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If your blog is slow, you will lose readers fast. It will also harm your SEO. That’s why you always need to do a website speed test. Here are ten free page web speed test tools for you to make sure your website or blog is delivering fast page load times for your readers. Each…

Do you want to set up a free ebook download on your WordPress site? If you use either a self-hosted WordPress or a WordPress.com site, you can do it. You can make your ebooks available to your readers for free. Creating a PDF version of your books for the WordPress media library is quite easy.…

You want to become an author and a bestselling one at that. But let’s do a reality check first. You can write, but that doesn’t make you a writer. You’re a writer, but that doesn’t make you an author. Almost everyone can write. But being able to write is only the beginning. Learning how to be…

How to protect your manuscript. Don’t trust technology. If you are writing a book, you should never use one working copy of your manuscript file. Computer files can suffer from all sorts of problems, such as file corruption, accidental deletions, or, worse, viruses. Make sure you use good file management practices to protect your hard…

Can you add hyperlinks in Kindle ebooks? Yes, you can add links to any ebook to direct readers to external web pages to improve the reading experience. Most e-reader devices and reading apps are connected to Wi-Fi and the Internet. So adding links to an ebook makes a lot of sense. Your HTML links will work if your…

You can’t sell books on Amazon. You can only bring your books to the attention of book buyers. The most challenging task for all authors using Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) and selling books on Amazon is maintaining consistent book sales. There is a catch-22 that applies to most new books listed on Amazon. You need…

You have to promote what you do because there are no shortcuts to success in any business, including selling books. Promoting online publishing always needs work. You need to have an excellent product and a plan for how you will tell people about it. Always tell them why they should consider it, use it, rent…

Have you thought about extending your self-publishing to make money from writing by becoming a self-employed blogger? With all the apps and tools available now for writers to publish their work online, there are many options for earning an income from your writing career. You might think of self-publishing as only publishing ebooks and books…

Cloudflare is a very popular CDN. But you need to add three Cloudflare page rules for WordPress to make sure your dashboard and editor are not cached. Bloggers who use WordPress know that a fast and secure website is critical. The first step is to use a reliable and fast web hosting provider or managed…

You want a great book title. But do you check your book title ideas before you publish a new book? Self-publishers often overlook the importance of finding ideas for good book titles for a new release. It is easy to think that the fiction title you have selected is fantastic, unique, and attention-grabbing. But I…