Five Books To Learn From
Given, I’m known as the Book Rapper it’s probably not a surprise that I love to read books. And, lately, I’ve been devouring them as if they’re going out of supply. I’m sure that’s not happen, in fact, there is very strong evidence that suggests the opposite is happening. The flood of books is growing […]
Remote: Office Not Required – Book Review
Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, Remote, Vermillion, London, 2013. Previously we reviewed their earlier book Rework. This one is equally brilliant, easy to read and super useful. It’s an Important Trend For the past 500 years workers have been employed and paid based on showing up at the workplace and doing their work. It […]
A Book of Posts
This is the sixth and final article in a series of How to Turn Your Blog Posts into Books. Here’s the first article that introduced the idea. Here’s the second article on simply sticking a title and a cover on your posts. Here’s the third article on choosing blog categories. Here’s the fourth article on […]
Story Arcs – Keep Your Readers Reading
This is the fourth article in a series of how to Turn Your Blog Posts into Books. Here’s the first article. Here’s the second. Here’s the third. What is a Story Arc? Typically when a visitor comes a clicking to your website and your blog they’re looking for a single thing. Your challenge as a […]
How to Create Your Blog Categories
This is the third article in a series of how to Turn Your Blog Posts into Books. Here’s the first article. And, here’s the second. Blog Categories When you write a series of blog posts they will appear as a series of pages on your website. The point of creating categories is to give your […]
Five Ways to Turn Your Blog Posts into Books
Blog Posts into Books I’ve had some good feedback from my previous blog post titled Turn Your Blog Posts into Books. I think it sparked a few ideas for some readers and I thought I’d expand on it here by offering five ways to turn your blog posts into a book. It’s become a long […]
Turn Your Blog Posts into Books
My Milestone I’ve had an interesting response to my earlier blog post where I shared my milestone of having written and published 650 blog posts. This post is #658. One of the comments that surprised me most was by a colleague who didn’t know one other person who had even published 100 posts let along […]
Kindle Books Versus Physical Books
I read a lot of books. Usually 40-50 a year, which is close to, and not quite one per week. Mostly I read business books or at least non-fiction books. I rarely read a novel. One of the questions I often get asked is: Do you prefer Kindle books or Physical Books? Usually, people say […]
Eight Classic Ways to Structure Your Ebook
How to Structure Your Ebook A lot of what has been written about creating ebooks and books focusses on the usual things of Topics, Planning, Writing, Editing, Publishing, Selling and Promoting. This is all useful stuff. And, it’s all pretty standard stuff. One of the big misses from this list is a key design element […]
Book Review: Back from the Brink
Graeme Cowan, Back from the Brink: True stories and practical help for overcoming depression and bipolar disorder Disclosure: This book was a pre-publication review copy and a gift from the author. Overcome Depression Recently I interviewed Graeme Cowan for the Ideas Architect podcast. I had met Graeme at a book publishing workshop over 5 years […]