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Apr 15, 20214 min read

How Many Books Should Authors Write per Year?

How many books per year should you write as a self-published author? Well, much of it depends on your goal.

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Apr 9, 20213 min read

The KDP Select Trial: Sampling KDP Select without A Long-Term Commitment

No matter what your publishing goals are and how you wish to achieve them, self-publishing often comes down to...

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Apr 5, 20212 min read

Print vs. Ebook: Where Do Indie Authors Fit in?

Paperbacks are the dream: you can hold them, look at them, leaf through the pages, and sign your name as an author with the knowledge...

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Mar 24, 20214 min read

Top 12 Book Cover Design Tips for Self-Published Authors

Designing your own book cover? This decision is risky, and most authors who try to design their own covers fall short of the elegant...

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Mar 22, 20214 min read

5 Unexpected Benefits of KDP Select

KDP Select (Kindle Unlimited, on the readers’ end) is Amazon’s book subscription service. Authors who choose to enter can get paid...

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Mar 15, 20213 min read

Pricing Books Like A Pro

Many writers don’t know how to price books. That’s fine--you specialize in creating awesome stories...

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Mar 8, 20212 min read

The Audiobook Boom And What It Means for You

Services like Amazon’s Audible have made audiobooks approachable and even mainstream for readers who would prefer to listen.

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Mar 2, 20213 min read

Three Reasons to Publish Your Book in Multiple Formats

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Everyone knows the adage, and it comes in especially important when trying to turn a profit.

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Feb 8, 20215 min read

Get The Most out of Your Prerelease

Basic Prerelease Strategy You don’t need to prerelease your book. Distributors can accept your book the moment it is approved...

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Feb 5, 20213 min read

11 Resources for A Killer Ebook Layout

Basic ebooks don’t require a lot of layout. Many publishers will accept your book straight from Microsoft Word and divide and format them...

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Jan 27, 20214 min read

Copyright for Authors: Protecting Your Writing

Having your book stolen is a nightmare scenario for many writers--especially independent authors who take the act of publishing...

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Jan 22, 20213 min read

Top 7 Places to Hire Freelancers: for Authors

Publishing isn’t a one-man job, and writers who choose to go indie are left with a lot of work to compensate.

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Jan 11, 20214 min read

Author Teams: Who's in Your Inner Circle?

Writers work alone, and many of us prefer it that way. We don’t want people looking over our shoulders, we strive for time alone to write...

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Jan 2, 20213 min read

How Writing A Pitch Can Save Your Novel

You’ve spent countless hours, days, weeks, even months working. You’ve read up on the publishing process and know all the steps...

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Dec 24, 20201 min read

How Niche is Too Niche?

It's one thing to say you want to be a successful author, but what do you mean by "successful"?

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Dec 7, 20204 min read

The Beginner-Proof Book Promo Plan

Self-publishing is a lot more than simply writing and making your books available.

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Nov 19, 20203 min read

Dominate International Self-Publishing

I myself don’t think often about international publishing, and that’s because so much of the work is already done. I upload my book...

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Nov 16, 20203 min read

Is A Print Edition Right for You?

There’s nothing quite like the feeling of holding a physical copy of your book in your hands. Many writers, when starting out...

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Nov 6, 20205 min read

5 Myths about Self-Publishing Budgets

Self-publishing has exploded as an industry in the past ten years. It went from being a niche tactic...

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Oct 19, 20203 min read

Book Categories and Keywords: How to Find The Right Fit

Here’s a question: If you were self-publishing a book—let’s say Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone...

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