Mar 13, 2014 | Blog hops tours & reblogs, Marketing, Publishing
Smashword analyzed over $12 million in sales for a collection of 120,000 ebooks from May 1, 2012 through March 31, 2013. The study represents the most comprehensive analysis todate of how ebooks from self-published authors and small independent presses are behaving...
Mar 12, 2014 | Blog hops tours & reblogs, Marketing
I found this information on the Self Publishers’ Showcase blog, and thought I’d share: Social media has become one of the most powerful tools in an author’s arsenal. A social media account costs nothing, is easy to set up, and, as shown above, has been...
Mar 3, 2014 | Blog hops tours & reblogs, Marketing
Drew Iaconis recently shared his Top 5 blogging tips and tricks for beginners. These are: Target Your Content to a Specific Audience Create Genuine Rapport Blog Consistently Syncing and Sharing Your Blog Via Social Media The Importance of Learning Basic SEO Read...
Mar 3, 2014 | Blog hops tours & reblogs, Marketing
Kristine Kathryn Rusch is writing a series of posts on Social Media and how to use them. With so much advice on the subject, she wrote this week a great tip that somehow resonated with me: just have fun! Participating in social media is truly not required. Remember...
Feb 28, 2014 | Blog hops tours & reblogs, Marketing
My good friend Rivka Kawano has been a tremendous help to me, offering generous amounts of her scarce time to aid my book promotions with her helpful advice. Always willing to share her tremendous social media skills, she has now posted the definitive guide on social...
Feb 27, 2014 | Blog hops tours & reblogs, Marketing, Random Musings
Mattan Griffel wrote a great article, pretty much redefining email etiquette for our busy times. In a nutshell, his five rules are: Keep it short Format for readability and clarity Make it clear what you want me to do Be reasonable with your request Show me why I...
Feb 26, 2014 | Blog hops tours & reblogs, Marketing
You’ve written your book, checked out this great article on BookBaby to make sure you’re all set to publish, and uploaded it on KDP, Smashworld, Barnes & Nobles etc. So, you sit back and think that the worst is behind you. It’s not. For now, you...
Feb 25, 2014 | Blog hops tours & reblogs, Marketing
Freebooksy published some interesting findings based on downloads of the books authors have been promoting though them. The best prices seem to be $1.99-2.99. Read the full article on Freebooksy
Feb 21, 2014 | Marketing, My Guest posts
This was written as a guest blog post for a great friend of Indie authors, Paul Martin. It was published on his Self Publisher’s Showcase blog on January 24th, 2014, and is my most popular piece ever. A-Z guide: How both my books reached #1 on Amazon I’ve been...
