Are you guilty of using tired clichés in your author bio? You see so many unimaginative clichés in bios. For example, inspirational author, debut author, author of (book title), published author, I am an author, author of books, a budding author, and an award-winning author. The worst of them all, which is usually a little…
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How many times should you proofread your writing? At least three times. You are a writer, blogger, or author and love to write. Perhaps you are a student and writing essays, which is hard work. But the expectations are very high from people who will read your writing, especially online readers. They want well-written, accurate,…
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I wrote a book, so why isn’t it selling? Yes, writing your book took a long time and was hard work. But for authors new to self-publishing, the next step can be daunting: attracting readers willing to pay good money to buy and read your book. But first, they have to be able to find…
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Learning how to market yourself as an author is essential and will help you reach new readers and book buyers. But with so many different options and strategies to choose from, it can be challenging to know where to start. However, the two basics are building a social media presence and writing and creating engaging…
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Using your Twitter followers to promote books is very popular, and it is a great social network for many people for marketing and book promotion. Along with Facebook, these are the two best social networks for building your follower count and attracting attention to your writing. Getting a lot of Facebook Likes on your Page…
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Every self-publishing author wants to know how to sell ebooks online. Very often, it seems that writing a book is the easy part. Ebooks and books are everyday retail items. Like any other retail product, people need to notice them before they can buy them. But how do you get noticed if you have published…
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Self-publishing on Kindle with Amazon KDP is the only way to go. However, in my judgment, this is not always true. The dominance of Amazon and Kindle in the ebook market is well known. So, it doesn’t need any elaboration. However, there is a natural assumption that this is a worldwide phenomenon and that ebooks…
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Why do you need universal book links? To help you sell more books to more readers. When a potential book buyer clicks on your book link, where do they end up? If they live in Scotland, do you send them to Amazon US? For someone in South Africa, do you send them to Amazon France?…
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Do you use questions in your blog writing? Many aspects are involved in creating content that will engage your readers and be SEO-friendly. If that’s not enough, trends come and go, and you need to keep your content relevant in line with these changes. It’s always the quality and usefulness of your content that is…
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If you are a self-published author, there is often some confusion about the difference between how to market and promote a book. In essence, marketing should start after you’ve written your first draft and well before you publish. Promoting occurs after your book is published and available for purchase. To give you an example of…
