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How To Use Medium To Promote Your Author Brand

Updated July 5, 2019 Derek Haines4380 Views 3 Comments

4.62/5 (13) What is Medium? Medium is a great site where you can share your writing with more sophisticated and

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How To Copy And Paste A Link To Promote Your Books Online

Updated June 9, 2019 Derek Haines3502 Views 3 Comments

5/5 (11) Learn how to copy and paste a link or URL in any web browsers All authors need to

Is crowdfunding viable for self-publishers

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Does Kickstarter Crowdfunding Work For Self-Published Authors?

Updated January 3, 2019 Derek Haines3858 Views 2 Comments

Is crowdfunding, using sites such as Kickstarter a viable alternative for self-publishers? Crowdfunding is not top of mind for most self-publishing authors, who generally concentrate on Amazon KDP, Createspace, Lulu, Smashwords and Draft2Digital distribution to generate ebook and book sales.

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Ten Funny Golden Rules For Writing A Book And Failing

Updated June 29, 2019 Derek Haines3612 Views 0 Comments

4.62/5 (21) How to write a book in ten easy to forget steps Have you started writing a fiction book?

Grammar Writing

Are There Really 69 Punctuation Rules?

Updated July 14, 2019 Derek Haines3963 Views 2 Comments

4.5/5 (8) The power of punctuation rules! And how to use them. Good writing always needs even better punctuation, yet

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Amazon Digital Downloads Charge Eats At Your Ebook Royalties

Updated May 30, 2019 Derek Haines9432 Views 9 Comments

4.81/5 (85) Many authors are unaware that KDP charges for Kindle ebook delivery, which can reduce your ebook royalties Hidden

Nine Book Promotion Ideas That Do Not Work

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9 Book Promotion Ideas That Do Not Work At All

Updated June 29, 2019 Derek Haines10345 Views 11 Comments

4.51/5 (106) There are some authors who stretch the reasonable boundaries of book promotion ideas Here is a short list of

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Test Drive Your WordPress Website With A WordPress Sandbox

Updated July 12, 2019 Derek Haines5520 Views 0 Comments

4.29/5 (24) Install a WordPress Sandbox for your blog and play it safe Many writers now use a self-hosted WordPress

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My Book Isn’t Selling On Amazon! – 10 Actions You Can Take

Updated July 3, 2019 Derek Haines10017 Views 22 Comments

4.07/5 (43) My book isn’t selling on Amazon! Here are 10 tips to help sell you more books in a

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Five Very Simple Ways To Increase Website Traffic

Updated May 7, 2019 Derek Haines3410 Views 0 Comments

5/5 (8) Every blogger wants to increase website traffic. Here are 5 quick ways to do it. For self-published authors,