Blogging for Kindle authors

I still do what I do for bloggers and everyone interested in the world of social media, beit Twitter or podcasts. I have, however, been focussing my own blogging energy on my blog for Kindle authors.

Demonstrating thought leadership as published author used to be an expensive process if you were self-publishing. It isn’t the case any more. Thanks to the Kindle, there’s an inexpensive platform on which to share your ideas with a potential audience of millions. Readers don’t have to own a Kindle. There are apps for all major devices.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-02-07

• The meat I've bought recently from local butchers has convinced me to give up supermarkets. Entirely different quality for not much more. #
• When one calls someone out for auto-DMing and they don't reply it rather proves the emptiness of their supposed delight to be connected. #
• Why I don't park here anymore http://yfrog.com/gzd4sbej #
• Is it really too much to expect the Sydney Opera House to know how to use an apostrophe? #grumpyoldman #
• Dear Twitter HQ, I hope you're listening when I list the senders of auto-DMs as spammers. I would hate to be wasting my time. #
• Today I faced a problem and dashed off a regular expression to solve it. Nice #olddog #newtricks #
• Ho, ho! RT @Tatterededges: There is too much retweeting going on this morning. Every tweet in my feed at the moment is a RT. #
• Odd to see @sunriseon7 "journalist" Melissa Doyle reporting on only the view from her Cairns hotel, leaving any journalism to the weatherman #
• Writing a podcast script so fare thee well for now, tweeple. #
• After a day writing + recording voiceover, and mixing a travel feature, I am ready for this http://yfrog.com/h04jxvsj #
• The a/c recommendation chain: from @todddicko to me and @sydneygirl and on to @daneglerum and @pillowburner. Sorry about the global warming. #
• Seeing all the CNY greetings from people without connection to China and wondering which culture's NY will capture gweilo fashions next #
• HT to @sunriseon7 for its ad-free coverage of Yasi. Grown-up morning TV. Nice. #
• Is there a filter I can run over Twitter to take out any tweet with "noes" or "noms" in it? #
• Kindle Writers post, Ebook numbers roundup – http://bit.ly/hQW08p #
• I finished a podcast before breakfast and have written 2,500 words since. And have been out for 45 minutes for coffee. #workingfromhomerocks #
• Disappointed the Kindle edition of "Personal Kanban" by @ourfounder isn't out. Hope it is by #amplifyfest #
• Do pre-teen boys not shower so we're actually pleased when they grow into the lashings of cologne stage? #
• Today I got to podcast, write and learn some regular expressions. And have coffee in the sun with the paper. The perfect workday. #
• I've seen a bad corporate social media policy but not as bad as CBA's, although they're backing down on theirs http://bit.ly/f13QaE #
• 40 degrees & on my way to a wedding in leather shoes, trousers and jacket. When will we accept where we live and alter dress codes to match? #
• Watched "True Grit" with @sydneygirl and Mr 12.5 in @eVent_cinemas Gold Glass. Highly recommend the film and the cinema. #
• According to @Klout, I've a small but tightly formed network that is highly engaged – http://bit.ly/ewyeTP <— Congrats, Team Rule17 #
• Shock announcement: Oxford more impressed by A-level in maths than photography. Also flower arranging rates poorly
  http://gu.com/p/2mq5c/ip #
• RT @Taleist: After a day writing + recording voiceover, and mixing a travel feature, I am ready for this http://yfrog.com/h04jxvsj #
• "Complimentary flights are no longer wishful thinking" – @americanexpress. A company that can English write, however… http://bit.ly/dTgcPp #
• Watched a film from Foxtel on the Xbox tonight. That I can do these things is still wonderful and half the fun of the Internet to me. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-31

• Kindle Writers post, Please tip your author – http://bit.ly/hsWx1q #
• My evening seminar Sell Your Ebook on Amazon is at the SWC 5 April. Ebooks are a great way to self-promote http://bit.ly/f2regY #
• One lesson publishing for the Kindle teaches you is that people expect an awful lot for 99 cents. What would you do for 99 cents? #
• Kindle Writers post, How much of your time can I buy for 99 cents? – http://bit.ly/fEo8AN #
• RT @ryantracey: The dodgy world of free WordPress themes http://j.mp/fFRBi1 HT @Tom125 (ping @daneglerum) #
• Kindle Writers post, The importance of a good ebook cover – http://bit.ly/gG932h #
• I never read @fastcompany without a pen and a piece of paper to hand; it always leads to so many ideas. #
• A/B testing is my new best friend, sorry other potential contenders. #
• Kindle Writers post, Kindle Singles: Just the first Amazon endorsement of ebook quality? – http://bit.ly/gQscBf #
• Dear Australian Government, will it take a levy for you to support Safari? #
• Amazon has just announced that Kindle books have now overtaken paperback books as the most popular format on Amazon.com #yam #
• Signing up to your writers' festival email list means I shouldn't have to "check the website regularly" to see if you've put up the program? #
• Sometimes you interview people for a podcast and you just know you've got everything you need to lift the whole thing. Brilliant. #
• Switching to long blacks as part of the weight loss effort has the side effect of making me feel more manly. Want to fight? #
• Is it me or has "Wired" careened off a cliff? I flip through it now like it's "Hello" except "Hello" doesn't disappoint. No renewal, I think #
• I watched Seven News now the ABC News. Can't fathom that the "diet myths" story that was big on Seven hasn't been mentioned on the ABC. #
• #FF @ellastella If there's news in Gloucestershire, she'll find it. (I did say "if") #
• Daily Mail headline: "Number of British Muslims will double to 5.5m in 20 years". Subtle, boys, subtle. Facist dickheads. #
• Buying tickets from @eVent_cinemas requires agreeing to three of their company policies. It's like being at work. #
• South Africa is aware that Nelson Mandela, like all of us, must die sometime, right? #
• Today: Black Swan, Gold Class, 10:30. Afternoon tea Sir Stamford 13:30, Kindle out. Transport: Vespa. Good day ahead. #
• Nothing like hearing a bunch of millionaires in make-up discuss how the levy will affect "Australian families", @sunriseon7. #
• The rich old lady on @sunriseon7 is so down to earth. I know this because she uses verbs like "slug" and describes HM Govt as "this mob". #
• How many sandbags did you fill, lady? #
• Now insurance companies are "mongrels". WTF? Who let this coiffed bogan in the studio, @sunriseon7? The usual trope-filled debate. #
• If you have a Kindle, try out the new Kindle Singles: "compelling ideas expressed at their natural length". Genius amazon.com/kindlesingles #
• Such an entertaining book http://amzn.com/k/21HR23WVQ44HN #Kindle #
• Hello, Saturday http://yfrog.com/h5yh2nhcyj #
• Tip for David Flint: referring to the other side of the debate as "elite salons" makes you sound far more elite than they do. #
• Kindle Writers post, Things Amazon needs for authors – http://bit.ly/fWYBdm #
• Going well with my no celebrity "news" resolution but have noticed Sheen's porn & pornstar evenings involve no allegations of actual sex #
• loved Parks and Recreation – s3 | e2 – Flu Season on Boxee http://bit.ly/ie6u2D #
• Kindle Writers post, Data sharing by Amazon would lead to more sales for Amazon and its Kindle authors – http://bit.ly/fnlt8b #
• It's quite an author who finds two places to use the word "chthonic" in a single book, or lifetime. http://amzn.com/k/2R0OBM84SI0GZ #Kindle #
• Followed by @nswseo, auto-followed back only to receive a notice saying the account uses a validation service and I must validate. Um, no. #
• TV cook contestants: Your food "comes from the heart"? So does my dancing but you wouldn't pay to see me dance "The Nutcracker". #MKR #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-24

• Review Day closed last night. Thank you to everyone who requested a review copy of my Kindle titles. I look forward to your reviews #
• Stephen Leather, author of thrillers, made £12,691.57 from his Kindle sales on Amazon.co.uk in December http://bit.ly/ewdmD8 #
• At Intel #2ndGen at Luna Park http://yfrog.com/h3clmlyj #
• Consumers are now 66% of the PC market vs less than half that 10 years ago #moolyeden #2ndGen #
• The PC, like the mobile phone, is personal(ised) now and not to be shared even in families #2ndGen #moolyeden #
• Ereaders are the 3rd most wished-for gifts #moolyeden #2ndGen #
• Challenge for IT depts –> People want to create and will if it's easy #yam #2ndGen #moolyeden #
• Being more efficient by being less polite might work better in Israel than Japan, no? #2ndGen #moolyeden #
• Amazing real time avatar #moolyeden #yam #2ndGen #
• http://yfrog.com/h4opscpj #yam #2ndGen #moolyeden #
• I'm out of practice with press launches but this one feels long. After an hour there'd better be a snack tray coming round #2ndGen #
• Is being able to stream Sex and the City 2 in HD a pro or a con? #2ndGen #
• Some journalists here are determined to make #moolyeden admit there's a #2ndGen backdoor for film studios. He has already said there isn't. #
• Is this a press conference or a gathering of conspiracy theorists. Journalists should ask the tough questions, not the stupid ones. #2ndGen #
• Thank you, @ryantracey, for your review of "Kindle for Newspapers" http://amzn.to/htbKoz #
• Kindle Writers post, Want to donate to charity? I'll pick up the tab. – http://bit.ly/dE1h7y #
• Kindle Writers post, Self-published author gets book contract – http://bit.ly/gqluBI #
• Kindle Writers post, Word is (still) not the right format for Kindle book conversion – http://bit.ly/eD35Hf #
• An iPad case inspired by the Moleskine. The perfect case for the iPad I don't yet have http://bit.ly/ehnOnA #
• Kindle Writers post, When a 70% Kindle royalty is really a 35% royalty – http://bit.ly/hIk8o9 #
• Kindle Writers post, Amazon's DTP is now its KDP – http://bit.ly/hsvALw #
• To lose weight Tony Ferguson advises me to go to a park and play with the kids. Is that because the food in prison is especially healthy? #
• You know Tony Blair must really be sorry when his regret is deep *and* profound. #
• Just had the nicest email from a reader of http://bit.ly/gxuhEh. Never underestimate how you can make someone's day with a compliment! #
• Wife's verdict on Oprah in Australia: "You and I could go overseas and shout and sing at everyone and everything we see. Easy." #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-17

• According Channel Nine's Today Show's Cameron the QLD floods must be "crippling" to Anna Bligh's ability to deal with "as a woman". #
• This much flannel in your bio means I won't buy the book: "Justin commonly interacts with senior level management to drive the strategic…" #
• Kindle Writers post, Google Books linking problem continues to cost ebook authors money – http://bit.ly/h7Aith #
• Nine of the top 10 videos on The Australian relate to the floods. #3 however, relates to that silly girl and the football team. #
• I think I need Xbox rehab. This is out of control; I think I have PTSD. #
• Have you ever heard anyone say, "I'm *not* an intelligent person"? #
• "You don't want an ugly wife," says Mr 12 newly converted by @sydneygirl to #TheBachelor #
• I say again: If the SMH wants to lift videos from YouTube, it should have the bandwidth to do it. Otherwise, just embed. #
• You are officially allowed to break out the word "apocalypse" when there are sharks swimming up your streets. http://bit.ly/hpA37H #
• Re the failure of MySpace "People like customising, but they don't like it when other people can too." http://bit.ly/giWUYq via @fayafshar #
• This is already the best sales month ever for the Kindle version of my walking tour of The Rocks in Sydney. Thanks! http://amzn.to/i86zhA #
• Not the biggest #qldflood problem? RT @yarostarak: Ahh bugger, all the tennis courts at UQ are flooded – http://youtu.be/2eKAjhH2czA #
• My Sydney Writers' Centre seminar on how to sell your ebook on Amazon's Kindle is now on sale (5 April) http://bit.ly/f2regY #
• Kindle Writers post, Sell your ebook on Amazon (Kindle) – Sydney Writers Centre seminar 5 April 2011 – http://bit.ly/gq2s9X #
• Thank you spammer — "You make it enjoyable and you still care for to keep it smart." — I do indeed care for to keep it smart. #
• Kindle Writers post, Review day: Free Kindle books for review – http://bit.ly/h5LwLG #
• My Kindle books, including two guided walks of Sydney, are available free as review copies but today only…. http://bit.ly/h5LwLG #
• Good lord I actually have keywords with an Adwords quality score of 10/10 <blushes>. Why, thank you, Google, you flatterer, you. #