by Mari Selby, Selby ink | Jun 21, 2018 | Articles, Self-Publishing
Formula One is the highest class of single-seater auto racing and has a set of rules to which all participants’ cars must conform. Just as in racing there are rules or elements for creating a successful book. And, make no mistake, writing and publishing a book today...
by Caroline O'Connell & Joe Wehinger | Jun 14, 2018 | Articles, Marketing, Setting Up For Sales
Every author knows that a picture is worth a thousand words. A 90-second to three-minute video can reach thousands of people in your targeted audience per week and many more in the months to follow. Equally importantly, that same video can be found by traditional...
by Bethany Brown | Jun 7, 2018 | Articles, Book Covers
About 12 years ago, publishers would really focus on a book’s spine. It sounds strange today, I know, but we would spend hours taking spine cutouts to a local bookstore and trying them out within a category (while trying not get caught). We could bring a dozen or more...
by Scott Lorenz, Westwind Communications | May 31, 2018 | Articles, Book Reviews
Having read a few thousand book reviews and written a few dozen, I have a pretty good idea about how to write a book review that is helpful to potential readers and buyers of a book. Authors have a difficult time getting people to write a review because their fan base...
by Savannah Harrelson, BookSparks | May 23, 2018 | Articles, Marketing, Pre-Publication
As a first-time, indie, or even veteran author, the task of requesting and securing blurbs can be a daunting one. Putting your book baby out there for other authors to see takes immense courage and confidence in your work. That being said, it’s no doubt that blurbs...
by Karma Bennett | May 10, 2018 | Articles, Marketing, Social Media
12 Ways to Market Your Book (Despite the Facebook Apocalypse) You may have noticed that your posts on Facebook aren’t getting as much traction as they used to—epecially the important posts promoting your book. Yikes. It’s what marketing pros are calling “Facebook...
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