The Best of Webcomics.com, October 2013

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Monday, November 4, 2013 at 5:00AM

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Of course, you can always buy my new book -- out in digital release right now. The Webcomics Handbook is the sequel to How To Make Webcomics, and it's based on some of the best information from Webcomics.com, and you can read it right now. Of course, members of the site get it for 50% off.

Best of the site

We wrapped up our Hitch It / Ditch It Hot seat series in which we took participants' comics/site and chose one this they were doing great and one thing that needed to be improved.

Wibiya folds... how to export your data

How To Make Webcomics: Exclusive member benefit -- 50% off the digital edition.

SendOwl adds pay-what-you-want pricing

Follow @Webcomicscom News, updates and trending topics will be shared on this special Twitter feed.

Holiday Card workshop: Members are encouraged to post the holiday cards they plan to offer as site merchandise to get comments and constructive criticism.

How to prep comics for Kindle Direct Publishing

The On-The-Spot Hot Seat is announced. On any given day, we look at your site, and you stand on your merits on that day alone.

Five tips for taking your comic to the next level

Longform comics - A new Web-publishing approach: I'm particularly proud of this one. I've written up a comprehensive publishing approach that I think would benefit creators of longform comics. It means looking at "webcomics" a little differently. And I'm very excited to see it in practice among members in the months to come.

WordPress 3.7 - What it means to you, and how to make best use of this game-changing software update.

"Breaking Bad" creator -- a vote in favor of working for "exposure"? I cite a recent quote by "Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan on the positive effect that digital pirating has had on his blockbuster TV series, and, citing other sources ranging from the London School of Economics to TorrentFreak.com, parse the "work for exposure" and "comic scraper" debates in a new way. The resulting discussion was tremendous.

Three easy steps to be listed FIRST as a graphic designer. In this guest post, Michael Corley takes us on a little "SEO 101" crash course to help us excell in a side-job that many of us cartoonists cultivate.

Webcomics Confidential semi-exclusive! The Kickstarter backers of The Webcomics Handbook were the first to hear this in-depth conversation about Kickstarter with "professional sidekick" George Rohac. Webcomics.com members got a chance to hear it after that -- and before it became public.

Google Analytics: Leave a Note: I took the Google Analytics Academy course on Digital Analytics Fundamentals, and I shared this useful tip I learned in the process.