Author Archives: Lindsay

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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How You Can Make Money Promoting My Ebooks (and other people’s too)

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Lindsay

A few people have stumbled across my site by searching for “best way to promote other people’s ebooks” or “how to make money reviewing books on a blog” so I’m guessing there’s some interest in the area. Since I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Promote More, Work Less: Repurposing Your Content

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Lindsay

I don’t know about you, but I’ve felt awfully busy since I published my first ebook. I’m trying to maintain two new blogs (this one and Kindle Geeks), guest post to promote my books, write articles to syndicate for back … Continue reading →

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What Are “Keywords” and Should You Care?

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Lindsay

If you’ve read any articles on search engine optimization, then this will be a basic post for you, but if you’ve been hearing about keywords and seo and wondering what it means, then this may serve as a starting point. … Continue reading →

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