Selling Books Directly To Your Readers Independent authors certainly have a love-hate relationship with Amazon. There’s no getting around the fact that Amazon is THE number one stop for readers looking for books. As hard as it can be to get your book noticed on Amazon, there are strategies to work your book up through […]
How Authors Can Benefit from Amazon Prime Day
As an author, you can position yourself to take advantage of the madness that descends on Amazon on July 15th and 16th. Hopefully, when you got this reminder last year, you took our advice to be ready for this year! What IS Amazon Prime Day? Some refer to it as Christmas in July. It’s a […]
What should you have in a good email sequence to sell more books?
A Good Email Sequence Email remains one of the best marketing tools for authors. Time and time again, when I ask authors what their best tool is for selling more books, I get a variety of the following answers: 1 – lots of marketing 2 – growing their email list 3 – publishing more books […]
How to get the Amazon Best-Seller Banner on Your Book
You’ve probably seen this banner on certain Amazon pages. Or the Amazon BEST-SELLER banner. Maybe you’ve never had that on your book, or you haven’t published yet and want to know how to make sure you get it when you do? I’ve published and launched a lot of books, but not all of them have […]
What is a Book Blog Tour and Why Should You Consider Doing One?
It’s funny, when you’re in an industry for awhile, you assume everyone knows exactly what you’re talking about. You throw around lingo and people look at you like you’re crazy. I’ve been doing blog tours for five years, so when I posted in a launch team group about looking for bloggers to participate in the […]