B&N Press Now Offers Print Pre-Orders, ARC Sales
Whatever subcontractor is now running B&N Press on behalf of Barnes & Noble sure is doing a bang up job. They just announced a bevy of new features, including: Print Pre-Order: Now [Read More ...]
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Five Tips for Authors Going to Their First Book Fair
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 it can be hard for first-timers to get [Read More ...]
The Four Bios Every Author Needs
If you Google author bios you will find a million different articles, each with their own recommendation. Be short and too the point. Use the third person. Simply say who you are, and give your [Read More ...]
Nate’s Big List of Free Courses for Authors
Between marketing, social media, ads, writing, and book formatting, there are a million and one skills authors and other creators need to learn over the course of their career. And to make matters [Read More ...]
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. A good story helps our [Read More ...]
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, but that prevalence is also a curse. There are so many [Read More ...]
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 an email [Read More ...]
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 could be shared [Read More ...]
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 [Read More ...]
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 CreateSpace fulfillment center in [Read More ...]
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 ebooks and that PDFs "can’t [Read More ...]
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 of the content mills [Read More ...]
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 KBoards: Dear Publisher, [Read More ...]
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 a rather controversial idea in the indie author [Read More ...]
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 Echo, an Echo Dot. I'm still finding out what it can [Read More ...]