The Best Hashtags for Indie Authors in 2015

Best Hashtags for Indie Authors In a new post over at my author blog GaryMcLaren.com I’ve just revealed some of the most useful hashtags for indie authors in 2015. For those not familiar with hashtags they are essentially a keyword beginning with …

The Best Book Recommendation Sites for Writers

It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that writing and reading go hand in hand, and of course it’s not only our readers who read. Most writers love to read. It’s a natural part of who we are and what we do. We read to explore the magic of wo …

Ebooks vs Print

How to Use Goodreads as an Author

See Full Version at Goodreads At the end of March, Amazon announced that they have reached an agreement to acquire Goodreads, so I thought it would be a good time to review how authors can use this web site and social network. Founded in 2007, Goodread …

10 Reasons Why Authors Should Be On Google Plus

This blog post is no longer relevant since Google shut down Google Plus, but we have kept it here for historical reference. article In case you haven’t heard already, Google+ has now passed Twitter to become the 2nd largest social network in terms of a …