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Online Tools for Building Your Author Platform

Thursday, August 8, 2019 by Sabrina Ricci

As indie authors, so much of our work and efforts go into online marketing, and content on the web. With that in mind, here are some tools (both free and paid) that can help you build your platform and promote your books. Book Advertising "Changes to Amazon Advertising: What Authors Need to Know" on Jane Friedman: A breakdown of new advertising modes, the improved dashboard, … [Read more...] about Online Tools for Building Your Author Platform

Finding Your Next Read (or Review)

Monday, June 10, 2019 by Sabrina Ricci

As an indie author, it's important to get book reviews. As a reader, it's helpful to get book recommendations. Below are some resources that combine the best of both worlds. Getting Book Recommendations 3-Panel Book Review: Reviewing books in comic strip format LitPick: "Through student book reviews, we promote reading and writing among preteens, teens, and young adults. … [Read more...] about Finding Your Next Read (or Review)

Guest Post: 5 Digital Marketing Tricks to Give Authors a Competitive Edge

Monday, May 13, 2019 by Sabrina Ricci

By Mariah T. When you’re an author, exposure is everything. You can get the competitive edge that you need with a few digital marketing tricks. As you get your book in front of more people, you can potentially increase your sales. Social Media The popularity of social media is increasing exponentially. It’s important that you utilize all of the different social media … [Read more...] about Guest Post: 5 Digital Marketing Tricks to Give Authors a Competitive Edge

Indie Authors: Book Sales and Other Income Strategies

Thursday, December 27, 2018 by Sabrina Ricci

As an author, there's a lot of things to consider when it comes to earning money. Some indie authors are able to earn a full time income, according to The Guardian and Russell Blake. Print sales are not the most lucrative, according to LG O'Connor, and print and ebook bundling doesn't always work out, according to Copyright and Technology. It can also be hard to find the right … [Read more...] about Indie Authors: Book Sales and Other Income Strategies

An Interview with Richard Billings, Founder of Leafless

Monday, November 14, 2016 by Sabrina Ricci

The publishing industry is full of opportunity. Today, publishing startup Leafless, a digital distribution platform and publisher, is launching (after rebranding). Leafless aims to solve the problem of authors paying for reviews and honest reviews disappearing from sites like Amazon. Through Leafless, authors can give copies of ebooks to readers for reviews, and popular books … [Read more...] about An Interview with Richard Billings, Founder of Leafless

What Indie Book Publishing and Indie Game Development Have In Common, Part 2

Monday, January 19, 2015 by Sabrina Ricci

A while back, I watched Indie Game: The Movie and was struck by how much indie game development and indie book publishing had in common. I had the pleasure of interviewing the talented and inspiring indie game developer, Jonathan Blow. Below is the second in a three-part series that discusses the similarities between developing games and publishing books as an indie. Read Part … [Read more...] about What Indie Book Publishing and Indie Game Development Have In Common, Part 2

7 Strategies and 110+ Tools to Help Indie Authors Find Readers and Reviewers

Wednesday, February 12, 2014 by Sabrina Ricci

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Self-publishing is growing, and with it come new resources. One of the biggest hurdles of being an indie author is finding readers and getting reviews (which helps find more readers). Some people may still consider self-publishing a stigma, and some writers may think that promotion takes away too much time from writing. But many sites, including Outramp, Your Writer Platform, … [Read more...] about 7 Strategies and 110+ Tools to Help Indie Authors Find Readers and Reviewers

iDreamBooks, A Book Review Aggregator

Monday, October 14, 2013 by Sabrina Ricci

iDreamBooks is a site that aggregates reviews of books. The goal of the site is right in the tagline: Never read a crappy book again! Founded in 2012 by Rahul Simha, Vish Chapalamadugu and Mohit Aggarwal, iDreamBooks moved to San Francisco as part of 500 Startups. Patrick Lee, co-founder of Rotten Tomatoes, was an early investor, which works out since the site is like the … [Read more...] about iDreamBooks, A Book Review Aggregator

Digital and Social Book Discovery

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 by Sabrina Ricci

Digital Book World hosted an interesting webcast today, called Finding Books Without Borders: Discoverability in a Digital and Social World. Two fairly new companies, Jellybooks and Readmill, talked about how they tackle the issue in their own ways.  … [Read more...] about Digital and Social Book Discovery

Dealing With Negative Reviews

Thursday, January 17, 2013 by Sabrina Ricci

It was for the first book of my publishing company, a collection of flash fiction, and I had given the book away for free on LibraryThing in hopes of getting more reviews. Now, even though this was not my book in the sense that I did not write it, I did spend a lot of time working with the authors, and I was proud of them and the work they did. I also made sure the book went … [Read more...] about Dealing With Negative Reviews

Self-publishing ebooks: An Overview

Friday, June 29, 2012 by Sabrina Ricci

Fact: Self-publishing is growing. In 2011, according to BISG, over 200,000 books were self-published. Ebooks are also growing. By 2016, ebooks will account for 50% of book sales, and the book market will be worth $21 billion.  … [Read more...] about Self-publishing ebooks: An Overview

Writers, Readers, Publishers: Present Tense, Future Bold

Thursday, January 19, 2012 by Sabrina Ricci

Tonight I went to a talk about ebook marketing. I'm part of a group, called Writers, Readers, Publishers: Present Tense, Future Bold that meets once a month to hear guest speakers talk about the state of the publishing industry. The first meeting was a talk with Robert Gleason, Executive Editor at Tor Books, a division of the Macmillan publishing group.  Mr. Gleason acquires … [Read more...] about Writers, Readers, Publishers: Present Tense, Future Bold

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Your First 1000 Copies: The Step-by-Step Guide to Marketing Your Book
Your First 1000 Copies: The Step-by-Step Guide to Marketing Your Book
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The Author Training Manual: Develop Marketable Ideas, Craft Books That Sell, Become the Author Publishers Want, and Self-Publish Effectively
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The Author Training Manual: Develop Marketable Ideas, Craft Books That Sell, Become the Author Publishers Want, and Self-Publish Effectively
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