Many authors don't even think about the interior design and formatting of their books. Yet it is critically important to your readers, AND to the sales of your books. Formatting refers to the way you enter paragraph and line breaks, indents, … [Read More...]
Adventures in Amazon: Taking the leap into self-publishing…
Adventures in Amazon Taking the leap into self-publishing… So, I wrote a book this year. Granted, it’s not a particularly good one, but my 50th birthday was on the horizon, and I figured that I should do it before I couldn’t remember my own name. … [Read More...]
Categories Can Increase Book Sales By Exposing You To New Audience Niches
Choosing the Right Categories For Your Book Can Help Make or Break Your Book Here is an example of how this works. Let's say you have just completed a stunningly beautiful ethnic cookbook. It is filled with over a hundred amazing recipes and … [Read More...]
Kindle Research With KDSPY: Find Out What And How Your Competitors Are Doing
If you have a self-publishing business or are an author, you've probably spent a lot of time in niche research. You already know that one of the most important decisions you can make toward increasing book sales and making money is to … [Read More...]
How To Use Publisher Rocket To Sell More Books
Boost Sales with Publisher Rocket Are you looking for ways to boost your book earnings and save time on data research? Publisher Rocket can help solve your problems and increase your book earnings with fast, effective keyword searches. This … [Read More...]
What is PLR Content and How Can You Use It?
What is PLR Content? PLR stands for Private Label Rights and it has everything to do with copyright. When someone sells you private label rights they are selling you a license to use their work and call it your own. They are basically selling you … [Read More...]
Things I Wish I’d Known Before I Started Submitting My Writing
A few tips to help new writers avoid the same mistakes I made. Written by Leslie Wibberley When I returned to an old passion of mine, writing, just under five years ago, I was hopelessly uninformed about pretty much everything about the writing … [Read More...]
Marketing, Exposure and Sales
Today I got a message from one of my customers. I could hear the "pain" underlying her questions simply because I too have experienced (and still do experience) that same level of pain and frustration. I think that in my correspondence … [Read More...]
Reviews, Reviews and MORE Reviews
How To Get More Book Reviews: Amazon Reviewers
Amazon Reviewers LOVE posting reviews! There are thousands of Amazon reviewers who regularly post reviews! These are people who not only buy and read books, they are the readers who actually spend the time to REVIEW the books they’ve read. These Amazon Reviewers absolutely LOVE posting reviews. Some of them post dozens of reviews, some […]
How To Get More Book Reviews: Purchase Reviews
Yes, you can purchase reviews. Yes it is OK according to Amazon! If you are prepared to purchase reviews there are a growing number of companies that will help you. They stick to Amazon’s rules so you are safe. I have my ears covered and am hiding under my desk. Many of you are […]
Auto Post To Facebook Groups
There are hundreds of Facebook Groups specifically focused on writing, authorship and self-publishing. Many of those groups allow you to “advertise” your Kindle book. If you do a rough count of the number of members these groups have, it comes to well over a million. So? Are you going to ignore a million people who […]
How To Get More Book Reviews: Your Website
Your Website or Author Blog is your MOST important marketing resource. You should be building your website or author blog with two things in mind: The first is to build your email list. The second is to engage your followers. Whether you are starting with just one book, or you have many … each book must […]
7 Ways To Get Those All Important Reviews For Your Kindle Book
You can’t even give a book away for free without at least one review. Here are seven different ways to get reviews. Some of them are fast, some of them are very effective, all of them work. Most of them are free, if you don’t count the hours you will put into it, and others […]
How To Get More Book Reviews: Social Media
Are you using social media to get reviews? One of the purposes of having set up your social media channels is to promote your book. This includes getting reviews. Whether you are engaged on ONE channel or a dozen, that is your choice and depends on your communication preferences and time constraints. Channels could include: […]
BEST Books on How To Get Book Reviews
This list of books is all about different ways to get those all important Book Reviews. I’ve read all of them and more. I’ve chosen these books because they all contain good solid information … some are for beginners, others are for experienced authors and communicators. Some of them are very quick reads, while others […]