Ebooks

X (formerly Twitter) is excellent for author promotion, but does Twitter sell ebooks? It has become the go-to social media platform for self-published authors for many years. Perhaps this happened because both self-publishing and Twitter launched at roughly the same time. Although it has changed its name to X, I’ll use Twitter in this article,…

Most self-publishing platforms recommend adding a table of contents (TOC) to an ebook. Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing has a help page, Create a Table of Contents in Word. It explains that Amazon now insists on ebooks having a TOC and describes how to create one. However, if you use the automatic Microsoft Word function for a…

Where is Apple’s marketing for Apple Books? It’s awfully hard to find. How many emails do you receive from Amazon reminding you of the Kindle ebooks you have viewed? Lots? Like me, I’m sure you get emails from Goodreads too. The silent Apple But where’s Apple? When have you ever received anything that is promoting…

Before self-publishing, you need to know how to format an ebook in a Microsoft Word document. It has probably taken months, if not longer, to write your book’s manuscript. Due to this, your Word file is almost certainly full of erroneous styles, formatting errors, and different text or font formats. It is vital to remove these…

How many Kindle ebooks are on Amazon? There are now well over 12 million Kindle ebooks on Amazon. I have been tracking the number of ebooks on Amazon for many years now. You can check my most recent update here with my latest formula and results. Tracking ebooks on the Kindle Store The number of…

Ebooks are price-sensitive, so what is your Kindle ebook pricing strategy? If you have set your ebook selling price and not changed it since you first published it, perhaps it’s time to take another look at your list price. If book sales are not rolling in the door for you, it’s probably a good time…

It’s no secret that having a high ebook sales rank in the Kindle Store in your chosen category or categories helps your visibility and ongoing sales for your ebook. However, keeping your ebook in a prominent position on Kindle bestseller lists is challenging. An ebook, like all books, has a short shelf life, so you…

How do you get your ebook noticed? Is your ebook lost in the crowd? If it is, it is not hard to understand why when you realize just how many new authors are publishing books each year. There are so many platforms, retailers, and of course, authors all fighting for a piece of the ebook…

When you buy an ebook online, do you purchase it or only rent it? Then, after this consideration, what restrictions come with either choice? The issue of ebook ownership has been discussed extensively in newspapers and publishing blogs. Although very convenient, the most popular ebook retail platforms often impose strict limitations on your ebook purchases.…

How to sell ebooks online? There is an answer. Unfortunately, it is probably not one that true indie self-published authors would like to hear. But it’s clear. Forget the rest and concentrate most of your book marketing efforts on Amazon Kindle. Do you have choices? I have been self-publishing for so long now that it…