As authors and self-publishers, we want to put our best foot forward. I can’t imagine anything much more disappointing than receiving a negative book review because of poor grammar. That’s why I’ve put together this post on editing and proofreading tips for self-publishing. These are steps 2, 3, and 4 after you write the manuscript. …
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Amazon has developed quite a few pieces of software to help authors and self-publishers. I talk a lot of smack about them sometimes, but Amazon has done a lot of positive things for independent authors. You may not be aware of some of this Amazon software or these resources. There are no affiliate links in …
Amazon KDP hates your low content books, but I’ve got some insider publishing tips that can help! I know, after hearing that low content books were the way to go for years, you probably have smoke billowing from your ears at this news. I’ve been publishing low content books since 2016, and the evolution of …
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Have you ever noticed the option to set up an Amazon KDP pre order? Why would anyone want to set up a pre order? What is the point of waiting to release an already written book? It seems counter-intuitive, but trust me, the Kindle presale option is quite possibly the most sound strategy for releasing …
Some of these platforms beyond Amazon are relatively untapped, so if you’re into self publishing low content books, you’re going to want to pay attention. Just In Case You Don’t Know… Low content books include journals, diaries, planners, notebooks, activity books, puzzle books, and much more. If you are looking into self publishing low content …
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Did you know an Amazon Author Central Profile is one of the easiest ways to promote all your books in one spot? As an independent author and self-publisher on Amazon, you should definitely leverage this free online asset. What is Amazon Author Central? In their own words, Amazon Author Central lets you create your author …
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Are you struggling in your self-publishing business? The first thing I want to tell you is that you’re not alone. I’ve worked with dozens of indie authors since 2016, and ALL of them were struggling in multiple ways. Those struggles are usually the result of making one or more of the following self publishing mistakes. …
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Last week, we covered keywords, now it’s time to tackle Amazon KDP categories. Amazon uses BISAC categories like every other publishing platform, bookstore, library, etc. out there. BISAC stands for Book Industry Standards and Communications. It is the internationally accepted system for categorizing books. The problem new self-publishers often run into is that these categories …
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Here it is…this is the detailed process I use to determine my Amazon KDP keywords. If you’ve ever wondered exactly what steps to take to get keywords that will help your book get discovered on Amazon, I’m going to show you. I’m going to show you both the long manual way, and I’ll also show …
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I’ve had this package of free childrens book templates available for a while now on Gumroad, but because of multiple requests, I’m making them available to everyone completely free. I’ve created a boatload of content about children’s books. They can be extremely profitable, not to mention fun to write and publish. When you publish a …
