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[TfTi] Publishing Trends and Changes that Indie Authors Need to Keep Up With

From multiple newsletters and articles, my top five publishing industry trends that will most affect indie authors this year.

By Tom Collins April 25, 2024 AI Tools & Tips, Blogs & Social Media, Book Coaching, Branding, Business & Entrepreneurship, Indie Publishing, Marketing your book, Marketing your business, Tips from Tom's inbox
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Unlocking Creativity: A Writer’s Guide to AI

Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) has become a game-changer for authors seeking to build real success in today’s multi-media world of social, email, […]

By Yvonne DiVita April 4, 2024 AI Tools & Tips, Marketing your book, Writing
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Celebrating bestsellers and I am Perfectly Flawsome

Celebrating International Bestsellers + Can You Say, ‘I am Flawsome?’

Writing the book is really just the beginning. If you ask any author what the hardest part of their book project was, most of them […]

By Yvonne DiVita March 7, 2024 Flawsomism, Indie Publishing, Marketing your book
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[TfTi] Competing with Giants? Let’s Level the Field

In this edition of Tips from Tom’s inbox, I’m going to have to work at avoiding a rant. My goal is to help you understand and put to use some truths about book publishing and marketing as an indie author.

By Tom Collins February 15, 2024 Book Reviews, Books, Business & Entrepreneurship, Marketing your book, Marketing your business, Tips from Tom's inbox
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[TfTi] 2024 Literary Holidays: An Indie Publisher’s Book Marketing Goldmine

Here’s your 2024 literary holiday and events calendar to add fun and inspiration to your book marketing efforts.

By Tom Collins December 21, 2023 Books, Business & Entrepreneurship, Indie Publishing, Marketing your book, Marketing your business, Tips from Tom's inbox
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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

By Tom Collins December 7, 2023 Books, Business & Entrepreneurship, Indie Publishing, Marketing your book, Marketing your business, Tips from Tom's inbox
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Yes, writing a book is a big task. It requires teamwork

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.

By Yvonne DiVita November 30, 2023 Books, Indie Publishing, Marketing your book, Writing
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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.

By Yvonne DiVita November 15, 2023 Marketing your book
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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.

By Tom Collins October 26, 2023 Business & Entrepreneurship, Indie Publishing, Marketing your book, Tools & Technology, Writing
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[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 […]

By Tom Collins October 12, 2023 Books, Indie Publishing, Marketing your book, Tips from Tom's inbox
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