David Kudler

David Kudler is a Contributing Writer for TheBookDesigner.com. He is also an author, an editor and an ebook designer.

David blogs for the Huffington Post and is also a past president of the Bay Area Independent Publisher’s Association (BAIPA).

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Have I Got a Book for You! Compelling Book Descriptions – Part 2

by David Kudler on October 7, 2019 2 Comments

In Part 1, we discussed how to hook your readers with book descriptions. Now, let’s talk about how to tease your readers once they’re hooked.

by David Kudler on October 3, 2019 2 Comments

You’ve gotten a potential reader to visit your book’s product page. Now it’s time to seal the deal. How? Your book description, that’s how.

“You can’t tell a book by its cover” holds true in most of our lives, one place where it doesn’t, ironically, is in publishing.

One of the most powerful tools for marketing your book is reader reviews. Here are a few dos and don’ts for getting reviews.

It’s been a couple of years, so let’s revisit online ebook conversion tools available through the major retailers and aggregators.

We sure spend a lot of time finding just the right fonts for our print books. And we want our ebooks to look just as good, don’t we?

by David Kudler on December 20, 2018 4 Comments

Who owns the copyright to a book that’s been uploaded to Amazon’s KDP? It’s important to understand the difference between copyright and a license.

by David Kudler on November 15, 2018 1 Comment

PublishDrive’s new plan expands their business model from a traditional ebook distribution setup to include a subscription option.

by David Kudler on October 11, 2018 3 Comments

I was delighted to listen to Joanna Penn and Dave Chesson mention my article Words Gone Wild! as part of their discussion about Amazon and keywords.