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Oct 16, 20201 min read

KDP Select Vs. Wide

There are two popular ways to go about publishing online. One is to take advantage of Amazon's Kindle Select program...

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Oct 14, 20201 min read

Top Book Cover Resources

Building your own cover—or finding someone who can build one for you—is a daunting task for inexperienced authors. Where are the best places

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Oct 5, 20201 min read

Planning Your Publishing: Schedule for Success

Everyone's publishing timeline works differently, but when you're preparing to launch your book, it's a good idea to look ahead.

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Sep 25, 20203 min read

Genre Success: Mainstream vs. Niche

Whether you write in a popular, mainstream genre or prefer to stick to fictional tales of goat farm romance in central Europe. . .

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Jul 13, 20204 min read

Alternative Book Formats: Paperback & Audiobooks

Audiobook technology has come a long way in recent decades. Even if you don’t have a setup (or a good radio voice). . .

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Jul 9, 20203 min read

6 Mistakes New Writers Make (And How to Avoid Them)

Let’s look at the facts. First of all, the publishing world is big. Second of all, new authors self publish their books every day.

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Sep 1, 20193 min read

5 Reasons to Read Your Reviews

*Disclaimer: I realize there are inconsistencies in the formatting of this post. Please bear with me as I completely overhaul Finish That...

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Jan 27, 20172 min read

Pros And Cons of Professional Book Formatting

Infinity’s Gambit–my sample story! Every year, I look forward to attending the online self-publishing conference called Indie Author...

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Oct 28, 20162 min read

The Myth of The Well-Written Bestseller

This might come as a shock to you, but there is no such thing as a well-written best-seller. It’s what everyone wants to create, and...

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Feb 16, 20162 min read

5 Things I Learned After Kindle Scout Rejected My Novel

It’s been old news for me since Friday night–my book got rejected by Kindle Scout. It held on much longer than I had expected, but what I...

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Feb 7, 20161 min read

My Adventures With Kindle Scout: Crossing My Fingers

The campaign is over. The final day added 22 additional hours on Hot and Trending, and ever since I received news that the editors are...

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Jan 25, 20163 min read

My Adventure with Kindle Scout: Re-Vision

Please vote for my Kindle Scout Campaign here through 2/06/16: https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/X0Z1F8GSDDVB If you’ve noticed a...

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Jan 9, 20162 min read

My Adventures with Kindle Scout: Day 3: Bill Goodwin

Vote here: https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/X0Z1F8GSDDVB Today I reviewed the results on my stats page and was startled by some of the...

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Jan 7, 20161 min read

My Kindle Scout Adventure: Day 1

I do have competition–four or five other books also started their campaign today. And one of them is already trending. Already trending....

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Dec 8, 20152 min read

My Adventures with Kindle Scout (Part 1)

I’ll admit, I’ve been too busy for blog posts lately. Writing and editing and more editing has kept me working full-time–but with a...

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Sep 3, 20153 min read

Promoting Your Series: Free Vs. 99¢: Curated Post

One of the more difficult aspects of self-publishing is deciding your price. If you price your novel too expensively, no one will want to...

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Aug 12, 20153 min read

What I Learned from Writing Anonymously

I’ve been building quite a bit of recognition lately, and it’s a mixed bag. People have expectations, and I need to be careful to keep my...

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Aug 2, 20156 min read

How to Improve Your Description Copy to Sell More Ebooks: Curated Post

When I was trying to find reviewers for my novel Automaton, there was one thing that they mentioned repeatedly as convincing them to read...

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Jul 24, 20155 min read

Book Promotion: How Not to Annoy a Book Reviewer (Curated Post)

I have learned recently that one of the best ways to get publicity for a book, whether independently or traditionally published, is to...

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Jun 26, 20153 min read

Kindle Unlimited’s Decision: Why It’s Actually A Good Thing

The self-publishing community has been in an outrage lately over Kindle Unlimited’s decision to base payments on how much of your book...

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