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Guest Post: 7 Reasons Authors Should Be on Holonis
Join the #holoauthor family No matter what type of business you’re in, nothing is more important to personal brand than storytelling. No one knows that more than us authors....
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Nate’s Big List of Writing, Marketing, and Publishing Podcasts
What do you call a group of 3 or more adults under 40? (a podcast) Podcasts are now so widespread that they inspired me to write the above joke,...
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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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Infographic: How Authors can use Infographics to Connect with Readers
Infographics are a popular marketing tool in the business world because they are a great way to get a company's name out in front of potential customers. A popular infographic...
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Amazon Changes Payment Terms for German Distributors
Amazon has quietly changed the terms offered to several German ebook distributors, bringing them into line with most other ebook distributors. SelfPublisherBibel.de reports that ebooks distributed to the Kindle Store...
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Where to Go for Author Services without CreateSpace
by Esther Park of Kirkus Reviews In late November of 2016, the world of independent publishing was surprised by the news that Amazon had announced plans to close its...
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How to Upload a PDF to the Kindle Store, and Sell It
In my morning coffee link post this morning I included a post on The Book Designer where a so-called "expert" made various claims about PDFs, including that PDFs aren't...
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A Kindle Unlimited Content Mill Has Been put up for Sale – Got $2.5 Million?
How would you like to be the next Hardy Boys? A friend has brought my attention to a new listing on the Empire Flippers business marketplace (thanks, Isobel!). It seems one...
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Nook Press Opens Its Doors to Authors in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
Barnes & Noble's publisher portal sent an email yesterday to authors announcing that it wasn't dead - in fact, it even started accepting authors from outside the US. From...
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AAP Estimates US Book Publishing Industry Generated $26 Billion in Revenue Last Year
The Association of American Publishers released its annual StatShot estimate on Friday. You can buy the report from the AAP, or find the press release below. There isn't much...
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Updated: Tor Books is Now Windowing Library eBooks
Tor Books has just demonstrated that the decision makers at Macmillan are surprisingly ignorant on the basic principles of microeconomics in general. Earlier this weeks Tor Books informed libraries...
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Want a Sword, Get Well Card, or Coffee Mug With That Book?
Earlier today The Book Designer published a post where I argue that authors should invest in swag to give away or sell to their fans. This is still be...
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Five Ways Authors Can Use Alexa
Amazon has been shipping the Echo smart speakers for several years now, but the tech is still new to some of us. For example, I just got my first...
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Amazon Updates KDP Rules to Discourage Book-Stuffing
Amazon has finally taken steps to squash the cheating in Kindle Unlimited once and for all. They just updated the KDP content guidelines with new rules about compilations, collections,...
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