Self-Publishing

How well does your book thumbnail cover work? You might think that your cover image is fantastic. In a full-size view, it may well be. But when it comes to book covers, the truism that people need to see something seven or eight times before they react is probably correct. Readers looking for a new…

For new self-publishing authors, choosing between standard Amazon KDP and KDP Select can cause some confusion. Amazon self-publishing is by far the most popular publishing service for indie authors and independent publishers. Making your books available on Amazon stores worldwide gives you the best chance to sell your ebooks to Kindle or Kindle app readers. However,…

Do you want a free book cover maker for your ebook? Here are seven free DIY book cover apps you can try. It is expensive to hire a book cover designer. But you want to create an eye-catching and unique book cover. For a print book, a high-resolution professional book cover image is a must…

You have finished writing a book and want to know how to publish a Kindle ebook on Amazon. If you are ready to publish and don’t want to spend the time and effort on traditional publishing, the quickest and easiest way is to learn how to self-publish a book on Amazon. There are many self-publishing…

If you are a new author, you have probably read a lot of online advice about why you should hire an editor once you have written your book. But the cost of editing a book is not cheap. It is sound advice, and in a perfect world, all new authors would want to engage professional…

You have access to lots of tools that can help your ebook and book sales by using Kindle keywords and categories. You might think that there is some magical secret that every self-published author needs to know to get sales. But you can do basic keyword research without an Amazon Kindle keywords tool. There is…

If you are self-published, you have certainly made your paperbacks and ebooks available on Amazon. But do you use Kindle KDP Select or open publish? For your ebooks, you have probably also enrolled in KDP Select. It has many benefits, but all at the cost of exclusivity. But what happens when you decide to exit…

This blog concentrates a lot on the technical aspects and marketing side of self-publishing. However, the choice of your book genre can have major implications on both your writing and book marketing. There can be many reasons why a book fails to grab readers. Writers often start writing a novel without giving their end product…

If you are a new author, you could experience some problems with Amazon self-publishing. When you do something for the first time, it doesn’t always work out exactly as you planned. Self-publishing your first book and becoming a published author is a very exciting time. But errors and oversights can and often do happen. Fix…

How much will it cost to self-publish a book today? Publishing a new book is now very affordable for new authors. Yes, you can self-publish for free, but in most cases, you should budget between $200-500 to publish a quality book and ebook. The publishing industry has changed forever. Gone are the days of writing…