At what point should a writer start promoting their novel? Our advice is, the sooner the better. The longer the runway you create for your book’s takeoff, the better the chances of success. Brainstorm way ahead of publication At least six months before your book is set to be published, you should begin brainstorming ideas …
Amazon Book Box is a service that delivers a package of children’s books on a regular basis to the homes of subscribers. Subscribers can opt to receive books delivered once every 1, 2, or 3 months. How are titles chosen for Book Box? There are two ways this happens: How much does the service cost? At …
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We’ll start off by stating the obvious; where possible, have a professional photographer take your official author pics. But you obviously don’t want to hear that, otherwise you wouldn’t be here. You want some DIY advice. Here it is: 1. Get your lighting right This is the most important rule about photography. Photography, after all, …
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When you put your book up on Amazon, it does not guarantee that it will sell. Most books on Amazon never sell more Thant 250 copies. True, Amazon is the biggest books marketplace in the world which means you have millions of readers buying books, but you also have millions of other books that are …
If I was to sum this up into four major points, I would say that self-published authors need to carry out activities in the following categories to market their books. Any activity you do to market or promote your book will fall into one of these categories in some way. 1. Produce a quality book …
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