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 Council each share one hack […]
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 book, nor is it something
Whether you like it or hate it, the impact of AI on self-publishing authors is not only here to stay, but the industry is set to make giant strides forward in the coming months. In the rapidly evolving landscape of self-publishing, authors are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence (AI) tools to enhance their creative process
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 novel or non-fiction work and
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
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
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
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
