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My new sci-fi novel is ready for selfpublishing. Any free self publishing companies someone can suggest for me? 8 Replies

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Featured Blog Posts

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What happened to my book?

Tips: Seeing the Glass as Half Full vs Half Empty

Independent Publishers and the new SEO paradigm

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John Kremer at Ed-U-Conference in Florida (FPA, SPAN Partner)

Posted by Betsy Lampe on September 1, 2010 at 2:18pm

Innovative Textbook Deal Looks to the Future

Posted by Scott Flora, Executive Director on August 30, 2010 at 11:46am

Attention: College Alums

Posted by Claire Power Murphy on August 29, 2010 at 6:23pm

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Book Signing at Horse Show

September 12, 2010 from 10am to 2pm – Lion Hill Farm

SPAN Executive Director's Blog

Innovative Textbook Deal Looks to the Future

"Flatworld Knowledge, an “open source” textbook publisher that offers its texts for free online while selling ancillary digital supplements and guides, announced an unusual digital licensing agreement with Virgina State University that they claim will radically reduce the high cost of textbooks." writes Calvin Reid in the latest Publishers Weekly.

"Through a digital site license, Virginia State will levy a $20 fee on students in eight core business courses that will give them a

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Independent Publishers and the New SEO paradigm

Since Google has updated its indexing code, it is now more important then ever to be content minded when thinking about your website on the Internet. This is because the new algorithm that Google uses to sort websites weighs and rewards newer content in a much greater fashion then before. This innovation is in part a direct response to the up-to-the-minute search and knowledge transmission capabilities of competing sites such as Twitter, or Microsoft's bing.

Full article: Independent Publishers and the New SEO paradigm
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Apple iBookstore Open Directly to Independent Publishers

You can now work direct with Apple by meeting specific criteria, which will allow you to sell your book on the iBookstore without the middleman or content aggregator - much the same way as independent music artists sell on iTunes.

This development is a two-sided coin, as Apple won’t help you to
promote your book at all.

Full article: Apple iBookstore Open Directly to Independent Publishers

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A photo by Clay Clarkson was featured

Just David

By Eleanor H. Porter Whole Heart Press, 2002 HB, 5.5x8.5, 240pp, $15.95 Novel originally released in 1915 about a 10yo orphaned boy by the author of Pollyanna.

8 hours ago

Brad Poulson commented on Brad Poulson's event 'SPAN Open House, August 31, 2010, 6:00 to 8:00 P.M.'

It was a pleasure to meet all of you who were able to attend the SPAN Open House last night. Thank you for attending and if you have a moment to respond: we’d really appreciate your feedback on the event and would be interested in your ideas about w…

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Betsy Lampe added a blog post

John Kremer at Ed-U-Conference in Florida (FPA, SPAN Partner)

"Experience Speaks!"John Kremer, Book Marketing Guru, Featured Speaker at Oct. 9 FPA Ed-U-Conference John Kremer, internationally recognized book marketing guru and author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books, is the featured speaker at the Florida Pub…

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A photo by Victoria Selfridge was featured

Book Cover: When Women First Wore Army Shoes

When Women First Wore Army Shoes - book cover

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Jack Flobeck added a photo to the album 'Jack Flobeck'

New Picture

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Robert Kynor Here is the link for the book trailer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVEawD381ak

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Robert Kynor Our book "Oscar The Christmas Kitten" is arriving today. Please check out our website, oscarkitten.com, and the book trailer on youtube.

yesterday

Meryl Runion commented on Brad Poulson's event 'SPAN Open House, August 31, 2010, 6:00 to 8:00 P.M.'

It was a great evening. I was delighted to meet you all

yesterday

Meryl Runion Enjoyed the SPAN presentation tonight.

yesterday

Deborah McCarragher Check out my new Blog post - Supernatural Friendship http://nblo.gs/78olC

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Brad Poulson commented on Brad Poulson's event 'SPAN Open House, August 31, 2010, 6:00 to 8:00 P.M.'

Meryl, As an employee of a nonprofit organization, I prioritize events that have free food; so, yes: you know how generous Scott and Debi are…they are providing light refreshments tonight! I’ll look forward to meeting you and the rest of our guests!

yesterday

Meryl Runion commented on Brad Poulson's event 'SPAN Open House, August 31, 2010, 6:00 to 8:00 P.M.'

Is there food? ;-)

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Brad Poulson commented on Brad Poulson's event 'SPAN Open House, August 31, 2010, 6:00 to 8:00 P.M.'

We’ve received a great response to our Open House invitation (Side bar to our partner member organizations: This event module of Spannet.org would be a great resource for your organizations to coordinate meetings/conferences/etc. In addition to info…

yesterday

Deanie Humphrys-Dunne replied to Angela Holzer's discussion 'List Your Favorite Children's Books Here...' in the group Children's Books

Hi, I liked the George & Martha series, as well as Ameila Bedelia stories. I love stories that make you laugh, but you learn things along the way as well. Deanie Humphrys-Dunne

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Chris Masuda added a discussion

Caterwauler, a new novel

Caterwauler is a novel about a jaded guy working at a sex shop, trying to find a deeper meaning than all the scandalous shit around him. I wrote it. I think it's not that bad. So you can check it out (or not). But it'd be great if you did. http…

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Chest Press Publishing added a group

First-Time Authors

A forum for first-time authors to post and pose questions for review about getting started, what your options are, and how to best foster your books.

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