Amazon Author Central is a fantastic promotional tool for self-published authors. But why does Amazon Author Central UK persist with a separate page for Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) self-publishers? An Amazon author page should be just that. A page, and only one. Why are UK authors penalized by having their Amazon Author Central UK pages…
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Can you automate social media posts for book promotion? Spending hours every day promoting a book is hard work and time-consuming. It is often counter-productive as it eats into your writing time. Endlessly adding posts manually to your social networks can help. But is all this hard work effective? The answer is probably yes, but…
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Do you want to know how to publish an ebook for free? Free is the operative word on the Internet, so why shouldn’t free be applied to self-publishing an ebook? Yes, you can self-publish an ebook without spending a cent. But authors who want to make a lot of money by self-publishing a book for…
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Many self-published authors fail to give their books the best chance of success because they are in such a rush to publish that they overlook so many basics. It is the main reason for low book sales. Many authors new to self-publishing get many basic things backward, upside down, and back the front. The result…
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Here is a quick list of Twitter for authors tips, tricks, and how-to’s that may help you understand how Twitter works. In a recent article about actions to increase book sales, I mentioned that you could leverage Twitter to become a great traffic driver. Since then, I have received some messages wanting more information about…
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Using Word Styles is the easiest way to format an ebook in Word before you publish your ebook. You will also need to make sure that your document is clean of any background code that can affect fonts, paragraph styles, and line spacing in your ebook. All of these background elements can alter the look…
Update: Please read the update notice at the end of this article, as Facebook has made changes to shops. This article now remains online for reference value ony. Where better to sell your Amazon books than on Facebook? Let’s look at how to sell books on Facebook from your own store page. There are so many…
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Being a writer or author is one thing. But being able to promote, market, sell, and profit from your writing is another. It is what often defines being an authorpreneur. There are many writers and authors nowadays, but there are relatively few true authorpreneurs. Why? Because it is a tough business and for many writers, being…
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There are so many free online writing tools that can help you check and polish your work. Are you a student or a new writer? Do you need some help improving your writing? You don’t need to spend a cent to correct your essay, school assignment, or online article submission. 10 Free online tools for…
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How does book metadata work with SEO? Metadata is the text written and added to web pages specifically for resource purposes for computer systems and search engines. It helps them understand the page content for discovery and identification so that pages can be ordered and ranked by relevance. You can use metadata for ebooks, books,…
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