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Some of your articles or blog posts might be old, but they are a goldmine of opportunity to help you improve your site and attract new readers. For sure, each new article you write and publish has potential value. However, it can take time for search engines to index your latest content, and it takes…

You don’t need to install another plugin to export all your WordPress URLs to a spreadsheet. Unfortunately, WordPress doesn’t have a simple in-built export tool for URLs. However, If you want to gather up all your page and post URLs for perhaps a site audit, here’s a quick and easy way to do it. All…

It’s usually very easy to delete a book from Kindle on an iPad or iPhone. You simply click on a book cover and select Permanently Delete. But occasionally, you might find that you can’t delete a book from your Kindle app because this option is missing. When you check your ebooks on your Amazon account,…

Why would you want to change your book title? Many reasons. You wish to publish a new edition, your title is too similar to other books, you have attracted some negative reviews, or you would like to take advantage of Amazon’s latest release features again. But beware that you will strike a few challenges in…

If you need to recover a lost book manuscript, it’s easier than you think. Perhaps you deleted your original manuscript by mistake or lost the file when you upgraded to a new computer. Another possibility is that your original file is corrupted, and you can’t open it. But if you want to update your book or…

Can you write a book with a word processor? Definitely, and many authors use Word, Apple Pages, or Google Docs. However, you should take a couple of quick precautions before you start writing your book. Doing two simple things will keep your manuscript safe and secure and make preparing your book for publishing easier. First, create…

When you prepare your print-on-demand (POD) book cover, it’s always best practice to output it with print to PDF. Depending on the program, software, or online app you use to create your book cover, you will have other options to create a PDF file. These will probably include options to save to PDF and export…

When you can avoid using the passive voice, your writing will be more concise and clearer because the subject of a sentence performs the action. On the other hand, in sentences using the passive, the subject is not performing the action of the verb. In many cases, it means that a reader doesn’t know who…

Drop caps are large decorative capital letters appearing at the beginning of book chapters. You also sometimes see drop caps used in newspapers and some web pages. Usually, they are two or three lines in height and perhaps in a styled font, but there are many different variations and styles you can use. In this…

Do you want to make your ebook free on Amazon and other online book retailers? Yes, you can create a perma-free title, but it takes a little bit of extra work to make it happen. It’s very easy to do if you self-publish with Draft2Digital or Smashwords, but Amazon can be problematic. Let’s look at…