Reading Time: 2 minutesHow do I sell more books? If you’ve followed me for a while, you know this is the number one question I get from authors. Although you may write simply because you love it, everyone wants to turn a profit. And, since sales drive income,...
Reading Time: 2 minutesI shouldn’t have to tell you how important Amazon is to your book’s performance. As of 2014, according to The Atlantic, this giant retailer made up 41% of new book sales and 65% of ebook sales, and that number really has nowhere to go but...
Reading Time: 8 minutesPeople often ask me what Amazon Optimization entails. And I tell them that when I do it for an author, I look at things like their keywords and their categories. But also, I look at the real estate that Amazon has given each book. Because in 90%...
Reading Time: 9 minutesMany of you have probably seen (and maybe even tried) Amazon’s ad system, via their Amazon Marketing Services (AMS). And I’ve even heard from a few authors that have tried it, albeit it not successfully. Ads, whether Google, Facebook, Twitter,...
Reading Time: 7 minutesIf you’re an indie author, you’re also in the business of book marketing. Did you know that? That’s the first thing you need to know about the publishing industry. Writing great books is only the first step – and with 4,500+ books published each...