About three years back Amazon started beta-testing a new author portal called Amazon Author (not to be confused with Author Central). That new portal officially launched this past week with...Continue reading
Category: Self-Pub
How to Find and Use Images in Your Blog Posts
There’s a problem with how a lot of writers approach writing online; they focus on words. This is a problem because modern web design is based on the idea that...Continue reading
How to Sell eBooks on an Author Website: The Beginner’s Guide
When I launched my Author Website in a Box project last June, one of the first questions that came across my inbox was how to build a bookstore on the...Continue reading
Boook.link Lets Authors Create “Universal” Book Links (Including to Libraries and GoodReads)
Are you familiar with Draft2Digital’s Universal Links feature, the tool which helps authors find and link to all the stores where their ebooks (and audiobooks) can be found? I have...Continue reading
You Can Get on the Sunday Times’s Best-Seller List by Selling Fewer Than 2K Copies
I know everyone is upset that Mark Dawson has publicly admitted to buying his way on to a best-seller list, but I for one was surprised to learn that the...Continue reading
Godaddy Shut Down Its Virb Site Builder Platform With No Notice – Here’s How to Pick Up the Pieces
Here’s some frustrating news for authors and industry freelancers. It seems Godaddy has seen fit to turn off the lights on one of its website builders, Virb. According to...Continue reading
PSA: Go Check Your Mailerlite Account
My weekly email with blog posts did not go out this morning, and we have Mailerlite to blame for that. The mailing list provider updated their platform late last week,...Continue reading
Fastpencil Rebrands as Opyrus
Fastpencil sent out an email yesterday, informing us that it was re-branding as Opyrus. We are very excited to announce that FastPencil, a leading all-in-one solution for creating, distributing and...Continue reading
Lulu Borked Their Platform in the April Update, and It’s Still Not Fixed
The publishing services provider Lulu has been in something of a tizzy these past few months. The company updated its platform on April as part of launching its new services...Continue reading
Ten Tips for Authors Going to Their First Book Fair (updated)
Book fairs and other local events can be a great way for authors to connect with readers and make new fans. They are immensely valuable, but at the same time...Continue reading
Kobo and FNAC Partner to Launch a POD Service
Earlier this month Kobo partnered with the French retailer Fnac to offer a print-on-demand service through Bookelis. Authors who have their books in Kobo Writing Life can pay 49 euros to...Continue reading
KDP Print Expands to Canada
Amazon’s POD service has expanded into the land of moose and snow. The retailer announced in the KDP support forums last week that KDP Print could now print and distribute...Continue reading
Is Anyone Else Not Seeing the New Audiobook Section in Kobo Writing Life?
One of the more interesting news stories last week was Kobo’s announcement that Kobo Writing Life now distributed audiobooks (I didn’t expect this to happen until after Rakuten bought Findaway)....Continue reading
Amazon Launches Worldwide Full-Language Support for Traditional Chinese in Kindle eBooks
Amazon first started selling Chinese-language Kindle ebooks in 2012, but only in China. Chinese expats or foreign-language learners either had to find another source or use a VPN, but that...Continue reading
KDP Reports Dashboard Now Has a Royalties Estimator
I have just heard via the 20Booksto50K group on Facebook that Amazon has added a new royalty estimator to the KDP Reports dashboard that launched last November. I have no...Continue reading