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10 TRICKS FOR GETTING YOUR FOCUS BACK ON TRACK

As writers we can often find ourselves feeling ‘stuck’, overwhelmed, lacking energy, or distracted, all of which prevent us doing our best work.  Here is a list of 10 tricks to get your focus back on track. I came across this blog from forbes.com, where members of the Young Entrepreneur

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HOW-TO WRITE THE DEFINITIVE FICTION BOOK DESCRIPTION

Why is a Book Description important? Further to our blog on writing A Killer Non-Fiction Book Description, this piece is tailored to the needs of novelists and How-To Write The Definitive Fiction Book Description. Let’s be clear what a book description is NOT! It is not a summary of your

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HOW TO SELF-PUBLISH A BOOK IN 2024: 9 STEPS TO SUCCESS

The start of a new year is always a good time to collect one’s thoughts and plan ahead. In today’s blog, we’re going to be concentrating on 9 steps to ensure your writing career is more profitable and successful in 2024. 1. Edit Your Manuscript You’ve completed writing your new

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PROS AND CONS OF TRADITIONAL VS. SELF-PUBLISHING

What are the pros and cons of traditional vs. self-publishing?  Do you take the traditional book publishing route or do you publish the book yourself? In fact, the choice doesn’t have to be so stark.  There are many writers out there known as hybrid authors, who do both.  They have

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EARN MORE ROYALTIES WITH THIS SURE-FIRE E-BOOK STRATEGY

Whilst print books outsell e-books worldwide by a factor of 4 to 1,  the demand for digital books is still a force to be reckoned with and there are strategies that writers can use to earn more royalties.  Authors continue to publish e-books en masse but spending a few moments

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LARGE PRINT BOOKS – HOW TO DRIVE MORE SALES

There are a number of print formats that authors can consider.  The obvious choice is paperbacks but let’s not forget hardbacks and large print books.  In this article, we’ll be looking at how you can make more money from large print versions. With e-books, it’s fairly simple to increase the

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HOW TO OPTIMISE YOUR AMAZON AUTHOR CENTRAL PAGE

What is Author Central? When you publish a book on the Amazon KDP platform you can have your name hyperlinked direct to an Author Central page which holds information about you, such as your biography, the books you have published and other credentials.  It allows readers to get to know

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HOW TO FIND AN IMPRESSIVE BOOK COVER DESIGNER ON FIVERR

Over the past few weeks we’ve been focusing in on how to market your book for free. (https://chascannco.com/free-marketing-with-kdp-select/ https://chascannco.com/free-marketing-with-book-promotion-sites/) In this week’s blog, book covers comes under the spotlight.  We’ll show you how you can find impressive book cover designers on Fiverr where you can get a Kindle cover created

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FREE MARKETING WITH BOOK PROMOTION SITES

This is the second blog in our series looking at Free Book Marketing where we’re suggesting ways to market your books on a budget.   Today, it’s the turn of Book Promotion Sites. So, in a nutshell, you can opt for a ‘KDP Select’ Countdown Deal or 5-Day Free Promotion (see

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