10 Steps Copywriting Tutorial

http://www.copyblogger.com/copywriting-101/

Are You Writing a Book?

Parapublishing if full of information on how to write, market, your book.


http://www.parapublishing.com

Amazon Studios

You can work with Amazon Studios to help you make your film if you are a writer, a film maker, a critic, a thinker about story, enter your comments.

Win money. Get noticed. Get your movie made.

http://studios.amazon.com/

Digital Scrapbooks And More

Photo books, cards, invitations, postcards, calendars, slideshows and digital scrapbooks, themes, stickers, and more can be created online at Scrapblog website.


http://www.scrapblog.com

Need a Flipbook Creator?

Simplebooklet says it is the web's simplest flipbook creator.


http://simplebooklet.com/index.php#

Newspaper Club

Twitter

 You can publish your own newspaper!

They are there to help you make your own newspapers. You can use their online tool to arrange your words and pictures or you can use the site to send them a PDF for printing.  

They print every Tuesday afternoon, and you'll get your papers in about a week.



The Newspaper club offers black and white or full colour tabloid newspapers.

http://www.newspaperclub.com

National Novel Writing Month - NaNo

NaNo in a Nutshell

What: Writing one 50,000-word novel from scratch in a month's time.

Who: You! We can't do this unless we have some other people trying it as well. Let's write laughably awful yet lengthy prose together.

Why: The reasons are endless! To actively participate in one of our era's most enchanting art forms! To write without having to obsess over quality. To be able to make obscure references to passages from our novels at parties. To be able to mock real novelists who dawdle on and on, taking far longer than 30 days to produce their work.

When: You can sign up anytime to add your name to the roster and browse the forums. Writing begins November 1. To be added to the official list of winners, you must reach the 50,000-word mark by November 30 at midnight. Once your novel has been verified by our web-based team of robotic word counters, the partying begins.

Where: You write wherever you’d like. On your computer, on your iPad, on a typewriter---anywhere is fine, just as long as you’re writing! For a more in-depth NaNoWriMo overview, visit the devilishly handsome "What is NaNoWriMo?"and "How NaNoWriMo Works" pages.

http://www.nanowrimo.org/ 

Free High Quality Newsletter Templates - Where?

Bakari Chavaneu, wrote an article describing how to get free high quality newsletter templates; at the Make Use Of website.


http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/websites-free-high-quality-newsletter-templates/

Are You A Creative Writer Needing Some Inspiration?

An article, written by Simon Slangen, lists four sites for you to visit. The article is 4 Great & Inspiring Sites For Creative Writers To Visit at the Make Use Of website.


http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/4-great-inspiring-sites-creative-writers-visit/

Turn A Website Into An Ebook?

"Zinepal turns existing web content into printable PDFs and eBooks in the ePub, Amazon Kindle and Mobipocket formats. It is the easiest way to repurpose your existing web content and reach additional audiences using eBooks and printable PDFs."

http://www.zinepal.com/create/feeds

3 Ideas To Turn Your Blog Into An Ebook For Free

Here's an article that explains three easy ways to convert your blog into an ebook. Yes, those three ways are free!

Make Use Of website has that article here.


http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-easy-ways-turn-blog-ebook-free/

Wordclay

Wordclay calls itself the online publishing, self publish, self publishing, do it yourself on your terms publishing place.

http://www.wordclay.com/

Have your short story heard

"Short story publishing with a new twist."

"Audio books are a popular medium for learning and entertainment, and Mind Wings Audio provides a new twist on audio listening by publishing your short stories for audio listening.

Our one-hour short story audios are sold on the Internet as downloads or mailed to purchasers as compact disc media.

You maintain the copyright for your work and receive compensation while Mind Wings Audio provides you with a unique opportunity to have your short story heard. Many traditional publishers are not publishing short stories, but Mind Wings Audio accepts short stories in various categories including:

Mystery
Suspense/Thriller
Romance
Sci-fi
Supernatural
Fantasy
Adventure
Family
Religious
Detective/Crime

and MORE!"


http://www.miwishorts.com

Free Stock Photos

You can also purchase photos at this website for a reasonable price. Pixmac is the website and it gives you free stock photos. Be sure to check to see if there is a limit on how you can use the free stock photos.


http://www.pixmac.com/

Your own leather bound book?

"Leatherbound Book Works transforms electronic documents and blogs into fine-bound heirloom quality books. Bookbinder Michael Greer trained at Morocco's oldest bindery in the craft of hand-binding. We repair and rebind old books and also offer one-off and (very) short-run limited edition publishing in leather. We've published family histories, blogs, poetry, dissertations, geneologies and customized travel journals with hand-drawn map endpapers."

http://leatherboundbindery.com

Create a book with Bookemon

"Making a book at Bookemon is fun and easy. Upload your graphic or photo files to our online Bookbuilder where you can add clipart, backgrounds, and text content. Once you are satisfied with your book, you will be able to order your beautiful bookstore quality book. You can also publish and share your book with friends and family online."

At the time of this post, the website is in beta mode.

http://www.bookemon.com/

yWriter novel writing software

"First, and most important, yWriter is FREE to download and use!

Second, and still rather important, it's a word processor which breaks your novel into chapters and scenes. It will not write your novel for you, suggest plot ideas or perform creative tasks of any kind. It does help you keep track of your work, leaving your mind free to create."

http://www.spacejock.com/yWriter5.html

XML editor

Serna Free Open Source XML editor is an easy-to-use open source visual XML application which requires virtually no technical experience from technical writers to author XML documents.
Serna Free Open Source XML editor hides all the complexities of the underlying XML technology and works on all major platforms - Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and Sun Solaris.

Serna Free XML editor employs XSLT and XSL-FO to render XML documents in print-like appearance for fast and easy authoring. Serna Free is probably the best free open source cross-platform XML editor for personal, educational or demonstration use.

http://www.syntext.com/

5 Free Online Books For Beginners

These books cover the "basic concepts for getting started with Linux, Firefox, Blender (3D graphics and animation), GIMP (graphics), and the OpenOffice suite of productivity applications."

http://ostatic.com/blog/5-free-online-open-source-books-for-beginners

iUniverse will help you publish your book

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Professional Editing, Marketing & Publishing.

http://www.iUniverse.com

5 Open Source Apps For Authors And Writers

http://ostatic.com/blog/five-open-source-apps-for-writers-and-authors

Fast Pencil

Connect. Write. Publish. Sell. You can do that at Fast Pencil.

"All of our publishing packages include a free eBook, an ISBN, and distribution via the FastPencil Marketplace, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and over 32,000 online retail bookstores."

http://www.fastpencil.com

Can you turn your blog into a book

There are many programs out there to do this. And the price varies per program. One of the many ways to turn your blog into a book is to use blogbooker.

http://www.blogbooker.com/index.php

CreateSpace

CreateSpace is an amazon.com company.

Authors can sell their books, musicians can sell their CDs, and filmmakers can distribute their films or videos.

About CreateSpace

"Through our services, you can sell books, CDs, and DVDs for a fraction of the cost of traditional manufacturing, while maintaining more control over your materials. We make it simple to distribute your books, music, and video through Internet retail outlets, your own website, and other bookstores, retailers, libraries, and academic institutions. Get started today!
CreateSpace is a DBA of On-Demand Publishing LLC, part of the Amazon group of companies.

History

We were originally founded as CustomFlix Labs, Inc. and BookSurge Inc.
CustomFlix launched in 2002 when four colleagues decided to make widespread distribution easier for independent filmmakers—they started CustomFlix, a DVD on-Demand company.
BookSurge was launched in 2000 by a small group of writers who wanted to create opportunities for authors to not only publish their work, but to also retain their content rights and sales profits. BookSurge grew to support leading publishers and independent authors, offering complete self-publishing, on-demand printing, and online distribution services.
In 2005, BookSurge and CustomFlix were both acquired by Amazon.com. CustomFlix’s name was changed to CreateSpace in 2007. In October of 2009, due to the harmonies that would be created in the businesses, the CreateSpace and BookSurge brands merged under the CreateSpace name to become the publishing and manufacturing on-demand leader for independent content creators, publishers, film studios, and music labels."

https://www.createspace.com/

Smashwords - Independent Authors and Publishers of Ebooks

You might have heard the saying that most of us have a book in us trying to get out? You can make that happen with Smashwords. Or, you can purchase an ebook from them?

https://www.smashwords.com/