During the month of NaNoWriMo, the Captains of Writership will be participating in this great sprint to write a novel in thirty days. In lieu of the news and recent posts we usually share in the Daily Port of Call, we’ll be passing along links to some of our favorite articles and resources on a variety of topics. In our year-long, online writing program, we follow the steps of the writing journey from idea to publication. We’ll mirror that structure here, spending a week exploring each of Writership’s Anchors: Dreamtime, Writing the First Draft, Revision, and Publishing and Marketing.

This week, we dive into publishing and marketing. In today’s Daily Port of Call, we share tips on a variety of publishing topics.

Make the most of your e-book covers. Here are tips for using this marketing tool to your best advantage.

Here are ten tips for shooting your own cover photo.

Discover the five keys to book cover success.

Creating the title for your work can be tricky business.

Why do some authors choose pseudonyms? You’ll find a few of the reasons in this post.

What can you do if someone copies your book cover? Angela Ackerman shares her experience.

What do self-published authors need to know about taxes?

Make sure your indie book isn’t violating copyright laws.

What you need to know about freedom of expression, DRM, and censorship from Cory Doctorow.

CJ Lyons reveals how you can sell more books. Hint: write your next book.

Increase your revenue streams by direct selling your books you're your readers.

Explore the next frontier (including lessons learned) in digital publishing: audiobooks.

Discover these tips to get your short stories published in lit mags (and why you want to even if you write novels).

Explore the pros and cons of publishing exclusively with Amazon.

Make sure that readers can find your books on Amazon: Use keywords and categories to your advantage.

Discover what you need to know about Amazon pre-ordering.

This week, we dive into publishing and marketing. In today’s Daily Port of Call, we share tips on getting started and planning for a long-term writing career.

Here is a plan for indie authors starting from zero today.

Here are three tips for publishing success.

Learn how to create your own business plan. “No matter what kind of writer we are, we will need to make business decisions, and that’s where having a business plan can help.”

Discover the Liliana Nirvana Technique for launching a successful self-publishing career.

Here are thirty-nine things to remember as you struggle to build your writing career.

These writing myths could keep you from getting published: “I envisioned luxurious hours sipping coffee and listening to Sinatra, while gleefully thumping out stories on my laptop. I believed there was no way writing a short story would ever take me more than an hour, two at the absolute most.”

Learn from these five mistakes that authors make on the way to publishing success.

Discover the number one reason to choose to indie publishing.

An experienced indie author shares what she would do differently if she were starting today.

Think you’ve missed the indie publishing boat? Think again.

Seeing it from the other side: a New York editor and author who went indie shares her experience.

Here are books from novelists who went from indie to traditional publishing.

Find out why one author made the leap from traditional to indie-publishing.

“Literary agents aren’t magicians; we hate to admit it, but there are some limitations to what we can do.” Learn what not to expect from your agent.

Writers are talking about money, and it’s a good thing. “Sharing our publishing experiences with each other—with as much transparency as possible—helps us all make better decisions for the long term of our careers.”

Many self-publishing authors go out of their way to share their tips and strategies. Here are nine smart and helpful ones you’ll want to follow.

Here are twelve publishing shakers you should be following.

Read this interview with Jane Friedman for helpful marketing advice and plenty of extra resources.

Check out these lists of websites for indie authors from Molly Greene and Author Marketing Experts.

The Daily Port of Call: November 25, 2014

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