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
Tag: authors
Here’s a selection of helpful posts we’ve written for our author audience.
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
Why You Shouldn’t be Writing in WordPress
A newly launched WordPress plugin has presented me with an opportunity to mount a soapbox and recommend better work habits. I was just reading about a plugin that removed distractions...Continue reading
eBook Piracy – How to Respond If Someone Steals Your eBook Online
Sunday, 16 February 2020, was the day that I became a real author. I have been a writer for over a decade now, but Sunday was the day that I...Continue reading
Eight Default Amazon Security Settings You Can Change for More Privacy
So as you may know, my mother is on my Amazon account. (There is a point to this anecdote, trust me.) We mainly use it to read ebooks; I sideload...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
Introducing “Author Website in a Box” (beta)
For the past couple weeks I have been working on a new project, and I think it’s gotten to the point where it’s ready for public testing and feedback. The...Continue reading
Fourteen Amazing Google Docs Hacks to Make Writing Your Next Novel Easier
Google Docs is a popular word-processing tool that lets you access your documents and files from any internet-connected device. I for one have found it to be immensely useful as...Continue reading
A Dozen Tools for Managing Your Kindle Notes and Highlights
Amazon’s Kindle is a great reading platform with a number of useful annotation features, but sometimes it’s not enough. I recently updated my four-year-old post on Kindle annotation tools, and I...Continue reading
33 Ornament, Dingbat, and Other Decorative Fonts You Can Use (Legally and For Free) in Your Next eBook
Fonts are cool, and they are probably the biggest reason that this blogger envies authors. Authors are free to embed fonts in their ebooks or use them in the layout...Continue reading
How to Set Up and Edit Your Amazon.com Author Profile
UPDATE: This post is out of date. Amazon has updated its author portal. KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) is widely seen as a self-publishing portal. This is funny both because publishers...Continue reading
Google Site Kit Will Make It Easier to Integrate Google’s Services Into WordPress Sites
Between its SEO, traffic analysis, and performance optimization tools (Search Console, Analytics, and PageSpeed Insights, respectively), Google supplies a number of key tools used by just about everyone who has...Continue reading
What’s the Best Option for Rescuing Your Content From Tumblr?
Tumblr’s announcement this week that all adult content will be deleted on 17 December has many users running for the exits, and that really should include you (even if you...Continue reading
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 ask...Continue reading