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.
If you got a scary email from Google or your email marketing platform about adding DKIM, DMARC, and more, just do it! If you didn’t get one and want your email newsletter to keep getting delivered, do it anyway! Here’s how.
Here’s your 2024 literary holiday and events calendar to add fun and inspiration to your book marketing efforts.
Understanding the New York Times and other best seller lists and what’s in it for authors who achieve best seller status
Has corporate publishing changed the meaning of the term author to include all those who help get a book published? What about audiobooks? AI?
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 […]
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This Tips from Tom’s inbox entry was itself inspired, once again, by James Clear’s 3-2-1 newsletter, with a subject line that read in part: “the value of books.” How can we resist?
In this week’s Tips from Tom’s inbox, I’ve gathered a wider set than I usually include, and consequently our dives will be a bit shallower. […]
Let’s have some fun together, experimenting with an AI animated video tool and Bard, Google’s new entry to compete with ChatGPT.
As I began writing, the photo above made sense. A major Nor’easter was moving up the coast and the governor had declared a state of […]
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