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Guest Expert: Dana Lynn Smith As book authors, we need to learn about a number of topics on an ongoing basis: the craft of writing our book topic or genre the publishing business our target audiences how to promote books Here are five free and easy ways to stay up to date and expand your [...]
How to be a Chartbuster on the Kindle Store (An Interview With Angela White – Author of The Survivors)
September 5th, 2011 
34We recently discovered that one of our Author Pro Subscribers had broken into the top 5 on the Kindle store. While these lists change constantly, it is still a moment to savor if you are an indie author. Especially when you notice that your book is ranked ahead of a mega author such as Stephen [...]
Book Authors Need Mobile Friendly Websites
September 5th, 2011 6Guest Expert: Phyllis Zimbler Miller & Yael K. Miller Whether you have physical books or eBooks, you want your books available to potential readers using their smartphones to surf and buy. According to a recent Pew Research survey, more than 1 in 3 of all U.S. adults owns a smartphone, and 23% use it to [...]
Write (and Market) Yourself Into The Future
September 2nd, 2011 0Guest Expert: Dr Liz Alexander It was one of those “flukes” that completely changes the course of a life. England, 1988. My first book had just been published and I’d mailed a copy to the producer of a new local cable TV channel. She invited me to talk about how I’d parlayed my hobby – [...]
10 Tips on Getting Publicity for Your Book
August 29th, 2011 1Guest Author: Iris Waichler Now you have a published book. What next? How do you get the much needed publicity to help the world know about you and your book so you can create buzz and increase sales? Here are some things I have learned about creating publicity to sell books. 1. Identify Potential Media [...]
How to Use the John Locke Principle to Market Your Book Through Games
August 26th, 2011 6John Locke has sold a million copies of his various books. He has also written a very useful guide titled “How I Sold 1 Million eBooks in 5 Months” that describes his methods. One of the key principles in the book is the idea of “transfer of loyalty”. While this is a well-known and much [...]
How Authors Can Supercharge Their Marketing Through Games
August 22nd, 2011 3Expert: James Simpson Books have long been a staple of human entertainment and knowledge. By contrast, games are relatively new to the scene, but they are taking an ever-increasing role in entertainment and even to an extent in knowledge. When you get down to it though, are the two really all that different? Books hold [...]
It’s Book Fair Season! What To Do After the Fair
August 19th, 2011 0Expert: Carolyn Howard-Johnson After you’ve been part of a book fair, all you want to do it put your feet up and rest. But wait! Not yet! Evaluate your fair experience before you forget anything important. I do this so I can refine the procedure the next time ‘round, or avoid it all together. Doing [...]
Why Good Authors Make Good Game Designers
August 12th, 2011 2The Secret to Successful Games is the Secret to Successful Books What is the one attribute that every successful song, Broadway performance, blog post, Hollywood movie, public speech, TV ad, book and YouTube video has in common? While you mull the question, check out this short video. It’s quickly going viral on YouTube and Facebook. [...]
The Benefits of Community
August 10th, 2011 1Guest Expert: Sherrod Story I have to tell you – in all honesty – I have no frickin’ idea how to market a book. None! I have a Twitter account, a blog, a Facebook account for me, and one for my book LOL, and I’m on all of them every single day. That’s all I [...]
