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Yes, writing is hard work if you want to be a great writer. There are a lot of writers out there, but not so many outstanding ones. Writing is a tough gig, and finding your unique voice and style takes a long time. You need to decide if you are writing to inform, advise, convince,…
In an earlier post, I wrote about creating landing pages for books. It is an easy and productive tool authors can use to promote their books. However, to know how your landing pages are performing, you need hard data. You need to know how to track landing pages in Google Analytics to get it. Landing…
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I’m sure you’ve read a lot of articles and blog posts that contain grammar mistakes. That’s why you should care about grammar. Some errors aren’t as bad as others, but most of them are unnecessary. Any good writer can avoid them easily. Writers who spend a little bit of time correcting grammar mistakes care about…
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A book landing page is a standalone web page designed with the singular purpose of getting visitors to take an action. For authors, of course, the action is to buy your book. The main features of a landing page are, by design, very few. There are no headers, sidebars, footers, widgets, or any other distraction…
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How to learn how to write from well-known authors. Myself, I daydreamed about creating and publishing a novel from my early childhood. What does it take? We deal with academic paper writing in higher educational institutions. Some of us take great enjoyment in writing and begin to create short stories. But only a few dare…
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You’re a published author, so you know that it’s a challenge to promote self-published books or Kindle ebooks. In an already crowded and competitive market, it can be hard work. Well, unless you can get your book featured in the New York Times. But usually, it will take patience, a lot of work, and a…
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When you gift a Kindle ebook, it can count as a real sale, but … If you need a little sales boost, offering to gift a Kindle book to readers can help give your ebook’s sales rank a quick little lift. All you need is your recipient’s email address and then click the Give as…
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Ebooks are convenient but, at the same time, restrictive. The ebook will never replace a real printed book. So many people have said this over the years since the introduction of the ebook by Sony and then, shortly after, by Amazon. There has never been a topic as controversial and divisive in the book publishing…
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Smashwords vs Draft2Digital review for new authors. I have been a (very) long-time user of Smashwords. I have to say that without Mark Coker, there would never have been an alternative to Amazon for self-published authors and small press. But now, I’m using Draft2Digital for distribution to ebook retailers other than Amazon. Why am I changing…
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There are hundreds of ways to promote a self-published book. However, if you don’t get the following nine marketing strategy basics right first, you could waste a lot of your time, energy, and money. Many, if not most, authors who self-publish for the first time make mistakes. It is completely normal because you are trying…
