self-publishing
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How to Use the Holidays to Sell More Books
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis: Written word media recently published a great post with ideas on how to take advantage of holiday marketing trends to sell your books. With Christmas fast approaching, I figured this is a great time to have a look at the main points: 1. Between mid-November and early January, everyone… Continue reading
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How to Write With Authority Even If You Have Doubts
Feeling doubtful? Read this! Post Quote: “…the impostor syndrome is actually associated with high-achieving people! If you have those feelings, you may actually be more successful than you perceive yourself to be.” *Comments Disabled. Please comment on the original post* Continue reading
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7 Ways to Create a Book Business Plan for Each Book
While I’ll be writing, I’m not participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWrMo) but I bet you are! Congrats. If you are, perhaps this post is of double interest. This summer, I wrote a blog post on: 8 Simple Ways to Go from Author to Authorpreneur In it, I gave a few basic bullet points… Continue reading
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High Expectations

When you launch yourself off on a career as an indie author you need to have expectations of what you would like to achieve. Expectations vs Reality by Kristian Bjornard courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons licensed by CC BY-SA 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/7ys8nH https://goo.gl/laq7O1 It’s good to have dreams but a dash of reality wouldn’t go amiss.… Continue reading
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Refocusing – Book Production Updates
Morning! You may have noticed I’ve been posting less frequently this past couple of weeks. I’d admit. I’ve been so into research of the industry that I’ve lost focus a bit on how I do things. So concerned about how it’s done that I’ve neglected my way of getting it done. You’ve been off focus… Continue reading
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Quick Tips for Paperback Page Numbering
Originally posted on Lit World Interviews: When numbering the pages of your paperback manuscript, the thing quite a lot of Indies have trouble with is that they use Page Breaks rather than Section Breaks. A Page Break is just that—starting a new page within the same section of a book. With a Section Break you… Continue reading
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Be my guest: Yecheilyah Ysrayl – Platforms Made Easy – A Simple Look at Platform Building for Aspiring Authors
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: Note: This article can apply to ANYONE just starting a business, not just writers, who would like to understand more about platform building. Just replace writer / author with your profession. Platform building is not something we writers want to hear about AGAIN. Honestly, we all really just… Continue reading
