If you are a new author like I am then no doubt you have solicited the advice of many seasoned authors to figure out the best ways to market your book. Most of them are usually very willing to offer suggestions and even introduce you to other authors that might have ideas that could help…
The Benefits of Hiring a Writing Assistant – Beau Peters | Guest Post
As a writer, it’s not uncommon to assume you have to do everything on your own. While some things can’t be delegated when it comes to your work, there are plenty of daily tasks that can (and should) be handled by someone else – a writing assistant. When you’re a professional writer, a good rule…
Children’s Books Never Go Out of Style – Kathryn Starke | Guest Post
Fifteen years ago, I wrote a children’s book to teach the seven continents to my second-grade students who could not imagine a world outside of their own community. Amy’s Travels became the first children’s picture book to teach all seven continents. Based on the true story of my college suitemate Amy, the example of Latina…
10 Ways to Market Your Book on a Budget – Dave Chesson | Guest Post
If you’ve self-published before, you’ll know that book marketing can get very expensive very quickly. Luckily, there are some ways that you can market your book on a tight budget. In this article, we’ll go over 10 of my favorite low-cost marketing techniques that you can use to sell more books. Most of the strategies…
Staying in the Game: Book Marketing for Self-Published Authors – Virginia Colton | Guest Post
Self-publishing is becoming more and more popular among authors nowadays. Self-publishing is the publication of books, magazines, and any other media by authors without the involvement of an established publisher. In other words, self-published authors do pretty much all the tasks necessary to publish and sell a book – this includes book marketing. To be quite…
How to Find Relevant Keywords for Your Amazon Ads Campaigns – Dave Chesson | Guest Post
How to Find Relevant Keywords for Your Amazon Ads Campaigns Marketing your book is tricky, it’s easy to make mistakes. That’s where amazon ads come in. Finding profitable keywords for your Amazon ads is a task you have to perform if you want profitable ad campaigns. You’ll need between 200-300 keywords for your advertising campaigns…
How to Make an Awesome – and Effective – Book Trailer – Victor Biasco | Guest Post
From the very first one – for a Broadway musical show in 1912 – trailers have enticed us for over a hundred years. And even though they are now mostly used to promote great films, what these brief video pieces really do is help audiences decide what to consume next. Understandably, we tend to associate…
What is Your Biggest Problem with Self-Publishing? – Joseph McLean | Guest Post
Everyone who’s getting into the self-publishing game is probably going to face a lot of problems. The self-publishing industry has become extremely competitive. As of 2017, the number of reported self-published titles went over 1 million. Now, as of 2019, the numbers may have doubled or tripled up. Nevertheless, one thing is certain: the self-publishing…
Reasons Why Many Self-Published Books Fail and How to Fix That – Gary Peterson | Guest Post
Many self-published books fail because authors tend to overlook the basic rules of publishing a new book. Authors who are fairly new to publishing get many things wrong, and the result is typically low sales. Publishing your book and selling it on Amazon should be the last step in the whole process, not the initial…
When Should You Publish Your Book? – Eugene Eaton | Guest Post
What’s the Best Time for Book Launches? Aspiring self-published authors don’t make connections with official publishers. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. When you’re able to publish your own work, why wouldn’t you do it? However, there’s a problem: you don’t get access to the wisdom that publishers have at their fingertips. Well it’s not…