by Jason Matthews | Mar 11, 2014 | Writing
By Jason Matthews I remember feeling liberated after publishing my first novel on Amazon and Smashwords. Almost miraculously, within the first hours of release a few sales happened. This came after years of investing effort, tears and money to get the novel written,...
by Joel Friedlander | Mar 10, 2014 | Social Media
“How often should I blog?” is one of the questions I get asked most frequently by authors starting a blog. While many bloggers have a casual relationship to exactly when they publish new content, I think you’ll do better for yourself and your readers if...
by Joel Friedlander | Feb 5, 2014 | Marketing, Self-Publishing
by Greg Strandberg (@gpstberg) A blog tour as many of you know, is a marketing strategy frequently used by self-published authors when launching new books. Although they can be quite effective as a promotional tool, it can be very time consuming for authors to reach...
by Joel Friedlander | Jan 27, 2014 | Marketing, Self-Publishing
by Ben Murray Last week I introduced my subscribers to a new product that can help authors market their print books and ebooks on Amazon—AKBooster, Amazon-specific market research software by Abhi Dwivedi & Ben Murray. Because the developers come from the...
by Joel Friedlander | Dec 8, 2013 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
From the look of things in the blogs, it seems that a lot of people are thinking about book marketing. And hey: why not? It’s the most popular subject of all, and when it comes right down to it, how effectively we market our books—communicate our passion...
