Tag Archive | self publishing
The Science of Persuasion Applied to Author Marketing
Originally posted on Kate M. Colby:
One of my coworkers posted this video to the Marketing group on our company “chatter” feed. It explains six factors that influence individuals during the decision-making process. Long story short, people are insanely busy and overwhelmed with the fast pace of life. Therefore, instead of considering all available information, they…
How self-published authors can stop shooting themselves in the foot
Originally posted on BRIDGET WHELAN writer:
A lot of self-published authors ruin the book they have worked so hard to create by thinking they can design their own cover. Many want to shoehorn in a lot of different images to represent the entire story forgetting that it is an advert, the most important advert that…
Word to the Wise
Originally posted on The PBS Blog:
As we approach the month of August, when teachers return to work and students go back to school, I couldn’t help but to get excited that in just a few short weeks (mid August) I will be publishing another book. I’m really excited about this one and this excitement…
Corfu and my favorite time of the year
Originally posted on Effrosyni's blog:
Hi All! The time I’ve been waiting for for another year is here. I’m off to my favorite corner of the world tomorrow for a week’s holiday. Where is that, I hear you say? It’s the village of my youth on Corfu, of course, where else? Going to spend…
UPDATE-Want to see your e-book at the library?
Originally posted on Jean's Writing:
Wanted to update this morning’s blog. Thanks to Ruth Glover for checking with our local library. Sadly, they can only pull from contracted sites. Sigh… However, I do see this as a wave of the future. Fingers crossed, Amazon will lead the libraries into the e-century and very soon. I…
…and the Wrath of the Great God Amazon shall be visited upon yeez… be careful out there… #TBSU…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…I s’pose I should feel flattered… email correspondence today from the compliance brigade at Amazon flagged up a potential monstrous offence on the part of this ol’ Jurassic… it seems that my published collections of Blog Posts from this web page blog of mine, WELL I’LL BE BLOGGERED and BLOGGERED,…
Authors! Your Free Book Is Worthless
Originally posted on Tara Sparling writes:
You know you want it! Er… hang on. Do you…? I’ve been wondering about book pricing for a long time. Specifically, whether making your book free makes me bothered about reading it or not. And I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m not. Bothered, that is. But before you start weeping and wailing…
Why You Will Probably Never Make A Living As An Author
Originally posted on Brandon R. Luffman:
A long, meandering post wherein I grind your dreams under my boot heel – and then lift you back up, maybe. That’s a pretty grim headline isn’t it? After all, so many of us are chasing just that exact dream: Quit the day job and spend all day following our imaginary…
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