Reading Time: 4 minutes The Amazon pre-order option for KDP authors (Kindle Direct Publishing has really helped level the playing field between traditionally published authors and those who have self-published through KDP. Let’s look at how this can benefit your Amazon book promotion! On Amazon’s pre-order information page they say it’s a great strategy to start building buzz, and […]
Amazon Top Reviewer Secrets: The Must-Read Tell-All
Reading Time: 10 minutes When you’re pitching Amazon Top Reviewers, have you ever wondered about the things they love, and the things that will absolutely get you shoved to the bottom of their book review consideration pile? We thought so, too, which is why we took some time to interview several of these top book reviewers. Each of them […]
Amazon Author Central: The Underrated Book Discovery Strategy
Reading Time: 6 minutes Amazon Author Central is an often-overlooked book marketing and book discovery strategy, but it really shouldn’t be in this day and age. It’s free, it’s easy to use, and it’s effective.. Not optimizing it is like leaving money on the table. There’s really no excuse. Speaking of free and easy Amazon strategies, I talked about […]
Christmas in July: Five Ways to Capture More Holiday Book Sales
Reading Time: 6 minutes Have you started planning your holiday book sales yet? If you haven’t, you should be. Because Cyber Monday and Black Friday are right around the corner. While I know we all like to put off thinking about book marketing while the kids are out of school or we’re on vacation, the truth is if you […]
Improve Your Book Discovery on Amazon with These Tips
Reading Time: 6 minutes I’ve been focused on book discovery lately because in my opinion, it’s largely misunderstood. If you haven’t read my first three pieces that introduced this series I encourage you to do so, I started with what most authors are doing wrong in general. Then I covered the most common issues and best practices with smart […]
Amazon’s Disappearing Reviews: The Surprising Reason Why Book Reviews are Getting Pulled (and how to fix it)
Reading Time: 7 minutes I write a lot about Amazon, some stuff is great – like the cool tools they secretly launch to help authors, while other stuff is more geek-related – like the Amazon Ads dashboard! I’ve spent a lot of time writing and talking about Amazon reviews, and also, Amazon pulling reviews. Sadly, this problem of disappearing […]
7 Ways Authors Can Sell More Books in International Markets
Reading Time: 7 minutes If you’ve never considered trying to sell more books internationally, maybe you should. English is the primary language spoken lots of places, with around 20% of the world speaking and reading it. That translates to 1.5 billion people. If that number doesn’t sway you, consider this: Germany has 51.5 million English speakers and has 7 […]
5 Quick Ways to Ramp Up Your Amazon Author Central Page
Reading Time: 6 minutes Amazon is full of book marketing tools for you as an indie author. And, although I often talk about book page optimization, your Amazon Author Central page probably needs some attention too. Because, when was the last time you gave it some love? For most indie authors, the answer is “not recently.” And, if you […]
9 Things Amazon Secretly Launched that Can Help All Indie Authors with their Book Marketing
Reading Time: 7 minutes Amazon is always changing things up. And that’s why it’s important to always be watching for what’s new. Especially if we’re in book marketing mode (and aren’t we always?), making the most of Amazon is a great way to spend your time. So fair warning, some of the things I’m mentioning here are good, some […]
How to Sell More Books with 13 Pre-Order Strategies
Reading Time: 6 minutes If you’ve never done a pre-order campaign, or your last one wasn’t successful, I want to go over 13 strategies that will ensure you’ll sell more books next time around. Working pre-order campaigns into your author marketing plan help you build buzz. Plus they are an excellent excuse to engage fans and draw in new […]
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