseminars To Publish Your First Digital Book - The Future of Ink | Cool Tools for Authors | Scoop.it
Blog post at The Future of Ink : By Bob Jenkins, MLA

A teleseminar is a fantastic catalyst for your digital publishing journey.
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[Cool Tools for Authors] ScoopIt - Create your own, free, online newspaper in a snap!

[Cool Tools for Authors] ScoopIt - Create your own, free, online newspaper in a snap! | Cool Tools for Authors | Scoop.it

Here's an example of my "Cool Tools for Authors" newspaper - Harnessing the power of the Internet to provide authors with cool tools for writing, publishing, and marketing their books.

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Book Marketing Roundup – Google+ for Authors and Entrepreneurs

Book Marketing Roundup – Google+ for Authors and Entrepreneurs | Cool Tools for Authors | Scoop.it
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With Facebook currently ranking as the #1 social network in the world, many people are wondering, “what is Google+ and why would I want to participate in yet, one more, social network. In this month’s book marketing roundup we focus on Google+. Scroll through these articles, videos, blog posts, and articles to explore this exciting world.

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Prayer Prescriptions For Nurse Healers (The Prayer Prescription Series)

Prayer Prescriptions For Nurse Healers (The Prayer Prescription Series) | Cool Tools for Authors | Scoop.it
I have been a nurse for 28 years. One of the things we ask our patients is if they have a spiritual or religious practice that gives them comfort.
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Interesting way to interact with readers, offer them a chapter of your book and then encourage them to participate in a survey, which welcomes them to your list. Bravo Kate!

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The Ethan Report

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The Ethan Report, by David L. Hancock: Today's Best News for The Performance Driven Entrepreneur
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Fantastic publication for authors, by David Hancock!

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Wattpad - Discover a World of Unlimited Stories - Read free books and stories

Wattpad - Discover a World of Unlimited Stories - Read free books and stories | Cool Tools for Authors | Scoop.it
Join the Wattpad community to read, vote and chat with readers and writers for free.
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I have read more great stories here by some up and coming new authors!
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Glossi

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Free digital magazine creation platform. Add images, photos, videos, animations and audio. Customize and publish for desktop and mobile devices.
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Create your own Glossi magazine!

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How to get your first book published on CreateSpace |

How to get your first book published on CreateSpace | | Cool Tools for Authors | Scoop.it
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Chatroll — Plans, pricing & free trial

Add Chatroll social chat to your website to boost engagement and traffic. Create, manage and promote chats on your site with our simple tools. Get a fully functional free account.
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This looks interesting! A way to add a chat feature for your community, website, or blog.

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Top 10 Must Have iPad Apps for Logo Designers

Top 10 Must Have iPad Apps for Logo Designers | Cool Tools for Authors | Scoop.it

Logo design is not that easy as it seems and the designers need to do a fantastic job in finding a way to convey the essence effectively with a few lines ...


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SlideShark | PowerPoint Presentations on the iPad or iPhone

SlideShark | PowerPoint Presentations on the iPad or iPhone | Cool Tools for Authors | Scoop.it
SlideShark is the one and only app used to reliably view and share PowerPoint on the iPad or iPhone. Get it for free now.
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Commun.it - Relationship Management For Twitter that Makes a Difference. Community Management & Lead Generation for Twitter.

Commun.it - Relationship Management For Twitter that Makes a Difference. Community Management & Lead Generation for Twitter. | Cool Tools for Authors | Scoop.it
Commun.it dramatically improve the way you manage your community, monitor engagement, track campaign and discover leads on Twitter!
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Google Drive

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Google Drive is a free service that lets you store all your files including documents, photos, videos and Google Docs online and access them anywhere. With Google Drive, you can create, share and keep all your stuff in one place.
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List of Top 15 Tools for Checking Duplicate Content | Fedobe

List of Top 15 Tools for Checking Duplicate Content | Fedobe | Cool Tools for Authors | Scoop.it
Duplicate Content is a huge menace nowadays. Apart from being a SEO killer it poses a huge threat to the authority of any website.
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7 ways Google Hangouts can connect you to your customers | MiamiHerald.com

... If you’ve got Google +, you simply need to log in to your account and click “Start a Hangout”. From there, you get a series of prompts that take you through the steps you need to get schedule and start your Hangout. Be sure to check out Hangouts on Air, a feature that gives you the opportunity to broadcast your Hangout to others on your YouTube channel, on Google + or on your website.

 

And while it has got a lot of pros, Google + does have its cons. One of which, is that you’ve got to have a Google ID to use it. That also means that for people to join your Hangout, they’ve got to have one too. And the more apps you add to your Hangout, the slower your connection speed, resulting in lag time. So how you use Google Hangouts to market your small business? Here are seven ways to help you get started....


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Valuable tips to get you up and running on Google+.

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This is a Post on Socialable | A Fresh Approach to Social Media - Socialable

This is a Post on Socialable | A Fresh Approach to Social Media - Socialable | Cool Tools for Authors | Scoop.it
This is a post on socialable.co.uk a blog run by Lilach bullock thats all about Internet Marketing and Social Media
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Love this list of cool apps, especially the alternative for Google Reader, fort the iPad!

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Great apps - Great prices - Way cool!

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4 Social Media Prescheduling Tools to Save Time and Stress

4 Social Media Prescheduling Tools to Save Time and Stress | Cool Tools for Authors | Scoop.it
Why You Should Preschedule Your Tweets and Posts It all started when I first wrote Book Marketing on Auto-Pilot. Then it was all about time-saving. While time management in relationship to social m...
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Great article by Lynette Phillips on tools to support you in your social networking. Enjoy!

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Run Giveaways On Facebook: The Rafflecopter Facebook App

Run Giveaways On Facebook: The Rafflecopter Facebook App | Cool Tools for Authors | Scoop.it
Want to run giveaway and sweepstakes promotions on Facebook? With Rafflecopter's new Facebook app, now you can in the matter of minutes.
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INFOGRAPHIC: The Ultimate Complete Final Social Media Sizing Cheat Sheet

INFOGRAPHIC: The Ultimate Complete Final Social Media Sizing Cheat Sheet | Cool Tools for Authors | Scoop.it
Need pixel dimensions and sizing information for Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube, Pinterest, or LinkedIn? We put it all in one handy graphic.
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Kindle This - WordPress Plugin [video]

Kindle This - WordPress Plugin [video] | Cool Tools for Authors | Scoop.it
This video is going to walk you through what you need to do to configure the Kindle This Wordpress plugin.
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Really interesting article by WordPress expert Kim Doyle. Here's an easy way to allow your blog visitors to send blog posts to their Kindle for future reading. Kind of like creating a "virtual reading pile!" Check out this informative article AND the video which demonstrates the process.

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Guide to Self-Publishing on Smashwords – Aff |

Guide to Self-Publishing on Smashwords – Aff | | Cool Tools for Authors | Scoop.it
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sigil - The EPUB Editor - Google Project Hosting

sigil - The EPUB Editor - Google Project Hosting | Cool Tools for Authors | Scoop.it
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Backup Creator - Backup your WordPress Site - from Robert Plank and Lance Tamashiro

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You Tube Invideo programming feature video tutorial | She Experts

You Tube Invideo programming feature video tutorial | She Experts | Cool Tools for Authors | Scoop.it
Learn how easy it is to use YouTube's new Invideo programming feature in this step by step video tutorial...
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Author Marketing Club - Free Book Marketing Resources & Tools For Authors

Indie Authors: Info on marketing your book at http://t.co/FmgRWjGO...
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List of Free Seo Tools - Seo Sandwitch Blog

List of Free Seo Tools - Seo Sandwitch Blog | Cool Tools for Authors | Scoop.it
List of free seo tools for search engine optimizers and internet marketers.
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Amazon Unveils Kindle Paperwhite

Amazon Unveils Kindle Paperwhite | Cool Tools for Authors | Scoop.it
Amazon has unveiled a new "frontlit" e-ink device called Kindle Paperwhite.
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