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Articles tagged "indie authors".
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Building Your Author Hub: Set Up Your ARC Reader Page
Your author hub is a public catalog page where readers can discover your books and apply to join your ARC team. We'll walk you through setting it up.
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Track Dead Characters Across Your Series: The Deceased Flag for Continuity
When you're writing book three of a series, it's easy to accidentally resurrect a character who died two books back. Pendrilo's deceased flag keeps your charact
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One Master To-Do List for Every Book You're Writing
Writing more than one book makes scattered task lists unreliable. One cross-book list gives you a clear view of every open task, from proof copies to KDP listin
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Track Series Characters and Plot Threads Without Losing Your Mind
Series authors juggle dozens of moving pieces: which character died in book one, when did that subplot resolve, does this new plot thread contradict book three?
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How to Share Your Manuscript Safely with Beta Readers
Emailing a full manuscript as an attachment is the fastest way to lose control of it. Here's how to share your draft with beta readers while keeping expiry date
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Build Your ARC Reader Team and Get Launch-Day Reviews on KDP
ARC (Advance Review Copy) readers give your book momentum on launch day. Pendrilo's ARC campaigns handle recruitment, automatic follow-up scheduling, and public
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Organizing Multi-POV Novels: Using Chapters and Parts for Clarity
Multiple viewpoints and interwoven storylines demand structural precision. Chapters and parts are your clearest tools for guiding readers through complexity wit
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Why Amazon Puts Your Book in Categories You Never Picked
You picked three specific categories in KDP. Amazon shows something else entirely. Here’s why that happens and what’s actually worth watching instead.
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How Writing Software Tracks Character Mentions in a Large Cast
Writers with sprawling casts often go looking for a tool that catches every inconsistent character reference automatically. Here's what that technology actually
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Finding That One Line: Search Your Author Library
That perfect line you wrote six months ago is hiding in your twelve manuscript files. Here's how library search works, which chapters it covers, and how it diff
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Ctrl+K: The Command Palette Shortcut for Multi-Book Workflows
Once you're juggling more than one book, clicking through menus wastes real time. Here's why the Ctrl+K command palette shortcut is worth building into muscle m
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How to Export Your Manuscript as a Word Document (Not Just EPUB)
EPUB and PDF are great for readers, but agents, editors, and audiobook narrators still want a plain Word document. Here's how to export one correctly.