I joined LinkedIn. It was inevitable. It just took me awhile to succumb. LinkedIn is the “world’s largest professional network, helping people find and share opportunities every day.” I don’t know exactly how it’ll work for me, but I hear many authors find it useful. In the coming days, I’ll explore more how it works,…
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Lifeliner, the eBook, Launched on Smashwords!
“A compelling story.” “Shireen Jeejeebhoy has written an extraordinary account of Judy Taylor and her fight for life starting in the 1970’s when medical science was not as it is today.” “When (Judy) was drugged up, she’s going, ‘I can’t die cause there’s no way that Cliff can raise those three girls by himself. He…
Prepping Manuscript for Smashwords: Tedium Personified
In an attempt to get the eBook version of Lifeliner out to more markets without paying iUniverse a fortune, especially since they are non-responsive to author concerns other than filling up the inbox with marketing e-mail, I’ve decided to use Smashwords. Smashwords will take your MS Word document and convert it to many eBook formats,…
Ditching iUniverse, Going in a New Publishing Direction for “She”
I wrote my second book — my first novel She — during National Novel Writing Month last November, revised it and got reader feedback and revised it again during Christmas and January, and then I had to decide: head down the traditional road this time and seek an agent or go back to iUniverse? It…
Publishing in Transition: Amazon, Apple, Macmillan Duke it Out
There’s been much talk about Amazon, Macmillan, and Apple’s iPad in the last couple of weeks. Amazon has been increasingly aggressive towards publishers. First they forced companies that support self-publishing and that use POD (print on demand) technology to give them more piece of the pie — at the expense of the author. Second, Amazon…
Imagining “Lifeliner: The EBook” on the Apple iPad
Back in the late 1990s when I was envisioning the different ways of publishing Lifeliner: The Judy Taylor Story, I had an idea for an electronic version. Back in the computer middle ages, the only way I could’ve does this was on a CD, a bit clunky as a medium I had to admit. But…
Lifeliner Listed on Facebook Marketplace
Update. For those who came here from the Oley website: please go to my Lifeliner page for details on the book or my Order page to find out where you can purchase the book. Thank you for your interest! —————– I still have several brand-new copies of my debut book Lifeliner: The Judy Taylor Story…
Area 224 Interview with Moi, Shireen Jeejeebhoy
Area 224, based in Chicago, are strategic communications advisors to emerging brands, and last week I spoke to Dave on Twitter when he was looking for people to interview for their blog. Apparently, a writer is a brand! And so I was on!! He asked me very different questions from the usual, and it was…
New SIGG Water Bottle on CafePress. New Water Design By Me.
It’s been awhile since I created a new design for my CafePress shop, but this week CafePress.com announced a partnership with SIGG to provide eco-friendly 1L water bottles that shop owners can create designs for. These reusable bottles are BPA-free, have a lifetime warranty, and are made with a single-piece of aluminum and lined with…