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Book Blog Tours That Accept Self-Published Authors

A book blog tour is when you “appear” on a number of blogs over a week or two (some authors go bananas and schedule a different blog each day for a month) to promote your book. This usually involves being … Continue reading

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How Can You Sell More Books Through Your Blog?

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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7 Blogging Mistakes Authors Make

Whether you’re traditionally published or self-published, if you’re an author, you’ve probably been told you need to blog. There’s a reason for that. A blog can be a great promotional tool if you know what you’re doing. By tracking my … Continue reading

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How to Use Your Blog to Sell More Books

Whether you’re e-publishing on your own or being published through a house, you’ve probably heard that a blog is a must for book promotion. Writers like to write, so it’s not a big hardship for most of us (though one … Continue reading

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Becoming a Book Blogger (and getting free books!) with Laurie Lu from Bonafide Reflections

Last spring, I wrote a series of posts on How to Make Money as a Book Blogger, based on my years of paying the bills with my internet income (before shifting my focus to writing stories and self-publishing, I blogged … Continue reading

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New Direction for This Blog + Starting an “Official” Author Website

I’m blogging from Long Beach at the Washington Coast this week, a destination that probably sounds more exciting than it is. Our beaches out here are great if you like remote, cloudy, and windy, but don’t expect to work on … Continue reading

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How to Get People to Read Your Old Blog Posts

If you’ve been blogging for a while, your experience thus far might have been something like this: Spend the first six months writing blog posts where you put your heart and soul into making them useful to readers. Listen to … Continue reading

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5 Tips for Bringing More Readers to Your Blog

I stumbled into the #fantasychat on Twitter the other day, and the topic was “How to get more readers to your blog.” Whether you’re an author, hoping to attract folks who might buy your books, or you’re just trying to … Continue reading

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