Author Buzz

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Author Buzz

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22nd September 2023 in Using Author Buzz tagged Author Platform / forum / groups / guide by Matthew Brown

assorted books on shelf — In this post, I will try to make the case that Author Buzz UK is a suitable host for the distributed directory of conversations started on OpenMentions.com. What is OpenMentions? OpenMentions is a project to create a distributed directory of conversations on the IndieWeb. OpenMentions is something I started but […]

Possibilities with OpenMentions and Author Buzz

29th April 2022 in Author Buzz tagged IndieWeb / OpenMEntions / plans / Webmentions by Matthew Brown

bookstore building facade on pavement in city — As our members know, Author Buzz UK maintains a directory of useful resources. Our aim for September is to grow the bookshop section of our directory by at least twenty newly added independent bookshops. To kick this off, we have been searching for bookshops with a social media presence. Our […]

Bookshops – we would love to give you free advertising

5th September 2021 in Author Buzz tagged bookshops / directory by Matthew Brown

friends — Author Buzz groups are the place to interact with like-minded individuals as well as a way to subscribe to blog updates on your activity page. Here are five groups we think that you might want to join. 1. Copy Blogger Copy blogger is a site that publishes articles about writing […]

5 popular groups you might want to join

12th August 2020 in Using Author Buzz tagged community / groups / lists by Matthew Brown

By ActuaLitté (Neil Gaiman en France) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons — A question which pops up from time to time is why a certain famous author by the name of Neil Gaiman has his content all over our site. Does he, you may ask, blog for you? No, Neil Gaiman is awesome but I very much doubt he has time to […]

Why does Neil Gaiman appear to post content on Author ...

1st June 2020 in Using Author Buzz tagged fans / feeds / groups / Neil Gaiman by Matthew Brown

Whenever I read advice about authors building a platform it is always something you have to do alone. Why? Who says a platform cannot be shared, social, and collaborative? This is why I created Author Buzz. Rather than each of us labouring alone, we can collaborate and each benefits from […]

Collaborative platform building for authors

8th May 2020 in Author Buzz tagged Author Platform / blogs / collaboration / free / sell more books by Matthew Brown

Today we took a giant leap forward towards becoming a true social network for writers and readers. You may notice some substantial changes on the Author Buzz front page. Now the front page features your content, blog posts and status updates alike. We’ve talked about doing this for some time […]

Author Buzz: Now more about you

6th October 2019 in Author Buzz / Site News tagged changes / Social Network / updates by Matthew Brown

lights — Did you know that you can have your blog’s headlines appear in a group even if your blog is not an Author Buzz UK blog? In this tutorial, I am going to show you how. If you have an Author Buzz blog, the posts should already be appearing in your […]

Get blog posts into your group with RSS

2nd June 2019 in Using Author Buzz tagged blogging / feeds / groups / RSS / technical by Matthew Brown

searching all of time and space — Do you have a question that you would like answers to? We may be able to help. It is quite common to have questions. Questions are nothing to be ashamed of. Not getting answers – now that’s a bit silly. Fortunately our community seems to be pretty good at answering […]

Searching for answers? Ask the community.

10th April 2019 in Author Buzz tagged answers / community / questions by Matthew Brown

My Vision for Author Buzz UK

18th June 2018 in Author Buzz tagged about / beginnings / community / hello world / history by Matthew Brown

Two ways to get your blog listed on Author Buzz

21st April 2018 in Author Buzz tagged blogs / groups / links / RSS by Matthew Brown

While Author Buzz features a global activity page where you can catch up with the users and groups you have followed, you have a personal activity page too. while this is not exactly the worlds most exciting topic, I thought I’d write about it so you know the options you have […]

Overview of your activity stream

19th April 2018 in Author Buzz tagged about / guide / profile by Matthew Brown