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When you are researching or hunting for information online, the published date of a webpage helps you verify that the information is current. Dates may not be important if you are researching historical facts. But if you are searching for the latest trends in technology, science or medicine, articles from 2005 may not be the…

Deciding on a process to manage your writing drafts is a key element for all writing projects, from articles and essays to poetry and book manuscripts. A first draft is rarely, if ever, the final product. For most writers, the final draft often results from many earlier revisions and edited versions. However, new writers sometimes…

Hardly a day goes by without news about artificial intelligence (AI). Whether you like it or loathe it, the one certainly is that it’s here to stay. But the big question for writers is, how can you use AI to write? The quick and simple answer is that you can’t let AI write for you…

Never underestimate how valuable your existing articles and blog posts can be in attracting new readers. Every new article you publish has potential value, of course. However, it takes time for search engines to index it and then attract backlinks to help it rank. But most of your traffic and readers come from the content…

You don’t need to install another plugin to export WordPress URLs to a spreadsheet. Unfortunately, WordPress doesn’t have a simple in-built export tool for URLs. However, If you want to gather up all your page or post URLs for perhaps a site audit, there is a quick and easy way to do it. All you…

It’s normally very easy to delete a book from Kindle on an iPad or iPhone. Simply click on a book cover and select Permanently Delete. But occasionally, you might find that you can’t delete a book from your Kindle app because this option is missing. When you check your ebooks on your Amazon account, you’ll…

Why would you want to change your book title? Many reasons. You wish to publish a new edition, your title is too similar to other books, you have attracted some negative reviews, or you would like to take advantage of Amazon’s latest release features again. But beware that you will strike a few challenges in…

If you need to recover a lost book manuscript, it’s easier than you think. Perhaps you deleted your original manuscript by mistake or lost the file when you upgraded to a new computer. Another possibility is that your original file is corrupted, and you can’t open it. But if you want to update your book or…

Can you write a book with a word processor? Definitely, and many authors use Word, Apple Pages, or Google Docs. However, you should take a couple of quick precautions before you start writing your book. Doing two simple things will keep your manuscript safe and secure and make preparing your book for publishing easier. First, create…

When you prepare your print-on-demand (POD) book cover, it’s always best practice to output it with print to PDF. Depending on the program, software, or online app you use to create your book cover, you will have other options to create a PDF file. These will probably include options to save to PDF and export…