The world of marketing has been taken by storm by the digital wave, and there’s really no stopping how far this wave will go. What started off as a...
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Promote Your Favorite Books With One of Draft2Digital’s Reading List Widgets
Draft2Digital just sent out an email touting their new Reading List feature. I know, I know, you're probably thinking this is just a copy of a GoodReads list, but...
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Press, Page, Media, and Pub – Did You Know You Have More Website Domain Options Than Just DotCom?
Do you know how almost everyone uses a website domain ending in DotCom? Have you ever thought about being more adventurous? The usual advice on the topic of authors...
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BookFunnel Adds Buy Buttons to Landing Pages
Remember how InstaFreebie re-branded last year as Prolific Works with the apparent goal of launching new services? That has so far proven to be a nothing burger, but Prolific...
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Bookbub Branches Out, Now Offers Audiobook Deals in Partnership with Findaway
Bookbub has launched a new deals service to sell publisher audiobooks. On Tuesday they announced they had partnered with Findaway to launch Chirp, a site where you can buy...
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Reedsy Launches a Book Discovery Service
In a time when many authors buy Facebook and Amazon ads to catch the attention of readers, Reedsy is launching a book discovery service called Reedsy Discovery. Throwing humility...
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Barnes & Noble Launches Ad Portal in B&N Press
Barnes & Noble sure likes to send mixed messages. They may have stopped promoting the Nook with in-store signage, but at the same time the B&N Press team is...
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Amazon Drops Product Display Ads, Launches Lockscreen Ads for Authors
Over the past few months I have been hearing rumors of Amazon changing its ad program while at the same time I've been seeing indie titles show up in...
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How to Set Up and Edit Your Amazon.com Author Profile
KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) is widely seen as a self-publishing portal. This is funny both because publishers use it to manage their titles in the Kindle Store, and also...
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Guest Post: Why Snail Mail is Still Effective in the Age of the Internet
Now that brands can reach consumers through emails, texts, and social media, the idea of sending a physical postcard or promotional letter is obsolete, right? Actually, the above statement...
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Are Email Verification/Validation Services Worth the Cost?
If you hang around where business people (this includes authors) talk about marketing, the topic of mailing lists will come up a lot, and every so often someone will...
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Guest Post: Five Things Readers Consider When Choosing Their Next Book
For many authors, the best way to get your book to sell can sometimes be a mystery. Everywhere you look, different people suggest different things; making it hard to...
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Instafreebie to Rebrand as Prolific Works
The free ebook distribution service Instafreebie announced on Monday that they rebranding the company on 1 October in anticipation of a pivot to provide new services. Instafreebie sent out...
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Grow Your Author Mailing List with These 7 Essential Tools
You've heard over and over that the best way to promote your author career is a robust mailing list. This is true no matter the product, the business model, or...
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Nate’s Big List of Email Service Companies
Social media and crowd-funding may be getting all the hype, but frankly the most effective way to make a sale or build an audience is through mailing lists. You...
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