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Self-publishing 101: 11 reasons to self-publish
Welcome to Self-Publishing 101!The goal of this new series is simple: to share information about self-publishing and learn from others.After completing my first book, I realized I had a mountain of...
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The Big Ideas Project and how to get everything on our Christmas policy list
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee recently launched The Big Ideas project.At this site, people like you and me can submit ideas we have for a better country. It's a great idea.Some ideas from...
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Holy Citigroup, Batman!
I had to watch Senator Warren's speech last Friday on the influence of Citigroup in Washington several times to take notes:Why? Because the blatant corruption we saw last week is an opportunity to talk...
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Self-publishing 101: ISBNs, LLCs, and bar codes decoded
Last week, we talked about 11 reasons to self-publish your book.This week I want to start off with two of my favorite comments. First, from Glen The Plumber:My mom told me self-publishing causes...
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21 Ayn Rand Christmas Cards
Did Ayn Rand send Christmas cards?According to Scott McConnell's 100 Voices: An Oral History of Ayn Rand she did indeed. Unfortunately, none are included in McConnell's 656 page book.Fortunately, with...
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Wish: "One day transgender people aren't treated the way I was"
Sunday morning, 17 year old Josh Alcorn, also known as Leelah Alcorn, was struck by a tractor trailer and killed on I-71 in Kings Mills, OH near where I graduated from high school.Our local television...
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The biggest public education win of 2014
I think public school teacher Peter Greene nailed the biggest public education win in 2014.Greene writes on his blog:In the midst of a staggering assault on public education, with their integrity,...
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John F. Kennedy was "assassinated"; NYPD police officers were "killed"
John Stoehr at Salon wrote this excellent piece about the media's use of the word "assassination" to describe the recent killing of two NYPD officers.Stoehr writes:We have seen “assassination” used to...
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Repetition and the mere exposure effect
The mere exposure effect, sometimes called the familiarity principle, refers to a psychological trait where people develop a preference for something simply because they're familiar with it.The effect...
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Self-publishing 101: Using LaTeX to create a beautiful book
Last week, skywriter published an excellent piece recommending indy publishers consider both CreateSpace and IngramSpark. It's a great read and the follow-up discussion was also extremely valuable.In a...
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The importance of acknowledging our racism
I’d like to tell you that this isn't about me, but any conversation that begins with "This isn't about me" is inevitably about the person.It is about me.I am a racist and will likely struggle to...
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Self-publishing 101: Open thread with Teresa Hill, best-selling author
A couple weeks ago, teresahill hopped on the Self-publishing 101 comment thread with a great comment about her experience with Bookbub.We didn't know at the time, but turns out Teresa Hill is a...
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Norwood, OH Mayor takes time off from job to fight "race baiting black leaders"
Mayor Thomas F. Williams, mayor of Norwood, Ohio, recently sent the following letter to the Norwood police department.His letter starts with the following:With recent events across the country, I feel...
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Coming soon, the Mike Pence (IN) state run media network
Governor Mike Pence of Indiana is starting a news service named "Just IN".According to Tom LoBianco at the Indy Star the Pence news service will:provide pre-written news stories to Indiana news...
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7 things our founders believed about public education
With all of the attacks on public education recently, I wanted to know what our founding fathers thought about education.I found that our founders believed education was critical for democracy and...
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Self-publishing 101: Marketing begins with your target audience
Thank you again Teresa Hill for hosting last week's open thread!It was an absolute pleasure to have you sit in. I took copious notes and you will likely see me quote you again in the future.To kick...
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Corporate tax cuts do little but juice the stock market
It’s budget time again and in many states, you’re probably already hearing about taxes.We’ll hear the sob stories from corporations asking for “relief” from the heavy “burden” of taxes. And we’ll...
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Vaccinations are about freedom, just not Rand Paul “freedom”
Chris Christie said on Monday:You know it’s much more important what you think as a parent than what you think as a public official. And that’s what we do. But I also understand that parents need to...
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Last week, we talked about how marketing begins with your target audience.While my experience is largely with non-fiction, one of my favorite comments came from athenap about marketing fiction:With...
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"I would rather stand in an unemployment line than harm the children in my...
Elyria 5th-grade teacher Dawn Neely Randall finally spoke out over fears of reprisal against the 20 hours of tests designed for Ohio public school students.From her Facebook post:Well, I did it. I...
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