UPDATE – FEB 5, 2012 We’ve received an email from an author who received an email directly from Amazon mentioning that it is okay to put up an excerpt of your book. Specifically, the email says, “You may offer a sample, excerpt or teaser of your KDP Select-enrolled book on your website, as long as […]
When Will the eBook Expressway Explode Sales for Nonfiction – as It Has for Fiction?
Guest Expert: Laurel Marshfield eBook Writer In the mid-1960s, the Beatles recorded “Paperback Writer,” a song that could be said to mirror the controlled frenzy currently surrounding eBooks. Why so? With its good-natured satire, the song lends a soundtrack to the hopes that many authors have for this new publishing medium. And if the Beatles […]
Do the Number of Facebook Fans on Your Fan Page Matter?
An author recently asked the following question on the BookBuzzr Pro Authors Forum: What kind of impact does the number of Facebook fans have on your book sales? To answer this question let’s do a thought experiment: Consider two authors of the same genre, both of whom are equally unknown to you. Let’s call the […]
Conducting a Virtual Book Tour for Your eBook: The Secret for Getting your eBook Seen by Thousands of New Readers!
Guest Expert: D’vorah Lansky, M.Ed. and Author of Book Marketing Made Easy: Simple Strategies for Selling Your Nonfiction Book Online. You may be familiar with the concept of a traditional book tour. This is where the author travels from city to city, or state to state, signing books and doing book talks. This can be […]
Top New Year’s Resolutions for Book Authors
Guest Expert: Dana Lynn Smith It’s that time of year again, when our thoughts turn to the future and what we want to accomplish in the upcoming year. As you make your New Year’s resolutions, don’t forget to include resolutions for your book and your business. Here are five action steps to help you sell […]
Kindle Direct Publishing: The KDP Select Program from Amazon
Guest Expert: Michelle Hughes As an exclusive Amazon user I was very interested in the debut kdp Select program that was unveiled this month. This program boasted of allowing authors the opportunity to distribute books through the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, earn royalties from a new source, promote their books for free, and get instant […]
Amazon Still Deleting Books and Reviews Inexplicably. Or is There an Explanation?
Guest Expert: Aggie Villanueva Are We Unintentionally in Violation? Are Amazon book and review deletions actually inexplicable? I’ve been following the controversy about Amazon deleting thousands of book reviews, even authors’ entire books, with no explanation to them other than that they are in violation of Amazon rules. See Reviews Accidentally Deleted by Amazon or […]
Resolutions: Tis the Season for Supporting the Industry
Expert: Carolyn Howard-Johnson Aha! It is resolution time! I’d love to give authors advice on setting goals for the New Year. Here’s the thing: I’ve done that and—in the doing of it—realize that no one author can help another set goals because each author and each title is so different. I guess I sort of […]
Tour of QuickQuiz
Welcome to this tour of QuickQuiz – the world’s first viral book marketing technology for authors. As an author, you probably realize the importance of reaching out to your readers on Facebook. As you know, most Facebook users are looking for fun and relaxation unlike average blog visitors. These users have very short attention spans […]
Q&A: How to Launch an eBook
On 7th of December, we had an interesting and informative webinar about ‘How to Launch an eBook’. Our panel consisted of D’vorah Lansky (M.Ed. and Author of Book Marketing Made Easy: Simple Strategies for Selling Your Nonfiction Book Online), Phyllis Zimbler Miller (co-founder of Miller Mosaic Power Marketing) and Penny C. Sansevieri (CEO of Author […]
Got White Papers? :: How Nonfiction Authors Can Use “Nutritional Content” to Attract a Zillion Readers — Give or Take
Guest Expert: Laurel Marshfield The Da Vinci Code Model Around Christmastime, a number of years ago, I was browsing at a local Borders bookstore (now, sadly, extinct), looking for, among other things, thrillers by the mega-bestselling author, Dan Brown. A client of mine wanted to construct his thriller-in-progress in the “Brownsian” manner, using densely applied […]