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Posted by Julie Ortolon on January 14, 2012
Since I announced that my new ebook release, At Last, will have its own music soundtrack, I’ve had so many authors tell me they’ve longed to do the same thing. I’ve also had a lot of questions about how I managed to pull it off. Answer? Serendipity! The Challenge Many authors mention songs in their [...]
Categories: ebooks, Uncategorized |
Tags: American standards, Barbara Calderaro, novel soundtrack, Unforgettable by Julie Ortolon | 
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Posted by Julie Ortolon on January 11, 2012
Since I accepted an offer from Montlake Publishing in October, many of my published author friends have been asking me what it’s like working with Amazon as a publisher. Like me, many of them have jumped into the indie-publishing pond, releasing backlist and frontlist as ebooks. Some of us have had amazing success. I know [...]
Categories: ebooks, self publishing, The Journey, Uncategorized |
Tags: At Last by Julie Ortolon, Montlake Publishing, Unforgettable by Julie Ortolon | 9 Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on December 21, 2011
I recently learned–much to my surprise–that a lot of readers get quite angry when an author includes bonus material at the end of an ebook. I always thought it was a good idea, so I put full chapter-one excerpts to two or three of my other ebooks at the end of all my ebooks. I’ve [...]
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Posted by Julie Ortolon on November 22, 2011
Those of you who follow this blog won’t be at all surprised to hear I’m blazing yet another new trail in the ever-evolving ebook revolution. This time, however, I’m not going it alone. I’m traveling into uncharted territory with five of my closest author buddies by doing a multi-author, ebook anthology. For those of you [...]
Categories: book cover design, ebooks, Promoting ebooks, self publishing, Uncategorized |
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Posted by Julie Ortolon on November 17, 2011
I am thrilled to announce that I have accepted a very exciting deal with Montlake, Amazon’s new romance imprint, for the re-release of Unforgettable, one of my contemporary romance novels originally published by Signet Eclipse. I held back releasing this out-of-print title as an ebook on my own, because I wanted some way to finally [...]
Categories: ebooks, self publishing, The Journey, Uncategorized |
Tags: Amazon publishing, Kindle Fire, Montlake, Multimedia, the future of publishing | 21 Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on September 11, 2011
by USA Today bestselling author Julianne MacLean Thank you for inviting me here, Julie! I am a huge fan of your work and am so grateful to you for all your generous contributions to the world of indie publishing. As I write this blog, I am in the midst of a two-week 99 cent sale [...]
Categories: book cover design, ebooks, Promoting ebooks, self publishing, Uncategorized |
Tags: covers by Kim Killion with Hot Damn Design, ebook cover design, how to promote ebooks, Julianne MacLean | 25 Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on September 9, 2011
Ever read an ebook that was littered with errors? If you read ebooks at all, I’m guessing the answer is “Several!” It’s easy to think “Good heavens, hire a proofreader.” Oh, if only the problem was that easy. Sadly, the weirdness that looks like typos and poor proofreading is far more complicated. For any professionally [...]
Categories: ebooks, ereaders, self publishing, Uncategorized |
Tags: ebook formatting, how to format an ebook, self publishing ebooks | 10 Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on August 2, 2011
Since I wrote my original post on How to Create a Facebook Page, things have changed. So, here are the new instructions (written August 2011) for creating a Facebook Page. After the instructions, I’ll talk about why I created a second Page for my Pearl Island trilogy when I already had an Author Page. Step-By-Step [...]
Categories: Facebook, Promoting ebooks, social networking, Uncategorized, Website Design |
Tags: facebook, facebook pages, how to create a facebook fan page, how to promote ebooks | 2 Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on July 26, 2011
Are you one of the authors who has to be nudged, or maybe even pulled kicking and screaming, into doing self promotion? If so, you’re going to love this guest post from talented and prolific New York Times bestselling author of paranormal romance, Deborah Cooke. Is Promotion Your Priority? By Deborah Cooke (also writing as [...]
Categories: ebooks, Promoting ebooks, social networking, Uncategorized |
Tags: Claire Delacroix, Deborah Cooke, Dragon Diaries, Dragonfire series, paranormal romance, The Rogues of Ravenmuir | 9 Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on July 8, 2011
As more and more established authors go indie, either by e-pubbing their backlist or taking new material straight to ebook, many of us wonder: What will be the agent’s role in this new publishing frontier? That conversation came up repeatedly during the recent RWA conference in NYC. Among the authors I spoke with, everyone agrees [...]
Categories: ebooks, Promoting ebooks, self publishing, The Journey, Uncategorized |
Tags: ebooks, epublishing a romance novel, indie authors working with a literary agent, self publishing an ebook | 14 Comments »
