Best of SPANnet 2011

To celebrate another year around the sun for SPAN, and SPANnet.org, we have compiled a list of some of the most informative posts on SPANnet. It was tough narrowing it down to even these few, as there have been many quality articles posted during this last year.

Writing

Production

Marketing

Book Covers

Writing

• Getting a Job in the Publishing Industry and Selling Freelance Articles
  by Bobbie Christmas

• Writing Best Practices

• Editing Best Practices

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Production

• Green Publishing Resources

• Green Paper Definitions

• Does Your Book Need An Index?
  by Sudha Menon

• Paper and cover weights - what is recommended?
  by Maura Moore

• E-Book Publishing - downside?
  by Karen Dovel

• Why Flash is Not Dead and What that Means for Publishers
  by Dave Bricker

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Marketing

• Facebook Event Best Practices

• Final Thoughts from the World of Ink Tour
  by Sherry Ellis

• Saying No to Social Networks

• "Machine of Death" Adds Life to Publishing Model
  by Wolf Hoelscher

• Reaching Your Intended Consumer
  by Ron Lawrence

• Leveraging Web 2.0 Opportunities

• Twitter Best Practices

• The Power and Pain of Google Personalized Search

• SEO for Independent Publishers

• You Are 24k
  by Russell Mickler

• Always Carry a Book
  by Russell Mickler

• Amazon’s New Tablet, "Kindle Fire", to compete w/ Apple’s IPad
  by Brad Poulson

• Marketing Best Practices

• Rejected by Baker and Taylor

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Book Covers

The best book covers on SPAN can be found in our featured photos section. Listed below are just a few of our favorites posted during the last year:

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Brad Poulson, former SPAN Executive Director, ran an excellent Twitter feed at

http://twitter.com/#!/indypubbuzz. While Brad is no longer with us here at SPAN, take a moment to appreciate his hard work in 2011, crystallized in time through his tweets.