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Amazon KDP Select for eBook Promotion, Yea or Nay?

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Lindsay

I’ve avoided Amazon’s KDP Select Program since the beginning because it requires exclusivity (you can only sell your books at Amazon as long as you’re enrolled). It came out a year after I started publishing, and I already had readers … Continue reading →

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How Do You Keep Your Book Sales Momentum Going Over the Months and Years?

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Lindsay

When you first release your book, you’re excited to share it with the world, and you’re ready to devote tons of energy to marketing. Blog tours, forum posts, interviews, guest posts, tweets, Facebook updates, advertising campaigns… if you can do … Continue reading →

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Where Can Authors Advertise for the B&N, Apple, and Kobo Stores?

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Lindsay

If you’ve decided you’re tired of relying on Amazon for your sole source of e-publishing income (or maybe you’re not doing well at Amazon, and you’re hoping the other stores might take off for you), then you may have looked … Continue reading →

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Book Promotion — What’s Working at Amazon in 2013?

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Lindsay

Amazon isn’t the only place to sell your ebooks, and I’ve had some luck with Apple and Kobo of late, but it remains the big dog in the house, and most of the questions I get in regard to book … Continue reading →

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How Do You Maintain Steady Book Sales at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.?

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Lindsay

Whether you’re self-publishing or releasing a novel with a traditional publisher, when you first launch your book, you’re excited to promote it. You jump onto forums, you get active on Facebook, you blog, you guest blog, you sign up for … Continue reading →

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Is It Harder Today for Self-Published Authors to “Break in” at Amazon?

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Lindsay

You’ve published your ebook, done book blog tours, pimped your work on Twitter and Facebook, and you even got such-and-such favorite author to provide a blurb. Now, where the heck are the sales? Hmm. It’s a crummy reality, but, when … Continue reading →

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Updates to Amazon’s Book Ranking Algorithms: The Death of 99-Cent Ebooks? An End to KDP Select Perks?

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Lindsay

Ever wonder how Amazon’s ranking algorithms work? Why one book gets recommended to readers and another doesn’t? The difference between the popularity lists and the bestseller lists? Well, indie author Edward W. Robertson doesn’t work for Amazon, but he’s a … Continue reading →

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Stay Independent or Sign on with a Publisher?

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Lindsay

In the fourteen or fifteen months I’ve been involved with the self-publishing scene, I’ve heard of quite a few independent authors being picked up by major publishers. In some cases, they were noticed and in other cases, they decided to … Continue reading →

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