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The Good, The Bad and The Kindle

Amazon is killing it, and I mean that literally. Not only is the publishing industry suffering, but now, people’s lives are being touched in a negative way. Good, bad? Wayt forward/backward?

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Beginners Luck: Marketing

Allison discusses basic and cheap marketing strategies for beginning writers following NaNoWriMo.

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Back Of the Car SALES

Back Of the Car SALES

Derrick has always inspired me with his tales of hustling sales of his books like a mixtape peddler out of the back of his car. He is definitely on of those gritty, hungry self publishers that should get WAY more attention online than he is getting now.

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Marketing Your Shiny New Book

Marketing Your Shiny New Book

If you build it they will come does not apply to books. You have to market your book to sell it.

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Promoting your book on a Shoestring

Promoting your book on a Shoestring

Kit shows us how to market a book when a self publisher is working within a budget.

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Enhance Pro Book Covers w/ a Corporate Image

Enhance Pro Book Covers w/ a Corporate Image

A “corporate image” is a graphic “plan” that begins with a professional logo and carries on with consistent use of type fonts, colors, even the arrangement of elements on the page, that will identify your publishing company to the prospective buyer before they have a chance to read one word.

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On Buying and Selling Books

On Buying and Selling Books

Bert Carlson writes from his own experiences on buying and selling books and recalls stories of before most of us self published.

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Reader Testimonial: Why You Should Read Our Blog and Sign Up.

Reader Testimonial: Why You Should Read Our Blog and Sign Up.

I did an interview with Jennifer Hancock earlier this year, and during our interactions I suggested a pricing strategy to her. Not only has she used the advice, but she gave us a kind acknowledgement in the book!

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4 Requirements for an Effective Book Cover

4 Requirements for an Effective Book Cover

When designing a book cover, it’s important to balance the art and the science of cover design.

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Pottermore: Is J.K. Rowling the new Digital Walt Disney?

Pottermore: Is J.K. Rowling the new Digital Walt Disney?

A first in the history of publishing, Rowling strikes out as the first author to dispense with both her publisher and bookstores! Is she the next Walt Disney?

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