What’s in a Best Selling Book?
Understanding the New York Times and other best seller lists and what’s in it for authors who achieve best seller status
Writing a book for beginners – Is Becoming an Author in Your Future for 2024?
Yes writing a book is a big task. It requires attention. It requires planning. It requires teamwork.
Let’s talk about all of that today. I’ll give you a little beginner’s lesson in how to get started on that book because I know you want to. I know you don’t want to be like all those people I meet who just talk about writing a book and never do anything about it.
7 Proven Ways To Get Your Book and Yourself Noticed On LinkedIn
How to use LinkedIn to market yourself as an author and to sell and market your book and its message.
7 Essentials of Author Websites
A gude to the essential functional elements of a website built to serve the goals of both fiction and nonfiction authors.
[TfTi] Hints that Indie Authors might abandon Amazon?
Two emails arrived in the past week or so that, in combination, have me rethinking my conviction that indie authors have no realistic choice about […]
Who is really going to READ your book? Do you even know?
To start with, your audience must be me, or someone like me, or whomever you choose to speak to, as you write. One person or avatar you have identified as the right person for your book. You need to understand her or him, and you must create a profile describing this person.
What REALLY Happens When You’ve Finished Writing Your Book?
Many people heave a sigh of relief when their book is done. All too soon they discover, the hard word starts as soon as the book is released.
What’s Your Cut? Understanding the Amazon KDP Print Cost Changes
Don’t be caught off guard by Amazon KDP’s printing cost changes coming June 20, 2023. Learn what’s happening and what you should do about it, now and going forward.
The Power of a Blogging or Virtual Book Tour
Look carefully at the blogs and podcasts. To measure authority, check their Google page rank. Look at their sites and measure the comments and engagement. Visit their social channels and review their postings and engagement. Your goal is to determine their value and to get a hint of both who their audience is and how engaged they are. You want engagement!
Readers, Book Clubs, Bloggers and How to Find Them
Book promotion is not a thing of afternoons. It’s a t thing of now, today, every day. But one way to make it easier on yourself is to find groups of people to promote to, all at once.