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Featured image showing author loading stack of books into doorway with TikTok logo for blog post, Using TikTok as Your Bookseller, by Tom Collins

[TfTi] Using TikTok as Your Bookseller

Learn what I found through links in an email with the subject line “40k in book sales thanks to this.”

By Tom Collins February 5, 2026 Business & Entrepreneurship, Indie Publishing, Marketing your book, Tips from Tom's inbox
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Changing face of libraries, how to get your indie book into libraries

The Changing Face of Libraries &  How to Get Your Indie Book Listed

Authors who self-publish often forget or ignore one of the most powerful places on the planet to have their book noticed. That’s in a library. […]

By Yvonne DiVita January 29, 2026 Marketing your book
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[TfTi] Indie Authors, Rejoice! Reaching Your Readers Is Your Responsibility

Learn about the distinction between the “retail marketing” that traditional publishers do and “consumer marketing” that authors must do to create reader demand for their books.

By Tom Collins January 20, 2026 Indie Publishing, Marketing your book, Tips from Tom's inbox
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What’s New and What Matters in Indie Publishing for 2026

What should indie authors be doing to seize opportunities in 2026? Here are some ideas to help.

By Yvonne DiVita January 15, 2026 AI Tools & Tips, Audiobooks, Books, Indie Publishing, Marketing your book
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Book Reviews are Manna from Heaven if You Can Get Them

Welcome to 2026 at Master Book Builders! Let’s start the year with something important: book reviews. Book reviews, as the title of this post says, […]

By Yvonne DiVita January 8, 2026 Book Reviews
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featured image showing montage of books and other art entering the public domain in 2026 for blog post, Get Ready for Public Domain Day 2026, by Tom Collins

Get Ready for Public Domain Day 2026

Reasons to celebrate Public Domain Day 2026, and some caveats before you leap into using the new entrants.

By Tom Collins December 18, 2025 Uncategorized
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featured image of smiling author at her laptop surrounded by books and shipping boxes for blog post, Your Book as a Business: Thinking Like an Authorpreneur, by Yvonne DiVita

Your Book as a Business: Thinking Like an Authorpreneur

If you’re writing a book, you’d best start thinking like an authorpreneur. Here’s why and how.

By Yvonne DiVita December 11, 2025 Books, Business & Entrepreneurship, Marketing your book, Marketing your business
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Editors Notes: Why, placing punctuation matters so much to meaning, metre, and such

A fun example of why punctuation, the placement of commas in particular, is so important. And why we’re celebrating extra this year!

By Tom Collins December 4, 2025 Uncategorized
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Support Small Businesses: Buy Their Books!

You’ve heard it here, writing a book means you’re starting a business. And buying them supports those authors’ small businesses.

By Tom Collins November 27, 2025 Uncategorized
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featured image showing business person signing their book for blog post, Why Writing Your Book is the Smartest Marketing Move for Your Business Today, by Yvonne DiVita

Why Writing Your Book is the Smartest Marketing Move for Your Business Today

Find out why we’ve been using the phrase “books as business cards” for decades.

By Yvonne DiVita November 20, 2025 Book Coaching, Books, Business & Entrepreneurship, Marketing your business
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