- There is a way to autograph you eBooks for readers. Go to Authorgraph, set up a free account and spread the news. It is super easy to set up, although the confirmation email took a few days to go through, and lots of fun. For you and your readers. If you look to the left sidebar, you can see their little widget that you can add to your site to let your readers know you can autograph their eBooks.
- Apparently, a very prestigious literary agency has had an embezzling bookkeeper on board for quite a while. He managed to filch 3.4 million (yes, you read that right) from author royalties meant for the agency’s clients. Among them, one of my heroes, Chuck Palahnuick. This Kristine Kathryn Rusch post gives the details.
- Voracious Readers offers a small but possibly effective way to increase your email list and maybe get a few reviews while you’re at it.
- I discovered a great online proofreading app called Typely (H.T. Jane Friedman) that is free, super easy to use and hits those funny little things that the others seems to miss. The drawback is that it is an online only app and you can only cut and paste 50K characters (about 4,000 words) at a time, but it goes super fast. It won’t replace Grammarly or Hemingway but it’s a great little booster in producing a really clean manuscript.
- Apparently Shopify has a little site called Burst that offers free images. They are nice, high quality, somewhat artistic shots and better than many of the other free sites offer. You do have to pay for the high res version but for the low res version (totally usable for social media and promos) you can download totally free.
I’m sure there is something I’m forgetting, but five very cool, groovy things is pretty good for a weekend, right?
How about you? Any cool writer or reader tools, gadgets, apps or comics you discovered lately? Share in the comments please.
Have a great week.
Annie 
Anita Rodgers Mystery Writer 