Category Archives: Book Marketing

Streamlining Your Writing, Publishing, and Marketing Process to Become a More Profitable Author

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Lindsay

2016 was a tough year for a lot of indie authors, with people reporting everything from flawed reporting and not getting credit for page reads in Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited program to no longer being able to get Bookbub ads to … Continue reading →

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5 Tips for Getting Accepted by Bookbub

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Lindsay

I mentioned on Twitter last night that I’d snagged another Bookbub ad for one of my boxed sets, and someone asked what the trick was, since they had been trying for years to get accepted. I thought I’d do a write-up … Continue reading →

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How to Increase Sales at Apple iBooks

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Lindsay

Before I jump into this post, I have to disclose that Apple is my #4 earner and that while I always sell books there, I’m not a rock star by any means. (For me, sales at Amazon, Kobo, and Barnes & … Continue reading →

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5 Ways to Promote Your Free Book 1 Series Starter

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Lindsay

You’ve probably heard that a lot of indie authors made their careers by giving away tens of thousands of copies of their series starters. (For me, The Emperor’s Edge, has been free since late 2011). You may also have heard … Continue reading →

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Marketing Your Series: a Plan for a Solid Launch and Sales for Years to Come

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Lindsay

Let’s talk about publishing and marketing a series today. It’s generally what you’ll hear authors recommend doing, since it can be tough to gain traction with readers when you’re doing unrelated stand-alone novels. A series has the potential to be … 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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Analyzing a Mid-List Series (keys to success and room for improvement)

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Lindsay

It’s been about six months since I published Republic, the last installment in my Emperor’s Edge series (technically, the series finished a year and a half ago with Forged in Blood II and Republic was dealing with a new story line). … Continue reading →

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Should You Price Your Ebooks Differently in Different Countries?

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Lindsay

I was listening to Mark Lefebvre (Director of Self Publishing/Author Relations at Kobo) chat with the gang on the Self Publishing Roundtable the other day (link: Horror Writing And Selling More Books On Kobo), and one of the things that Mark mentioned … Continue reading →

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