Category: Book Fairs

Putting Your Indies Unlimited Features to Work for You

guy typing on laptopYour book’s feature is finally live on Indies Unlimited. Now what? You’ve gone through the trouble of querying and submitting. We’ve gone through the trouble of vetting, preparing, and broadcasting your feature through our enormously impressive social media channels. What have you done with it?

Here are some tips to help you get the most from your book’s feature (and/or guest post). Most of these tips will work for you even if you’re running a feature somewhere else, although we really can’t imagine why you’d choose any site other than Indies Unlimited. With our sick Alexa ranking, it’s clear we’re all that. And a bag of chips. And maybe some dip, too. Continue reading “Putting Your Indies Unlimited Features to Work for You”

Another New Indies Unlimited Release!

FREE TODAY!!!  We are pleased to announce the release of the latest title in the indispensable Indies Unlimited collection:Tutorials and Tools for Prospering in a Digital World Volume II.

Today, everyone is online: from your grandmother to your five-year-old nephew. The most effective way to keep in touch, and to market a business on a small budget, is via the Internet.

But the Internet can be intimidating to many, especially folks who didn’t grow up with a computer attached to them.

In the Tutorials and Tools for Prospering in a Digital World Series, Indies Unlimited aims to take the scariness out of being online for newbies, and hopes to help those with more experience expand their Web footprint, whether it’s for personal use or product marketing.

Written in easy to understand language, Volume II of this series offers over ninety (90) tutorials, tips, and introductions to basics, such as capturing a URL, to how to make an animated GIF. For those who are more comfortable with their online presence, materials range from how to use Pinterest for marketing, to how to build a static website in WordPress, and many others. And, there is an entire section dedicated to authors which includes articles on book formatting, book promotion, and more.

Don’t be left behind in the dust of technology. The experts at Indies Unlimited are here to help.

Compiled and edited by K.S. Brooks, foreword by Stephen Hise. Written by K.S. Brooks, Melissa Bowersock, Lynne Cantwell, Martin Crosbie, Al Kunz, Rich Meyer, Carolyn Steele, Krista Tibbs, and Carol Wyer.

In Tutorials and Tools for Prospering in a Digital World Volume II is now available on Amazon.com, Amazon UK, and all Amazon stores worldwide. It’s free today, so hurry up and grab yours!

Don’t forget about Volume I which is available from Amazon US, Smashwords, and Amazon UK. Don’t be the last person on the planet without one.

Getting It Right: Why Women Stay

“Why does she put up with it? Why doesn’t she just leave?”

You’ve all heard it. Maybe you’ve even said it. If you have, consider yourself one of the lucky ones. You never needed to ask yourself that question – or you got out in time. In both cases those that say this often add, “I have no sympathy for her. She just needs to get some backbone.” Continue reading “Getting It Right: Why Women Stay”

A Finely Tuned Machine

Yes, that’s right, Indies Unlimited is the finely tuned machine you think it is. Run by snarky yet lovable volunteers, we toil all day, every day, to bring you important, helpful, innovative, and original material – and to publicize your work – all for free.

What does all this benevolent goodness mean? Well, it means, of course, that you are at our mercy. We have your book, and if you ever want to see it again, go to the PayPal button at the right… Oh, wait, sorry…was that my out loud typing? Never mind. As I was saying, that means that things don’t always get done chop-chop here – well, not necessarily to everyone’s standards. Continue reading “A Finely Tuned Machine”