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The Amazon Instant Kindle Previewer tool is a fantastic free Kindle book promotion tool to encourage fast ebook preview reading. But it’s not so obvious to find. If you are promoting your books, you will know it takes a potential reader some clicks to get from a book link on your author’s website or blog…
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This article is a short step-by-step guide on how to format an ebook in Microsoft Word. One of the common questions authors ask me is how to get the correct formatting for an ebook for Kindle, Smashwords, or Draft2Digital. While many authors might think that it is sometimes difficult to get a manuscript passed by…
Something for Star Wars grammar lovers. There is nothing better than a little inverted Yoda grammar to get the purists’ teeth gnashing. The fantastic infographic below gives a few examples of Yoda speak, which I have to admit I love. From inverted word order, or inversion, to dropping auxiliaries, moving modifiers, all the way through…
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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…
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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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