Dave Chesson from Kindlepreneur has released a course designed to help authors learn everything they need to know about Amazon book categories and keywords, and how to use them to make sales. Read my review.
When I wrote my first book quite a few years ago, I wanted to be sure no one could steal it, so I started investigating how to copyright a book. It turns out that since then no one has tried to steal it, so I guess my advance research and preparation worked! I learned...
Becoming a bestseller is almost every author’s dream. However, not every author is able to achieve it. Ever stop to wonder why? Let’s assume you have a book that’s well-written, properly edited, and correctly formatted. But something is still holding your work back....
Back in the days of typewriters and carbon copies, publishing was a riskier financial business. Books were typically printed in runs of thousands for economy of scale, and then all those copies had to be stored somewhere, requiring renting or buying warehouse space....
You’ve written a book and now you are ready to publish. But you soon find out that publishers want you to explain in detail how you are going to help sell your work, and you think, But isn’t that the publisher’s job? For better or worse, nearly all publishers now want...
If you’re overwhelmed with just the idea of social media but fellow writers, colleagues, and your friends and family expect you to be on---at a minimum---Facebook, it may be frustrating to learn that your book likely needs its own accounts. Social media wants you to...
It’s no secret that the book industry has long been completely secretive about how bestsellers are actually chosen. Why is that? Because there is no universal system, company, or site that tracks all book sales. THE NEW YORK TIMES The New York Times receives its info...
After you’ve written a children’s book, you have to sell it. Try to accomplish one of the following tasks each week to help your labor of love blossom to life in the marketplace: