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Writing Nonfiction Books? 5 Strategies If You Have No Sales

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Writing Nonfiction Books? 5 Strategies If You Have No Sales

“I’m writing nonfiction books,” a member of our writing group said. “But for the first time ever, I’ve had zero sales in the past three weeks. Anyone else experiencing this? I contacted Amazon KDP and they said that everything’s fine with my account.” That triggered a big discussion. Lots of our members are writing nonfiction; … Read more

Self-Publishing And Selling Your Books From Your Website

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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 expensive time-wise. I don’t have hours each week to monitor advertising; few … Read more