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About Ning
Ning offers the latest social networking features, all infinitely customizable to meet your unique needs. The Ning Platform makes this possible. As a platform, you don't have to appeal to Ning for the features you want. If you have the time and the inclination, you can build them yourself. It's the software equivalent of Home Depot.
From artists to musicians, athletes, bloggers, video channels, journalists, students, educators, parents, craft hobbyists, alumni, and interest groups, the range and diversity of the social networks on Ning are profound.
Ning Videos
Ning at a Glance
Ning is an online platform for users to create their own social websites and social networksSocial Graph-iti, The Economist, Oct 18, 2007, launched in October 2005. Ning was co-founded by Marc Andreessen and Gina Bianchini. Ning is Andreessen's third startup (after Netscape and Opsware), and got much of its early notability from Andreessen's successes with those companies.Evaluating Tech Startups: The Risks And Rewards, by John Foley, InformationWeek, Nov 10, 2007.Second acts: Seven tech titans today, by George Jones, Computerworld, Dec 3, 2007
The word "Ning" is Chinese for "peace" (), as explained by Gina Bianchini on the company blog, and it is also a surname in Chinese.The Story Behind the Ning Name, by Gina Bianchini, Ning Blog, April 11, 2007
About PublishedAuthors
The Published Authors Network
The Published Authors Network is a place where authors and writers can share ideas about publishing and writing books.PublishedAuthors is a social networking group for all published authors. Book promotion on the Internet is an important part of being published. There are no quick fixes or shortcuts to becoming a successful author. Writing is a serious business and networking is an essential part of the process of publishing and promoting books.
Authors can display book covers, add photos and videos, join and set up groups, add blogs and participate in the forum. They can also set up their own social network on ning.com.
Join this network to promote your books, interact with other authors and exchange ideas.
Features of PublishedAuthors
The main page of the network features:Author of the Week:
Every week a new author is featured on the main page of PublishedAuthors
Author events:
Upcoming events such as writer's conferences, book tours, interviews and radio appearances appear on the main page prior to the events.
Poll for Author of the Week:
Members can vote for the author they think deserves to be Author of the Week.
Ezines:
Every month, a different e-zine is featured.
Author Blogs:
Member's blogs appear on the main page.
Author videos:
Member's videos appear on the main page.
Forum:
Five message boards for members to join in.
Groups:
Members can set up and join groups
How to Join PublishedAuthors
Shout Out For PublishedAuthors!
Share your stories, sightings, thoughts, rants, raves...
georgegijo wrote...
I am a member of Publishedauthors. It has got so many unique features for authors.
Posted February 29, 2008
Great for Writers wrote
Published Authors Ning is a wonderful site for authors to communicate and network.
Mary J. Dressel
http://www.maryjdresselbooks.com
Posted November 08, 2007
JaciGwyn wrote...
I have recently joined PublishedAuthors and am delighted. What a busy site and the members are so friendly. It's the ideal place where authors can discuss all aspects of the writing profession and can exchange ideas on marketing and so forth.
I am glad I joined.
Posted October 30, 2007
boredofeducation wrote...
Great idea to have a ning site for published authors.
Feel free to add your lenses to the Squidoo Book Club at:
http://www.squidoo.com/groups/books
Posted October 28, 2007
