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Find out how you can easily self-publish a book or ebook and attract readers and potential book buyers.
There are many facets to self-publishing and new skills you need to learn along the way.
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Many self-published authors fail to give their books the best chance of success because they are in such a rush to publish that they overlook so many basics. It is the main reason for low book sales. Many authors new to self-publishing get many basic things backward, upside down, and back the front. The result…
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How does book metadata work with SEO? Metadata is the text written and added to web pages specifically for resource purposes for computer systems and search engines. It helps them understand the page content for discovery and identification so that pages can be ordered and ranked by relevance. You can use metadata for ebooks, books,…
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Do self-help books sell? Everyone has heard of Dale Carnegie and his New York Times bestseller, How to Win Friends and Influence People. People are still reading this book. Although first published in 1936, it remains listed in the top 20 business books on Amazon and has sold over 15 million copies. It has been popular…
Many new authors assume self-publishing on Kindle and Amazon KDP is the only way to self-publish a book. While Amazon dominates ebook sales, it isn’t the only option. Depending on your goals, publishing exclusively through Amazon could even limit your reach and income opportunities. Publishing wide opens up possibilities of finding readers who use other…
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When you gift a Kindle ebook, it can count as a real sale, but … If you need a quick sales boost, offering to gift a Kindle book to readers can help boost your ebook’s sales rank. You need only your recipient’s email address. Then, click the Give as a Gift button on your Amazon…
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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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Self-publishing has the reputation of being free or at least a cheap way to publish a book. In a sense, it is true. Free self-publishing for an ebook is extremely easy with Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). You can also find ample free book promotion opportunities online and on social media. You can create an ebook…
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There are many reasons why an author might choose to publish under a pen name or pseudonym. Often, it is because of a complete change of genre. Or perhaps the topic matter is too far removed from what their loyal readers expect from authors they have read. If an author is well known for children’s…
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When you need to remove an ebook from sale, knowing how long it takes is vital. It is especially the case if you plan to republish elsewhere or join an exclusive program like KDP Select. Draft2Digital (D2D) makes delisting your ebooks a simple process. With a few clicks in your dashboard, you can send removal…
All self-publishing authors, publishers, and small press publishers face this decision. How do you choose between Smashwords and Draft2Digital, and Amazon KDP Select? Which ebook sales platform do you choose and why? There are no easy answers because all of them offer advantages and disadvantages. The simple solution would be for Amazon to drop its demand…
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