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
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
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
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,
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
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
This week, our focus is on writing non-fiction Book Descriptions and by the time you’ve read this blog, you’ll be well on your way to producing a well-crafted Book Description that sells! The first requisite is having a fabulous manuscript to begin with. A sub-par book that fails to give
There are three aspects of copyrighting that we’re going to cover in this blog that may save you some aggravation further down the road. AUTOMATIC COPYRIGHT PROTECTION Firstly, the good news is that you own the copyright to your book the moment you put pen to paper or type the
1. What is an ISBN? ISBN stands for International Standard Book Number and is a unique numerical identifier. It allows bookshops, online retailers, distributors, wholesalers and libraries to classify books, analyse sales data and facilitate stock control. All print versions of books must have an ISBN which is found in barcode
The Secret To Professional Book Formatting With Vellum Is Within Your Grasp If you’ve heard of Vellum, you’ll know that it’s regarded as probably the best formatting software out there. The only snag is that only Mac users can download it! The makers of Vellum have made it known that
