If you’re an indie author, chances are that you’re a part-timer. You have a full time job, a family, and little time to write. You may also find some areas of writing, publishing, and marketing a challenge. I received some questions about the apps I use, and covered some of them. Indie author: ...
Self-publishing
Clever Book Marketing With Freebies: Printable Ideas
At our authors’ group meeting last week, we talked about book marketing. It’s always a popular topic. One author complained: “I’ve got lots of free stuff for readers — novels, and novellas, but I’m not seeing the results I got even last year. What’s happening?” Book marketing: free stuff ...
Self-Publishing And Selling Your Books From Your Website
Authors who are self-publishing have many challenges. The biggest challenge is visibility. Advertising is expensive. Using Google AdWords is very expensive, and Facebook advertising is heading in the same direction. Amazon Marketing Services (AMS) ads are less expensive in money terms, but more ...
Book Marketing On Facebook: Is Facebook Still Viable?
In our first writers’ group meeting of the year, Facebook marketing was a hot topic. Not only for book marketing, but for other marketing too, because a couple of our members own small businesses. Several of our authors had spent years building up their Facebook author pages. They were angry, ...
Blogging For Authors On A Budget: 3 Tips
I’ve had several questions about blogging for authors who are on a strict budget. Years ago, you could get away with blogging on a free service like Blogger. Today, you need your own domain, as well as some control over your hosting. What about WordPress on your own domain? My suggestion is that ...
Self-Publishing Fiction: 5 Tips To Conquer The Terror Of Blurbs
I’m sure you love writing blurbs (book descriptions) for your novels. No? Join the club. I hate them too. Here’s a secret: I procrastinate on blurbs more than on anything else in my fiction. Last week we discussed blurb-writing at our writers’ group, and came up with some great tips. They should ...
