Guest Expert: Laura Pepper
As part of the KDP Select Program, where books become available to borrow as part of the Kindle library lending program, authors/publishers can also set the book price for free for up to 5 days out of every 90. This can be 5 consecutive days, or it can be broken up however you wish. (This option is available by going to your KDP bookshelf, checking the title you wish to make free, and then clicking "Actions" on the upper left side.)
I decided to enroll a 10,000 word Read more [...]
Archive for: February 2012
What is an App & Why Do I Need One?
Guest Expert: Aggie Villanueva
What is an App?
Apps are short for mobile application programs that are created to replace internet websites/blogs for smartphone users. Along with the ability to purchase your books/products, apps offer the reader something for free, just as your sites/blogs do on the internet. This gives them a reason to keep browsing it once it’s downloaded to their phone.
Apps also gather the phone contact info for everyone who downloads your app for use in the frequent Read more [...]
Who Should Blog and Why?
Guest Expert: C Kay Brooks
Regardless of whether you are ‘only’ a reader, a budding author ‘wantabee’ or a published author, you should consider owning a website and posting blogs.
As a reader, you can challenge yourself personally as to how much you read and document what you read while making new friends along the way.
In sharing what you read, you help other readers to find interesting and informative reading material. If you find a new author that you enjoy, become a benefactor Read more [...]
