Derek Haines

English teacher, writer, and author. Passionate about grammar, creative writing, and self-publishing. Always exploring new tools and tech to help writers succeed.

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How To Automate Social Media Posts For Book Promotion

Can you automate social media posts for book promotion? Spending hours every day promoting a book is hard work and time-consuming. It is often counter-productive as it eats into your writing time. Endlessly adding posts manually to your social networks can help. But is all this hard work effective? The answer is probably yes, but…

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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 understand the page content for discovery and identification so that pages can be ordered and ranked by relevance. You can use metadata for ebooks, books,…

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Questions To Ask A Publisher

Ten Questions To Ask A Publisher Before You Sign

After you write a book, you want to publish it. But always be ready to ask any publisher lots of questions. Signing up with a publisher is never a quick and easy decision. The publishing industry has changed dramatically in recent years. New authors can choose from self-publishing services, assisted publishing, small press publishers, hybrid publishers,…

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