Derek Haines

A Cambridge CELTA English teacher and author with a passion for writing and all forms of publishing. My days are spent writing and blogging, as well as testing and taming new technology.

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How to Use Twitter For Authors

How To Use Twitter For Authors – A Quick Tips Guide

Here is a quick list of Twitter for authors tips, tricks, and how-to’s that may help you understand how Twitter works. In a recent article about actions to increase book sales, I mentioned that you could leverage Twitter to become a great traffic driver. Since then, I have received some messages wanting more information about…

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What Is Metadata For Books

What Is Book Metadata And Why Is It Important For Authors?

How does book metadata work with SEO? Metadata is the text written and added to web pages specifically for resource purposes for computer systems and search engines. It helps them to be able to understand the page content for discovery and identification so that pages are ordered and ranked by relevance. You can use metadata…

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Questions To Ask A Publisher

Should I Use A Publisher? Ten Questions To Ask A Publisher

Always be ready with questions to ask a publisher. Signing up with a publisher is not a simple decision. After you write the book, what next? The self-publishing industry has grown and matured. Naturally, new service providers are now harnessing the growth in book publishing to create new businesses. New publishers Over the last few years,…

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