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Advertising on Amazon with AMS via KDP: Research, Experience, & Tips
Originally posted on chrismcmullen:
Images from ShutterStock ? ADVERTISING BOOKS WITH AMS KDP now lets indie authors advertise their KDP Select books directly on Amazon.com through AMS (Amazon Marketing Services). I’ve now placed 36 different ads through AMS on over a dozen books in multiple author names, with different targeting and bids from 2 cents…
The Writer’s Pro Shop Series, Why You Need It – A Guest Post by Hubert O’Hearn
Originally posted on Books: Publishing, Reading, Writing:
Hubert O’Hearn has previously been featured on Reading Recommendations. He is a Canadian-born playwright and journalist who now lives in Ireland. When he announced his new The Writer’s Pro Shop Series recently I asked if he’d like to write a guest blog post to help promote this service…
Authors – Do Smaller Projects to Cleanse the Palate…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
First, a big thank you to the Story Reading Ape for this opportunity and everything he does for indie authors like me. Is he blushing? Do apes blush? Have to look that up later. My name is Charles E. Yallowitz and I’m the author behind…
Recommendations for Book Covers
Originally posted on chrismcmullen:
BOOK COVER RECOMMENDATIONS Every week, I receive several questions from authors about publishing and marketing. One of the most common requests is recommendations for book covers. I designed all of my own covers until I met Melissa Stevens. She can pull off some amazing effects that I can’t, and she is…
What is it About Hiring a Publicist that Makes Authors Cringe?
It’s all about the numbers game. As an author we want to reach as wide a market as possible to sell more books to more people – those of us who’ve chosen to attempt to get paid for our writing that is. So we scrimp and save to hire the right cover designer, the best…
An easy way to sell more books
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
Effrosyni Moschoudi was the very first one to suggest to me this little trick, and I have since used it with all my books. Now, Jonathan Gunson has written a great post with the same easy way to sell more books, as a comment on a presentation by Goodreads CEO Otis Chandler.…
International Humour Writing competition in honour of Mark Twain
Originally posted on BRIDGET WHELAN writer:
Against the assault of Laughter nothing can stand — Mark Twain This is the second annual competition organised to raise funds for the Mark Twain House and Museum in Connecticut USA and entries are welcome from around the world. Humourous essays and stories can be up to a generous 7000…
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