Author Archives: Lindsay

A Podcast as a Brand Builder with W. Brondt Kamffer

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Lindsay

We have a guest post today from up-and-coming indie fantasy author, W. Brondt Kamffer, someone I’ve come to know through Twitter and his blog. He posts a mix of book reviews and podcast episodes, all geared toward his target audience: … Continue reading →

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So, You Want to Sell More Books at Amazon… [Part 3: Reviews]

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Lindsay

This is my third and last entry in my “So, You Want to Sell More Books at Amazon…” blog series. The first discusses how Amazon starts to promote your books internally once you sell enough copies and the second goes … Continue reading →

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So, You Want to Sell More Books at Amazon… [Part 2: Tags]

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Lindsay

The other day, I blogged about how Amazon starts to promote your books internally once you sell enough copies to get on their map. Today I want to talk about tagging and the role it may or may not play … Continue reading →

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So, You Want to Sell More Books at Amazon… [Part 1]

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Lindsay

Over the next few days, I’m going to attempt to answer some of the questions authors ask in regards to book sales (specifically selling more of their books) at Amazon. If there’s anything you’re wondering about that’s related to this … Continue reading →

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Pros and Cons of Writing a Series

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Lindsay

If you’re an author and you started out thinking you’d publish traditionally (i.e. find an agent who would then find you a huge multi-book contract with a major publisher, thus ensuring you could quit your day job and write full … Continue reading →

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Indie Fantasy Author Ronnell Porter Uses Free Ebook to Break out

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Lindsay

The last indie author I interviewed was doing well for himself after deciding to give Book 1 in his series away for free on Amazon, B&N, etc. Today we have another author who went from a couple of sales a … Continue reading →

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5 Tips for Bringing More Readers to Your Blog

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Lindsay

I stumbled into the #fantasychat on Twitter the other day, and the topic was “How to get more readers to your blog.” Whether you’re an author, hoping to attract folks who might buy your books, or you’re just trying to … Continue reading →

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Should Authors Comment on Reviews of Their Books?

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Lindsay

A couple of weeks ago, we wondered, “Should Authors Be Amazon Reviewers?” and that spurred some interesting discussion in the comments section. Another question authors may be curious about is whether or not they should respond to reviews of their … Continue reading →

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