Lis Sowerbutts
Online Marketing - Websites - eBooks
I'm a WordPress geek that considers a website a means to an end - rather than just a thing of beauty. I combine my background in SEO and digital marketing with my technical knowledge of WordPress to make websites that actually earn their keep.
This website has seen it all - so if you dig too deep you'll find some inconsistencies, poor spelling and bad language! It is what it is.
Recent Posts
LisSowerbutts.com Rebooted
Hi – remember me? I started this blog in April 2008 on blogspot- it moved to WordPress and this url in November 2008. I’d had the odd month-long break over the years but the 3 months since I last posted here is a personal record, and not in a good way! Well to be honest I never […]
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DIY Self-Publishing: eBooks and Print Books
In answer to the most basic question I’ve been asked several times – how do you publish your own book. Plenty of people who are in the position to publish a book easily (e.g. those who already provide lots of information for free on topics on forums or their own blog), seem intimidated by the […]
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Formatting for Self-Published Paper Books with Amazon – Not So Hard
This post was prompted by an online colleague who admitted that he has been avoiding paper versions of their books because he was scared of the formatting. The formatting is pretty darn easy actually, well at least for Amazon’s CreateSpace which is the service I’m using. Much more straightforward than doing the e-version in my […]
Read MoreMy Other Businesses
DIY Publishing Ltd
A partnership with designer Kris Locket - we turn manuscripts into print and eBooks.
Travel Books
I've been travelling for 30+ years. I write non-fiction travel books which emphasize the practical and alternative.
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