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Kindle Unlimited: Connection and Market Correction?
Originally posted on C h a z z W r i t e s . c o m:
Kindle Unlimited is up and running at Amazon. For about ten bucks a month, readers can read a lot and authors will get paid if 10% of the book is read. Across the writerverse, we are speculating. Is it…
Kindle Unlimited—Good or Bad for Authors?
Originally posted on chrismcmullen:
Read Unlimited Kindle E-books Today, Amazon introduced Kindle Unlimited: For $9.99 per month, a customer can now read (and listen to) an unlimited number of Kindle e-books. There are 600,000 books to choose from. The books are enrolled in KDP Select. All KDP Select books are automatically included. (But authors can…
12 Useful Websites to Improve Your Writing
Originally posted on Just English:
by Johnny Webber 1. Words-to-Use.com — A different kind of thesaurus. 2. OneLook.com — One quick dictionary search tool. 3. Vocabulary.com — The quickest, most intelligent way to improve your vocabulary. 4. ZenPen.io — A minimalist writing zone where you can block out all distractions. 5. 750words.com — Write three new pages every day. 6. Readability-Score.com — Get…
Readers / Reviewers – When is a spelling mistake REALLY a spelling mistake?
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
On a recent post I published HERE, author Sally Cronin made a valid point in the comments box “..a note on the UK/US markets – someone bought one of my books in the US in E-version and mentioned that there were some spelling mistakes….. using an ‘s’…
Sell More Books
Originally posted on chrismcmullen:
How to Sell Books Perception marketing: A great book doesn’t just appeal to the target audience, but attracts the target audience. A fantastic cover that the target audience loves. “Wow, look at that!” “That looks like a great read.” A title that creates interest, is easy to remember, and indicates what to expect.…
What Should an Author Expect from an Agent?
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
? Mismanaged (or mismatched) expectations are a fundamental cause of problems in the author-agent relationship. Authors can often avoid many problems—before and after signing with a literary agent—by establishing realistic expectations about the author-agent relationship. Step 1: Know What Agents Do … and Do Not…
…Authors on Kindle… to promo? or not to promo? that is the question… here’s my tuppence WURTH on it … #TBSU…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…the Sherlocks amongst yeez will prob’ly have noticed by now that I’m Scottish… as in, ‘no sh*t, Sherlock?’… by derivation, my ancestral DNA rails against giving stuff away for NUTHIN… (just try to find emb’dy out-of-doors during a street charity collection in any town North of Hadrian’s Wall)… comes then…
Three Important Articles for Authors with Amazon!
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
From the blog of Chris McMullen Get the most out of Kindle Matchbook How much will authors make w/ Kindle Unlimited? Kindle Unlimited & Marketing Strategies For A – L – L Authors Click on the titles or pictures to go to each article
Amazon Announces Kindle Unlimited Program
Originally posted on readers+writers journal:
“Even the most voracious readers will take a few months to get the most out of Amazon.com’s latest offer: access to 600,000 eBooks and 2,000 audio books for a monthly fee of US$9.99. What publishers and authors will get out of it remains to be seen. Subscribers to the new service,…
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