Derek Haines, Author at Just Publishing Advice For Writers and Authors Just Publishing Advice

Common Self-Publishing Mistakes And How To Avoid Them

Updated January 4, 2021 Derek Haines460 Views 0 Comments

Succeeding at self-publishing, gaining readers, and selling books are not easy tasks. However, some of the self-publishing mistakes new authors often make can make success even more difficult. If you avoid making

How To Articles

How To Use Author Central And Your Amazon Author Page

Updated December 27, 2020 Derek Haines532 Views 3 Comments

Amazon Author Central is an essential tool for all Amazon authors. From Author Central, you can improve your Amazon Author Page and your book sales page. If you are not using it,

Self-Publishing

New Amazon Authors Beware Of Audible ACX 365 Day Returns

Updated December 26, 2020 Derek Haines680 Views 7 Comments

If you are a new Amazon author thinking about publishing an audiobook with Audible ACX (Audiobook Creation Exchange), beware. Amazon’s marketing of its audiobooks on Audible has a very big downside for

Writing

How To Use Tone In Writing To Help You Write Much Better

Updated December 28, 2020 Derek Haines781 Views 3 Comments

The easiest way to understand tone in writing is to think about emoticons. When you send messages to friends, you often add an emoji to say that you are happy, sad, confused,

Promote Your Book

How To Get Attention To Your Writing And Books

Updated December 28, 2020 Derek Haines575 Views 2 Comments

Every writer needs to know how to get attention. You spend days, weeks, or months writing articles, blog posts, or books. However, attracting readers to take just a few minutes to read

Grammar

40 Spelling Is The Strange Exception To The Rule

Updated January 3, 2021 Derek Haines760 Views 2 Comments

40 spelling is a little weird. Why is there a U in four and fourteen, but not in forty? Spelling the number 40 is one of the oddities of the English language.