Self-Publishing

There are two options available to you if you are considering self-publishing for the first time. Pay someone a lot of money to do it for you, or do it yourself for (mostly) free. The second option for most indie authors who are publishing a book for the first time will be far more attractive,…

Why do you need to prepare a Word document before self-publishing? Because it needs cleaning. It may have taken you months or years, but you finally wrote your book. Your Word document is ready and is now your final manuscript for your new ebook. But before you rush off to publish your book, you should…

Whether you are new to writing and publishing or an old hand, you should never stop learning; these self-publishing blogs will help. Even though I hunt high and low for ideas for my blog posts, I always check my favorite sources of informed opinion and publishing advice. The following blogs and sites have all been…

Amazon KDP Pay Per Click Advertising should be a lot better for the money you pay If you are enrolled in Amazon KDP Select, you will have access to Amazon’s Ad Campaigns. This allows authors and publishers to advertise their individual books on related popular and best-selling Amazon book pages. This, indeed, is a great opportunity.…

In all forms of publishing, only a tiny percentage of books sell well. Some do okay and are followed then by a lot of books that fail badly. It has always been the ratio of success in publishing. There are a few winners but a lot of losers. It is why book publishing is a…

Many self-publishing authors publish titles regularly. Learning all the skills necessary to do so is time very well spent. For these authors, taking the time to learn makes self-publishing very economical. However, for authors who wish to self-publish only one ebook, assisted self-publishing can avoid learning to do everything that is needed, which takes a…

Is Amazon Kindle Unlimited worth it for authors? After twelve months, I probably have to say thank you, but no. Like all new ideas, it takes time to decide whether it works. But after trying it, here is my Kindle Unlimited review from a self-publishing author’s perspective. Does Kindle Unlimited fairly reward authors? The answer…

Kindle Unlimited Edition Normalized Page Count (KENP) pays between $0.004 and $0.005 per page. But does Kindle Unlimited pay-per-page give a viable return for authors? If you are an author, your answer is probably going to be a resounding no. However, the reality is that Kindle Unlimited (KU) is proving very popular with Kindle ebook…

Your manuscript is finished. It is off to your editor, line editor, proofreader, or beta readers, so you wait? No way. You’ve got a lot of work to do. Here are seven essential tasks you can work on while your finished manuscript is in the hands of others. You will be so busy that you…

Today’s book market gives power to readers – even the not-so-nice ones who post mean book reviews. Less than ten years ago, readers had little opportunity to review books. You could only find book reviews in newspapers and the back blurb of books. But times have changed. Nowadays, every reader can have their say about…