Derek Haines

Derek is an experienced English teacher, writer, and author with a passion for grammar, creative writing, and all forms of publishing. He also enjoys experimenting with technology and tools for writers.

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Book Sales Fall For Self-Publishing Authors

Book Sales Fall For Some Amazon Self-Publishing Authors

Book sales fall for self-published ebooks, in particular. But Why? After years of steady growth, ebook sales for indie authors have started to hit a problem. The most recent data from Author Earnings in their latest quarterly report gives ample proof of the drop off in self-publishing sales and earnings. While the data is clear, the…

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Amazon Review Policies

Amazon Book Review Policies Are Bad For Self Publishing Authors

An Amazon book review cannot be posted for free ebooks? Correct. You might have missed this very quiet yet extremely nasty change to Amazon book review policies. If you are still giving away free Kindle ebooks in the hope of gaining new reviews, then you might want to reconsider. The new Amazon review rules If you…

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Self Publishing Old Fashioned Way

Self-Publishing The Old-Fashioned Way Is Still Effective

Old-fashioned self-publishing is definitely not out of fashion. You might think that self-publishing is only about Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, ebooks, and social media. It’s also easy to believe that the only way to succeed is to buy Facebook Ads or Bookbub slots. Yet it’s easy to forget that many authors succeeded at self-publishing…

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Kindle eBook Promotions

How To Make The Most From Your Free Ebook For Kindle Promotion

Any author publishing with Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) knows about free Kindle ebook promotion. You can offer your ebook for free for five days during your ninety-day enrollment in KDP Select. Some may not know that free ebooks for Kindle have now become another little industry in itself. There are many, many sites on…

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The Self-Publishing Train Wreck Is Upon Us

The Self-Publishing Train Wreck Is Upon Us – It’s Been Coming

Self-publishing is evolving and suffering from growing pains. But in some ways, self-publishing was always a train wreck waiting to happen. Although there has been no crashing noise and screaming sirens as yet, all the signs point to the fact that self-publishing is losing its steam. In recent and not-so-recent times, several signals have turned…

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Change Your Cover

Do You Need To Change Your Book Cover To Get Sales?

If you are self-publishing, should you change the cover of your book? Or do you have different cover versions for each of your online retailers? From a book marketing perspective, having a range of book covers creates opportunities. You can discover which version of your book’s cover attracts the most attention and, therefore, potential book…

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