Self-Publishing

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…

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…

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…

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…