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 books with well-known publishing houses …
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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 checking out your KDP Pricing …
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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 size of the font and …
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 you and to follow you …
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 for around $15 and a …
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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 https://chascannco.com/free-marketing-with-kdp-select/). You can set up …
Thumbs up for free marketing which is what this blog is all about. When you upload your book on to the Amazon platform, you can choose whether to sign up for KDP Select or not. By opting for it, your e-book becomes bound to Amazon for 90 days. In other words, you’re not permitted to …
If you know very little about how to make the most of book categories on the Amazon platform, this is for you! We’re going to take a trip down Category Lane and show you how to ramp up your book sales in no time at all! Before we do that, let’s take a look at …
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KEYWORDS What are they? Why are they so important? How do I find the right keywords for my book? WHAT ARE THEY? In this blog we’ll be looking at the 7 keywords required before you upload your book to the Amazon platform. Every day and every night, hundreds of thousands of people are searching Amazon …
FIRST THINGS FIRST! Once you’ve logged in to your KDP account, click on + ‘Kindle eBook’ underneath ‘Create a New Title’ (see below). You now have three pages to complete before publishing your book and I’ll take you through each of these step-by-step. Amazon often changes the look of its pages so those that you …
