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Dec.25.2012
It’s the night after Christmas and all through the house. Not a creature was stirring not even your spouse. So when you crawl into bed all toasty and warm, open that ereader, it’s like a new born.
Okay, so I’m not a poet. But it is a great time to pick up some fantastic bargains on ebooks. Some...
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Nov.12.2012
You’ve probably heard tales of writers making tons of money and hitting the bestseller lists with indie ebooks, and you’re wondering if you could do the same. But you might have questions about the best place to publish and distribute your ebook. And you should have those questions... In this...
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Nov.04.2012
Throughout the years, life presents us with many hurdles to overcome. I am sure everyone has encountered something that has pushed their buttons so hard to make them mega upset and discouraged that they just want to throw in the towel, bag it, chuck it all, yell hasta la vista, baby … well, you get...
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Jul.18.2012
After publishing my ebook TOP TIPS FOR HOW TO MARKET YOUR BOOK ON AMAZON AND FACEBOOK, I have been spending time utilizing my own advice.
The result of my efforts? I have discovered the opportunities on Amazon are even more complicated than I had previously thought.
First, a shoutout to...
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Jul.12.2012
I have no proof of what I am about to say; I only have what I am observing. Yet I think this is worthwhile enough to share with other authors.
At this point I have four Kindle nonfiction ebooks and three Kindle fiction ebooks on Amazon. Five of the seven titles are KDP Select at the moment (...
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Jun.20.2012
http://indiereader.com/2012/06/how-amazon-saved-my-life/
Jessica Park, author of Flat-Out Love, has been reading my thoughts. Here are some juicy quotes from her article about self-publishing on Kindle.
"The truth is that I couldn’t care less whether New York editors and publishers like...
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Jun.11.2012
Last year, I wrote a piece called “My Realities—How to Market Your Book or Watch It Die.” I ended the piece explaining what I was about to do with three books, and now I can tell you what I’ve learned from it.
First, perception is so much about where you stand. If you’re a new writer wanting to be...
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Apr.11.2012
To authors: why is "free" a great marketing strategy? Last year, I wrote about why setting your eBook at a 99-cent price may not be a great move unless it's the first in a series. However, with Amazon's new KDP Select program, where your book is exclusive to Kindle for 90 days and you get...
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Jan.01.2012
Many authors and people in the publishing business are using the words “monopolistic” when it comes to Amazon for a few reasons. One is that traditional publishers were slow to understand digital publishing the way the music industry was slow. The music industry shot off its feet with two barrels....
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Dec.30.2011
As you may know, Kindle have come up with KDP Select whereby they demand 3 months exclusivity in return for allowing you to run a promotion of a free e-book for 5 days and getting a share of a $500,000 pot when your book is borrowed by Premium Kindle customers who pay a fixed annual fee then...
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