If You’re an Indie Author, How do you Establish Legitimacy? by Laurel Osterkamp
Discover how indie authors can establish legitimacy in publishing. Laurel Osterkamp shares insights on reviews, contests, and promotions.
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Building Your Mailing List: 5 Concrete Steps that Work by Laurel Osterkamp
A successful, well-built mailing list is vital and can increase books sales for independent and traditionally published authors alike.
Why Is No One Buying My Novel? Part 2 by Janelle Riley
Book sales can be affected by many things, even with good marketing a book still needs a good cover and proper editing and formatting.
Should You Escape the Amazon Monopoly: the Pros and Cons of the Retail Giant by Thao Nguyen
Amazon is often described as a threat in the world of publication. While there are pros and cons to choosing publication with Amazon, only the author can decide what is right for them.
Money-Making Projects an Author Can Pursue by Keri Kruspe
Most authors can’t support themselves by book sales alone. There are other money-making projects authors can pursue. Novelist Keri Kruspe delves into a list of options for you to explore.
If You Build a Mailing List, The Sales Will Come by Jack Thompson
Today we welcome a new guest writer to Writer’s Fun Zone, Jack Thompson who is stopping by to chat with us today about “If You Build a List, The Sales Will Come.” Enjoy!
Teach the Aspiring Author Through Editing by Carol Malone
Please welcome author and book coach in training Carol Malone. Today she’s sharing her article regarding personal book coaching verses writer education found on the web. Enjoy! *** I’ve been doing a lot of editing lately,...
Open Call for Nonfiction Essays for Anthology by Erin Lale
Each chapter will be an essay by a different author on what they’ve learned through inspiration to write fiction, through applying the universal truths of their lives to fiction, and other gnosis learned through the process of writing. Wherever this wisdom comes from, it all qualifies as long as it occurred in the author’s mind due to writing fiction.
Self Publishing VS Traditional Publishing by Deanna Jackson
Lately I find myself saying, “One day my book will be on that shelf” whenever I pass by the isle that holds all the literary material at a store. I know the hard work it will take to see that come true but I also know that which route to publishing I take plays a part.
What to Bring to a Book Fair to Sell Your Books by Ezra Barany
Here’s a quick check-list of items to bring with you if you have a display table to sell your books at a book fair or presentation.
Making Audio Books From Your Novels
If you think it’s expensive making audio books from your novels, you’re right. But there’s an easy way for making audio books without paying any upfront fees…if you’re willing to sacrifice part of your royalties.
Increase Your Book Sales with Anthology Submissions
Many authors think getting their work published in an anthology is great for visibility. They’re right. But not for the reason they think. If you self-publish, you then tell all your friends and family about the book. But with an anthology, you now have all the contributing authors tell all their friends and all their families about the book. The amount of people who hear about the anthology and see your published name can be ten times as many!
3 Tips to Making Great Book Trailers
Some people think book trailers are a great way to make more book sales, while others think book trailers don’t truly increase book sales much at all. The truth is that book trailers can increase your book sales if your video becomes viral. So how do you make a video go viral?
The Best Print to Ebook Layout to Boost Your Sales
I thought that if I made my ebook have a layout exactly like my print book, that would be enough to make my ebook sell well. The truth is, by going from print to ebook, I made the layout identical and that was a mistake. I missed out on making news of the release of my ebook spread like wildfire, and I missed out on making sure I got plenty of good reviews from my ebook sales. If I had just added a few extra components to my ebook layout, I could have made more sales and received more reviews.
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