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Thursday
Aug012013

Mailbag: How Big a Buffer?

Q.: How many strips should I have in advance to start my site and have a comfortable buffer?

A: This is a question that comes up fom time to time, but it's probably worth the time to re-address it.

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Wednesday
Jul312013

The Best of Webcomics.com -- July 2013

If you're not a member of the site, here's a sample of the great information, tutorials and discussion that you missed. Join today to get access to all of this and the great stuff planned for the upcoming months!

Site Posts

Comic Con International - Taking my own advice: Why I chose not to exhibit at Comic Con for the first time in over 12 years.

Busy Beaver Button Co. renews their member benefit

Hitch it / Ditch it: Our latest critique series wrapped up.

Ten Tips for Word Press newbs

Installing Comic Easel: A step-by-step tutorial

How to create a Child Theme in Word Press: A step-by-step tutorial

Katie Lang: The Work-Made-For-Hire BlogA new resource for legal insight and consultation.

Ad Placement: Are your ads in the right position to bring you maximum results?

Google AdSense and Comic Easel: This tutorial helps you set up AdSense within Comic Easel.

Webcomics Bootcamp at Chicago Comic Con: Members get a special discount on the one-on-one consultation.

Kickstarter pledge fulfillment: Some information about the follow-through on the pledges you recevie through Kickstarter.

Weighing the importance of reader feedback

U.S. Postal Service announces changes: What you need to know to stay on top of shipping merchandise.

Private Forum

How to show the passage of time

Amazon and Jet City Comics

Webcomic Content Management System (CMS) suggestions

Best Web hosts, for per-dollar ratio

Looking for "continent generator" for building fanatasy world

Do I need Word Press?

New at self-publishing... advice?

StoreEnvy.com now supports digital downloads

Manga Studio 5 ex

Transcibing comics

PulsePoint changes

Legal name change and sole proprietorship







Tuesday
Jul302013

U.S. Postal Service announces changes

The United States Postal Service has announced a large number of changes to their services, including...

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Monday
Jul292013

August To-Do List

We're well into the second half of the year, believe it or not. Now's a great time to start planning the rest of your 2013.

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Friday
Jul262013

Saturday Deep Dive: Brainstorming a Book Cover

Today's dive in to the deeper archive of Webcomics.com brings us to July 19, 2010, when I shared a tip on brainstorming a book cover.

Designing an effective book cover is an art form that combines design and marketing to try to create a visual that is attractive -- and sells.

And it's the second one that trips us up all the time, isn't it?

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