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Every author has book links on their blogs and websites. But can you make much better use of them by using smarter cover image book buy links? Adding images of your book covers is the best way to promote your books on your website or blog. Most authors know how to add image widgets to…
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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…
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Amazon Kindle Unlimited royalties to authors will take a whack. Amazon Kindle Unlimited says that it will charge $3.00 for Amazon Kindle Unlimited membership for Indian customers. “As we’ve expanded KU to more countries, a number of the program’s elements – such as exchange rates, customer reading behavior, and local subscription pricing – now vary…
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Amazon Kindle scams are rife because they work. Forget affiliate marketing, phishing, and blog comment spam as a way to make a few bucks. Kindle scams are the easiest way to make money on the Internet, according to an article in the Washington Post. “Making money with Kindle is by far the easiest and fastest…
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Here are 10 of the best free book publishing software and self-publishing apps to help with your book publishing and promotion. We all need some help. I use many of the following tools almost every day, so I can vouch for how useful they are. Take a look at the choices you have to help…
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The ebook revolution is over, the major battles have been fought, and the ebook format is here to stay. Yes, there are still a few skirmishes on the sidelines in trade publishing. Traditional publishing houses fought in vain, trying to protect their privileged position, profits, and champagne lunches they held as their right for so…
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Typos in Kindle ebooks can happen. Perfection is difficult, no matter how carefully you prepare your book for publishing. However, some help is at hand. And it comes from a surprising source: Amazon. KDP to the rescue I was delighted to get an email from Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) pointing out that it had found…
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Are you thinking about how to translate your book? Translating a book for self-published authors is a challenge. Of course, the biggest hurdle is usually the cost. The market price for a professional translator for a full-length novel is probably out of financial reach for most self-published authors. Babelcube for authors and publishers An interesting…
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Do you know that you can add pictures and images to ebooks? You can, and it is very simple. The easiest way to add images in ebooks is by using Microsoft Word or almost any word processor. Your images can be in color. But depending on what device a reader uses, your images may change…
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Book sales fall for self-published ebooks, in particular. But Why? After years of steady growth, ebook sales for indie authors have started to hit a problem. The most recent data from Author Earnings in their latest quarterly report gives ample proof of the drop off in self-publishing sales and earnings. While the data is clear, the…
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