I Am A Writer But I Really Don’t Like Writing My Author Bio
“I hate writing my author bio!” It’s no secret, is it? Learning how to write an author bio takes a lot of effort for so few words. But you’re an author, so
Continue Reading
Author: Derek Haines
How To Be An Independent Publisher And Why You Should
For writers and authors, self-publishing is easy. You upload a Word manuscript to Amazon KDP or an aggregator, and you have an ebook for sale. It’s all so easy. But your sales
Continue Reading
Amazon Cracks Down On Poor Kindle Ebook Quality With Warnings
Ebook authors and publishers who ignore quality issue warnings at the time of publishing, or later, on Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) now face the reality that Amazon will warn readers that their
Continue Reading
Why Did My Amazon Reviews Get Deleted From My Book?
It’s thrilling for all new self-published authors to get a few great book reviews. But they are shocked if or when they see some Amazon reviews deleted. “Why were my Amazon book reviews
Continue Reading
9 Proofreading Techniques To Help You Proofread Better
Meticulous editing and good proofreading techniques can save you a lot of embarrassment. Many years ago, when I was working in printing and publishing, we had to print 1,000 posters promoting a
Continue Reading
The Grammar Police Are Carefully Watching Every Word You Write
The Grammar Police are around online in their thousands nowadays. They are ever watchful and frightfully quick on the draw. Whenever the tiniest grammatical error, typo, or erroneous spelling mistake hits the
Continue Reading