For many authors, the waves of marketing, promotion, and publicity required to launch any novel can feel like a marathon of hard labor. In fact, launching a book is such a tremendous amount of work that an entire industry has sprung up to handle the undertaking—book...
Book Reviews vs. Book Sales: The Self-Published Author’s Catch-22
Garnering reviews is instrumental to successful book sales, especially on Amazon. Sales analysts and industry influencers will tell you that getting highly rated reviews on Amazon will increase book sales—and they’re right. But if you've self-published your book, how...
How To Handle Criticism Of Your Self-Published Book
Your friends, family, and die-hard fans are all singing the praises of your self-published book. Wonderful! So now you've made it available for sale to the general public—and you get a bad review. Yes, you feel crushed, but take heart; you're not alone. Even some of...
Help! My Self-Published Book Isn’t Selling!
After the many late nights writing and revising, the hours spent proofreading and formatting, and the pressure of choosing the best cover design—your self-published book is now available for sale! You anxiously wait for the sales to start pouring in...or trickling...
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