Indie Authors: Building Your Brand and Writer Platform
To be a successful indie author, you need to have a brand / writer platform. At first, this may sound like a daunting task. And yes, it is a lot of work. But I’ve found that it helps to outline goals,...
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Indie authors have a lot of options when it comes to the tools they work with, and nowadays there are more and more tools that allow for productive collaboration. Below are just a few: Ice. A content...
View ArticleSocial Reading and Writing
Ebooks open up a whole range of possibilities, from how people consume stories to how they talk about books they’ve read, and even how they find new works to read. Because ebooks are digital, authors...
View ArticleIndie Author Marketing Guide: Google Plus
Google Plus is a social media platform that is not as talked about as Facebook or Twitter, but can be very important, depending on your niche. Google Plus Basics For those who may not be too familiar...
View ArticlePublishing Children’s Ebooks
The children’s book market is expanding. According to IBISWorld, “e-readers and other popular devices, like tablets and smartphones, make books easier to buy, read and store. Animation and other extra...
View ArticleIndie Authors: Selling Books
After doing all the hard work of writing, editing, and designing your book, it’s nice to be able to sell it. There are a number of creative ways to sell an ebook these days. Book Promotion Hub...
View ArticleIndie Authors: Launching a Book
At first, launching a book may seem daunting. But it helps to plan the launch in increments, and also, know that ebooks have an indefinite shelf life, so that even though it’s nice to have a strong...
View ArticleIndie Authors: Using YouTube
Video can be a very important component of an indie author’s marketing strategy. In addition to book trailers, authors can make videos for a myriad of purposes, such as Behind the scenes Showing off...
View ArticleIndie Authors: Writing and Publishing Tools
It seems that every day I come across a new site or tool that can help with writing, editing, promoting, or pretty much any stage in the publishing process. (The Book Designer has a great article...
View ArticleIndie Authors: Marketing Books by Collaborating
Marketing in teams often pays off more than marketing by yourself. Author assistant Kate Tilton and many others, including S.R. Johannes have advocated street teams, which involves getting fans to...
View ArticleSmashwords: An Indie Author Guide
Smashwords is a retailer and an ebook distributor, and a great choice for indie authors. Why? Because the platform lets you upload once and sell on multiple outlets, saving authors a lot of time, and...
View ArticleEbook Distribution: Google Play
There’s a lot going on with Google Play lately, at least when it comes to ebooks. About a month ago, Google Play shut down its book publisher program, at least temporarily, to new users while they sort...
View ArticleIndie Authors: Self Publishing Advice
Being an indie author is tough. There’s the long hours of writing, the nail biting and teeth gritting as you revise your work, and of course there’s marketing, promoting, and hoping that maybe you’ll...
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For the Readers: A List of Sites, Tools, and Examples of Beautiful Works
More and more platforms are springing up to help both indie authors and readers looking for their next great read. One new platform that does just that is The Books Machine, which allows authors to...
View ArticleIndie Authors and Kindle Unlimited
Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited (KU) service, where readers pay $9.99 per month and authors are paid out of a monthly fund, seems to be very polarizing. Kindle Unlimited History When KU first launched, many...
View ArticleIndie Authors: Writing a Series
Writing a good book takes a lot of effort, between the outlining and plotting, researching, drafting, editing, proofing, and then publishing. But writing a series takes at least a bit more planning...
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Indie Authors and Libraries
By Joe Crawford from Moorpark, California, USA (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia CommonsLibraries are wonderful for indie authors. They open up a whole new audience of readers, but unfortunately the...
View ArticleIndie Authors Writing: Creating Strong Characters
I’ve decided to start a mini-series on writing tips, starting with Indie Authors: Writing a Series. Next up is how to write characters. According to Lady Anakina, “Character is Everything.” Here are a...
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Indie Author Marketing Guide: Twitter
Twitter is one of the largest social media platforms, and when used correctly, can really help boost an indie author’s platform. According to Social Media for Writers, “23 percent of online adults...
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Indie Authors: A Look at What It Takes to be an Authorpreneur
By Arntor (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsIndie author entrepreneurs, also known as authorpreneurs, are becoming more and more common....
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