Here is a way to keep the most recent version of your book (and other documents) synced across multiple computers for free.

Chances are you’ve heard people talking about Apple’s new iPad. Will it change everything for authors? Is it our doom or salvation? As a technologist, an author and a marketer this is my take on the iPad.

“If I couldn’t interrupt you, how would I reach you?”

This is the question Dave Evans (@EvansDave on Twitter) helps people answer all over the world.

Dave is the author of Social Media Marketing: An Hour a Day and a frequent speaker on social media and emerging technologies.

Just because you have a website doesn’t mean that it’s effective. Fortunately, there are easy ways to track if your website is helping to build your author platform.

Sometimes the free photo sites just don’t have what you need. Or you may want an image that is not used a thousand other places on the web. That’s where premium photo sites come in. Starting at $1 an image they have better selection and quality than site like sxc.hu.

In this post you will learn what the Creative Commons is and why emerging authors are using it to promote their books.

If you use Firefox these free plugins will save you time and perhaps even reduce stress. They help with research, time management and spelling. Check out the list and leave a comment with some of your favorite add-ons.

You’re an author. Your time is sacred. Finding to time to write is hard enough as it it before your agent told you to get something called a “platform.”What you want is maximum platform bang per minute. Here are 4 reasons why MySpace is not for you.

Stop using google image search. Using those images is often illegal and they are not the best images anyway. Here are a dozen sites that are better and legal.

The biggest contributor to the look of your author website is the quality of the photos. Unfortunately, most author websites have terrible photos. Here are some tips of what to do and what not to do when looking for a photographer.