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Amazon Advertising Services for Indie Authors, Yea or Nay?

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Lindsay

If you’re in KDP Select (i.e. exclusive with Amazon), you now have the opportunity to sign your Select titles up for pay-per-click advertising campaigns. As you can see in the screenshot below, your book will appear on other books’ sales … Continue reading →

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Finding a Good Editor, Talent Vs. Training, and Writing Banter

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Lindsay

A couple of weeks ago, I started answering reader questions that came in via a Facebook post. Here’s the first batch, if you’re interested: Writing Humor, Writing Quickly, and Well-Rounded Characters. Today I’m back with another round. Patricia asks, “I’d like … Continue reading →

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How to Get a Custom Book Cover for $5 Using Fiverr by JP Medved

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Lindsay

I’ve got a few thousand things on the plate for February (as usual), so I was glad to accept a guest post from a fellow steampunk author for this week. J.P. Medved is going to talk to you about how he got … Continue reading →

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3 Reasons to Bundle the Early Books in Your Series

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Lindsay

For some indie authors, bundling is a no-brainer. If you have three or more books in a series and plan to write more, then it’s a given that you’ll box up the first three (at least). You’ll work out the numbers, give the reader … Continue reading →

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Writing Humor, Writing Quickly, Well-Rounded Characters and Other Reader Questions Answered

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Lindsay

I was recently interviewed on the Upgrade Your Story podcast, and the host asked if I had any reader questions that people might like answered. Several people chimed in on Facebook with questions. We didn’t end up having time to … Continue reading →

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Yes, I’m Podcasting on Self-Publishing/Writing and Marketing Science Fiction & Fantasy

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Lindsay

Hello, everyone! I’ve got my nose buried in a new novel for the pen name (12,000 words written yesterday, and I’m shooting for 10k more today, pant, pant), so the blog is getting neglected, but for those who enjoy the … Continue reading →

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Ebook Marketing Strategies for 2015 — What Will Work?

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Lindsay

Lately, there have been quite a few people blogging about how 2014 was the year of the quitter, when it comes to independent authors, or that it was, at the least, the year that things got tougher. In the last couple of years, … Continue reading →

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Pen Name Update: 10 Weeks In (Earnings: $12,824)

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Lindsay

I’m about ten weeks into my pen name experiment, which I first blogged about back in November: Pen Name Launch: First Month Earnings $3043 (what worked and didn’t for marketing). The first book launched around October 10th at 99 cents and … Continue reading →

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