Do you struggle to keep on track? Does your brain churn out an avalanche of ideas, flooding your mind and taking your attention off of what you have already started? Do you suffer indecision and doubt? Here’s how to go from distracted to determined.
3 Mistakes You Made Writing Your First Book (and How Not to Make Them Again)
By Jennie Nash In publishing, everything starts with the quality of the book. Today you’ll hear from editor and book coach Jennie Nash. In the course of her work, Jennie sees firsthand what authors tend to get wrong as they write their books–the rookie mistakes, the glaring errors, the fatal flaws. Her post today digs […]
The Importance of Keywords to Ranking Your Book on Amazon
Self-publishers don’t realize that Amazon, like Google, uses a search engine to find, and list its books. A powerful marketing tactic for authors is to ensure their book reaches the top of that search list.
7 Ways to Nail Your Author SEO in 2016
By Miral Sattar (@miralsattar) Google. It’s the black box that no one really knows what goes on in there. But it’s also the largest search engine in the world. When people search on the Web you want to make sure they find you if they “google” your name or your book There are a number […]
Top 10 Blog Posts of 2015 on The Book Designer
It’s always interesting to look back at the year that’s passed, as a way of trying to better understand the year ahead, especially if you’re a blog owner. These points in time present us with a unique perspective, one I rarely take the time to consider at other times. This year I decided to go […]
16 Paradoxes Created by Technology—Byting Off More than We Can Chew
Techology disruption is a relentless, implacable, accelerating force unto itself. We embrace it for its benefits without understanding their consequences.
Writers, Are You Willing to Play the Waiting Game?
Are you playing the waiting game with your writing career? Good things are worth waiting for and that is true when it comes to writing, editing and publishing a terrific book.
The A-B-C-D Formula for Irresistible Nonfiction Book Titles
As things get even more competitive in the world of self-publishing, unless you’re in a very small niche, you’re likely dealing with hundreds to thousands of competing books, all fighting for attention. A “good” title isn’t enough. You need an irresistible book title that, most importantly, is unique when placed next to other books in the genre.
National Novel Writing Month — Who Should Try and Why
National Novel Writing Month, aka NaNoWriMo or Nano, gets novelists and potential novelists moving on a rough first draft at least 50,000 words long.
Pay-What-You-Want Pricing: Does It Work for Books?
Pay-What-You-Want Pricing: Does it work for books? by Abs Farah explains how moving out of your comfort zone and experimenting with pay-what-you-want pricing may increase your sales and help you to gain new readers.
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