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 …
Book Reviews – My, they are illusive, aren’t they? I can’t think of anything more important to an author or the most difficult to acquire than reviews, unless it might be sales. But how are you going to get sales without reviews? Not going to happen unless you get a lot of personal recommendations, an …
I recently sat down with Virginia Milner, the head of Kindle Vella and Principal Project Manager of Kindle Direct Publishing. This interview was timely because so many of us have questions about publishing on Kindle Vella as authors and self-publishers. It was a privilege to get some of those questions answered from the source. I really …
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I ordered the Kindle Paperwhite which got me thinking about the Kindle Basic and wondering if it’s worth the current $89 price tag. In this Kindle Basic review, I’m going to try to hit the high notes and discuss its features and value in a way to hopefully help you make an informed purchase. The …
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The Barnes and Noble Nook Glowlight Plus 7.8 is the company’s first large-screen reader. It’s a bold step, not only to stay relevant but to compete outright. Barnes and Noble didn’t introduce the first e-reader. E-Ink, the company whose technology provides text screens for pretty much every device you see, has that distinction. Barnes & …
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Kindle Vella is living proof the streaming wars aren’t the only battles online. While video entertainment takes up Wall Street’s attention, episodic fiction got a boost with Amazon’s new venture. Kindle Vella lets writers post stories in installments. As such, it’s a pretty direct answer to the Canadian-based site Wattpad. It’s not surprising the world’s largest retailer …
