Category Archives: Tips and Tricks

How to Get Your Book into More Categories on Amazon with Keywords

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Lindsay

If you’ve published any ebooks through Amazon’s KDP dashboard, you know they allow you to select two categories (i.e. Fantasy/Epic or Science Fiction/Steampunk) for your work, and then they have a box where you can type in seven keywords, though … Continue reading →

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Tips for Getting a Movie Deal as an Independent Author (with Lisa Grace)

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Lindsay

It seems that most authors love the idea of seeing their books on the big screen — and the extra income from selling book rights to a movie producer doesn’t hurt either. But is a possibility as an independent author? … Continue reading →

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How Can You Sell More Books Through Your Blog?

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Lindsay

A lot of authors start blogs because of a vague notion that they should, that it’s part of “building a platform” and that it can help sell more books. Is it? Can it? Sure, though, for fiction authors in particular, … Continue reading →

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As an Author, Is It Worth Being in the Amazon Associates Program?

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Lindsay

For those who don’t know, the Amazon Associates (or Affiliate) Program is sort of like working on commission for the big seller. You sign up, put links to any of the product pages on your site or in newsletters to … Continue reading →

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Attorney Laura Kirwan on Contracts, Copyright, Foreign Rights, and Other Author Issues

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Lindsay

Of all the questions I get in regard to writing, marketing, and publishing, the ones on law and taxes are the ones I’m least likely to have a clue about. I still can’t help you with taxes, but I have … Continue reading →

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Writers, Are You Wasting Your Time Submitting to Agents?

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Lindsay

If you’ve read my blog or my books, it’s no secret that I skipped straight to self-publishing in December of 2010 without seriously gearing up for an agent hunt. I put my first two novels out as ebooks and eventually … Continue reading →

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How Do You Improve Sales at Amazon UK, Apple Overseas Stores, and Other International eBook Sites?

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Lindsay

When I first got started e-publishing (two-year anniversary coming up), I was mostly worried about selling books at Amazon. Everybody said they were the big kahuna (and they are). I did upload my ebooks to Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, and, … Continue reading →

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How to Sell Advanced Reader Copies as a Self-Published Author

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Lindsay

As my three regular readers know, I released the fifth book in my Emperor’s Edge series last week. A couple of weeks before that, I offered an eARC (electronic advanced reader copy) for sale on my site. This was the … Continue reading →

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