Promote Your Writing

Medium is a terrific platform to help you promote your writing and is ideal for authors and content writers. You can share your writing with more dedicated readers than you might find on other social media platforms such as Twitter (X), Facebook, or Instagram. It’s a little like a social network because you need to…

How do I find the link to my book on Amazon? And how do I copy and paste a link? All authors need to know how to find, copy and paste links to Internet page addresses to promote their books, blogs, websites, social media accounts, and promotions. However, some find the task of copying and…

Some new authors stretch the reasonable boundaries of book promotion ideas and wonder why they have trouble selling books. Here is a short listing of nine very annoying methods that I have received and experienced from newly published authors. They are, of course, desperate to sell their books, but they will all fail very badly.…

My books aren’t selling on Amazon! With so many books now published on Amazon, the competition to attract book buyers is fierce. There are countless sources of advice and marketing tricks on how to sell ebooks and books online on Amazon. However, the two most important factors are having a great book and attracting positive…

Erotica ebooks are very popular, but how can you promote erotic fiction? There are well over 300,000 Kindle erotica ebooks or more listed on Amazon alone, and the number is growing every day. But for an author who publishes erotic novels or short stories, the opportunities for book promotion are quite limited. This is often…

Everyone is on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, and even TikTok. But can your social media channels help you sell more books? I have been active on social media for years and have accumulated a reasonable following. However, I must say that the answer to the question is no, not directly. I don’t know how many…

In a word, no, Kindle Countdown Deals don’t work. I should first give you some details and background on my research and conclusion, though. Countdown Deals are only available if you are enrolled in Amazon KDP Select. But one drawback is that if you use it, you cannot use free ebook promotions during the same…

You’ve published your book at last, which is a great achievement. You want it to sell, but to be successful, try to avoid making some simple book marketing mistakes. It’s easy to believe that everyone will love and buy your book. But in reality, that won’t happen. You have to put a lot of time…

You can promote your book with links that are not only to your Amazon book page. When promoting your Kindle book or paperback, you promote your book with links on your website, blog, Facebook, Twitter, and many more sites. Like all published authors, you likely post at least a few links to your book for…

Does book promotion and marketing work? Yes, because the alternative is no book promotion, which naturally doesn’t work. Measuring the results of book promotion and marketing is a very inexact science. You will be disappointed if your measure of success is 1,000’s of immediate overnight book sales. Promotion is a long-term project and requires patience…