It’s gotten increasingly easy over the past decade to self-publish a book. Before the rise of Amazon to prominence in the bookselling market, and later Amazon’s Kindle store, the vast majority of authors either published through a formal publishing company or not at all. Authors were at the mercy of what publishing companies deemed as […]
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How to Become a Writer
So, you want to know how to become a writer. Good. You’ve come to the right place. There are a lot of ways to do it — become a writer that is (meaning write for a living and not have to do anything else for money). But what’s going to probably be the most helpful […]
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How to Improve your Amazon Sales Rank
Well there’s a bunch of obvious stuff. Hopefully you don’t even need to hear those things, but I will idiotproof this post a little and state the common sense stuff plainly: Build up a big, loyal audience first. Be a social networking dynamo. Be able to write really well. Have an awesome book cover. Price […]
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Promote Your Book With A Facebook Party!
This is a guest post from the awesome author Michelle Saint-Germain. If you’re a writer and interested in writing for us, give us a shout. Are you launching a book soon or thinking about launching a book? If so, you might be looking into marketing strategies. Your book won’t sell if people don’t know it’s […]
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Choosing Keywords for Your Book on Amazon
Amazon lets you choose 7 different keyword phrases for each book. These keywords make it more likely that someone who is looking for your topic will discover that you have a book for sale. These keywords show up in Google as well as in Amazon’s search function. While your keyword selection isn’t of life and […]
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Choosing a Category for your Book on Amazon
While it’s not much more complicated than shoe-tying or crotch-scratching, there are a few tiny tricks that can help your book get more sales when it comes to choosing the right category. An extra book sale a day makes a huge difference when compounded over a time span of many years, so little things like […]
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Creating Agency Through Short Stories
One of the big questions that often come up when writing a new novel boils down to one simple word. “Why?” Why did Darth Vader become a Sith Lord? Why did Jack Torrance turn on his family? Why did the chicken cross the road? All of these questions need to have an answer even if […]
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How to Make Money Blogging
Most of the civilized world has no idea how people make money blogging. They’ve heard that some people make money blogging, sometimes a lot, but they aren’t really sure how. Unless you are an active internet entrepreneur of some kind, the ins and outs of making money as a blogger just don’t enter into normal […]
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