Do you write fiction novel series? Do you plan to? Here’s why you might like to consider adding in short stories and novellas to the mix for a real book marketing advantage – with a case study by Alison Morton.
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Book Marketing: How Lateral Thinking Boosts Keyword Success
This intriguing case study will help you improve your choice of keywords for Amazon advertising and other marketing purposes, examining how words about Vikings and moon landings helped Brad Borkan increase sales of a book about Antarctic explorers
Opinion: Indie Authors – Why the Best Marketer for your Book is YOU
If you’re one of the many indie authors who professes to hate book marketing, you need to read this post – Anne-Catherine de Fombelle will make you change your mind and positively enjoy marketing in future!
How to Track Sales of Self-published Books
Expert advice to help indie authors with tracking book sales to help them improve the success of their author business – from US fantasy writer Karen Myers.
How to Market Your Books with a Specialist Blog
Wondering how to attract more attention to your author website when you’re not yet a household name? Try crimewriter Barry Faulkner’s approach: set up a blog about a specialist topic of interest to potential readers of your genre instead.
How to Write an Effective Author Bio
Need to write your author bio? Haven’t looked at yours for a long time? Embrace the task with fresh eyes and new focus when you’ve read these top tips for great author bios from the ALLi author hive
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This is the self-publishing advice blog, written by members of the Alliance of Independent Authors. We cover the seven processes of publishing – editorial, design, production, distribution, marketing, promotion and licensing publishing rights – here week on week, together with writing advice and how to run an indie author business.
How to Use Awareness Days to Promote Your Self-published Books
Ever used relevant Awareness Days to you market and promote your self-published books? Pick up top tips and ideas from children’s author Jude Lennon, who shares her own experience of doing so here.
Why, When and How to Self-publish a Box Set of Ebooks
It may seem counter-intuitive, but self-publishing box sets of books at bargain prices can actually boost your author income considerably! This comprehensive post by New Zealand author Kim Lambert is a must-read guide to help you grab some box set success for yourself!
Book Marketing: Case Study of a Successful Bookbub Promotion for a Self-published Non-fiction Book
Non-fiction authors often scratch their heads wondering what fiction writers’ marketing devices will work for them – and in this Ann Richardson describes how a BookBub promotion made a huge difference to her non-fiction book about hospices.