Author Archives: Lindsay

Book Trailers for Promotion, Yay or Nay?

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Lindsay

If you haven’t heard of book trailers, they’re just what they sound like: short videos, similar to movie trailers, that are designed to generate interest in your book. If there’s a film producer inside you, waiting to get out, you … Continue reading →

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Interview with Successful Indie Fantasy Author Jason Letts

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Lindsay

We’ve got an interview with indie fantasy author Jason Letts for you today. He’s been e-publishing for less than a year, but he’s already sold thousands of ebooks. As you can see from his official author picture, he’s a bit … Continue reading →

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Goodreads Advertising Results and Tips on Creating Campaigns

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Lindsay

Warning: this post is long and rambling. Read at your own discretion. There are a lot of challenges as an indie ebook author, but perhaps the biggest is being found. As I’ve mentioned before, nobody is going to stumble across … Continue reading →

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Take Your Ebook on a Blog Tour

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Lindsay

You’ve heard of book tours, right? Where you travel all over the country, promoting your book in various  locales? Well, book tours are expensive, and it’s especially hard to do a signing if you’re an ebook author. Fortunately, the book … Continue reading →

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Why I Self-Published AKA Reena Jacobs Does the Math [Guest Post]

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Lindsay

You guys have heard enough about my experiences e-publishing thus far. Today Reena Jacobs, a lovely author I met on Twitter, is going to share her story with you. Her first ebook Shadow Cat is available at Amazon, Barnes & … Continue reading →

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6 Reasons You’re Not Selling a Zillion Books with Twitter

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Lindsay

Do you keep hearing how great Twitter is for book promotion? Have you tried and failed to become rich and famous (or at least occasionally paid and mid-list) with social media, but it’s just not working out? It could be … Continue reading →

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Indie Ebook Publishing Results and What I’ve Learned [Six Weeks in]

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Lindsay

Well, guys, I’m not famous yet, but I’m optimistic about the future of e-publishing and the future of my ebooks! If you’re popping in new, I published two novels and two collections of short stories in the last six weeks … Continue reading →

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Blog Carnivals Offer Free Links to Your Blog

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Lindsay

I just have time for a quick post today, so I thought I’d tell you about blog carnivals. “A blog carnival is a type of blog event. It is similar to a magazine, in that it is dedicated to a … Continue reading →

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