This is a guest post by D’vorah Lansky. D’vorah recently finished her 11th book and joins us today to share one of the tips from 21 Ways to Launch a Successful Virtual Book Tour. I’d like to thank David for graciously hosting me, as a guest blogger, in celebration of the launch of my [...]
Orchestrating a book bomb to launch or promote an eBook can be a great marketing strategy for authors. If you are not familiar with the term, a book bomb is when a group of people purchase a specific book, on a specific day, from Amazon (although there is no technical reason why it couldn’t be [...]
Do you find yourself writing a new book description or bio each time you fill out a book promotion? Do you have your ISBN and ASIN numbers memorized? What about sending someone a link to buy your book? These occasional, but important, needs were taking a lot of my time so I came up with [...]
How do you provide a friend, associate or an eBook reviewer a free copy of your eBook?—short of emailing them the file that is. It’s a common question and many authors are surprised when they learn they need to buy their own Kindle eBooks. Not so with Apple; it’s one of the few publisher-friendly merchandising [...]
Who wouldn’t want to make more money by selling their eBooks direct to readers? If you already have an audience this can be much more lucrative than selling on Amazon, Apple, BN, etc. Of course the operative word here is audience because part of the commission that these high-traffic online stores take from your sale [...]
Not many people have the self control to write a book and then put it on the shelf for more than a year while they build their platform. Yet Shelley Miller has done just that and in the process has improved the odds of her success immeasurably. In this detailed account Shelley shares her experience in [...]
eBook Publishing Boot Camp 2013-14 Workshops from the Digital Publishing Café
The constant in eBook publishing is that one never stops learning. The market is moving fast with new techniques, new services and new opportunities presenting themselves almost daily. In this six day online event attendees have a chance to learn from a variety of experts in the entire range of eBook development and promotion. Event [...]