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Penguin Random House has booted Author Solutions. Media reports have confirmed the sale of Author Solutions by Penguin Random House. It will abandon its venture into expensive self-publishing and concentrate on traditional publishing in the future. This article is now dated but remains online for reference value. Author Solutions is infamous For those who may…
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A good Kindle ebook sales rank helps you sell more ebooks. But keeping your ebook in a high position on Kindle bestseller lists is challenging. A book has a short selling life, so you need to make the most of your opportunities in the first few months, in particular. If you’re looking to maintain your…
Writing nonfiction books has many advantages. But does fiction or nonfiction sell better for self-publishing authors? Fiction and particularly romance, seems to dominate self-publishing. Yet nonfiction books have a lot of upsides when it comes to making money from your writing by selling ebooks. If you are an author, it is worth investigating your nonfiction…
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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…
Is Your Book Lost In The Crowd? – 11 Tips To Help Get Your Ebook Noticed Read More »
Is there a workaround for KDP Select exclusivity? One of the common dilemmas for self-published indie authors is whether to grant exclusive rights to Amazon so that they can enroll their ebooks in KDP Select (KDPS). Enrolling in KDP Select Exclusivity is demanding, but there may be a little crack in the wall. The benefits of…
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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.…
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A Smashwords ebook survey showed how self-published romance ebooks dominated the ebook market. In short, the romance genre accounted for a staggering 87% of the top 100 bestsellers on Smashwords and their aggregators. Should I repeat that number? Eighty-seven percent! The number must make all romance authors smile. While it is impossible to compare this…
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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…
How To Sell Ebooks Online – The Hard Honest Truth About It Read More »
Despite Amazon’s paid book review clean-out after the revelations by John Locke about paying for book reviews, nothing has changed at all. Well, apart from the fact that Amazon deleted a lot of honest ones during their cull at the time. Amazon did not take much more than token action against paid book reviews back then.…
The Saga Of Paid Amazon Book Reviews Continues Unabated Read More »
SEO for ebooks, books, and authors is a term that probably makes most writers shudder at the thought. Isn’t SEO technical and complicated? No, it isn’t, and it’s an indispensable part of book marketing. SEO for authors is quite a straightforward content marketing strategy. With a bit of time spent improving your SEO, you can…
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