“The artist doesn’t have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don’t have the time to read reviews.” – William Faulkner As an author you know that getting plenty of reviews for your book is important. They create social proof […]
Climbing the Amazon ladder . . .
Guest Expert: Scott Hunter Following the milestone of 27,000 Kindle copies sold of my archaeological thriller, The Trespass, Freya has invited me to share a few marketing tips . . . Here, in no particular order, are some of the actions I have taken over the past eight months which I believe have contributed (and […]
My Views On Self Publishing: Dino Simonetti
Guest Expert: Dino Simonetti Consider this-when a writer asks you to buy a book, they’re asking you to trust them. They’re asking you to part with hard-earned dollar (well unless its an e-book). When a reader buys the book, we’re hopeful they’ll love it enough to tell their friends etc. to buy/read it as well. […]
How to Be a Best Seller on Amazon: An Interview with Multi-Category Best Selling Author Judy Powell
Today we’re pleased to present an interview with best-selling author Judy Powell. Judy came on to our radar when she recently subscribed for a BookBuzzr Author Pro Plus account. We were able to connect with her and request her to do this interview. Judy Powell is a writer and marketing consultant who lives in Ontario, […]
My KDP Select Free Experiment: 3 days free, & the aftermath
Guest Expert: Laura Pepper As part of the KDP Select Program, where books become available to borrow as part of the Kindle library lending program, authors/publishers can also set the book price for free for up to 5 days out of every 90. This can be 5 consecutive days, or it can be broken up […]
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 […]
Got a 5-Star Amazon Presence?
How to Stand Out on Those Overcrowded Online Shelves Guest Expert: Laurel Marshfield Amazon.com is the world’s largest online bookseller. And if you’re an author with one or more books, it is the one place you most definitely want to be. Getting visibility, though, is no easy task. You are competing with millions of books, […]
The Amazon Launch for Your Book: What You Can Learn from My Mistakes
Expert: Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of the multi award-winning Frugal Book Promoter: How to get nearly free publicity on your own or partnering with your publisher (updated and expanded to 416 pages!) As the author of The Frugal Book Promoter and other award-winning books in the HowToDoItFrugally series of books, I probably shouldn’t have made any […]
How to Sell More Books on Amazon
: A Book Review by Vikram Narayanan (CEO BookBuzzr) I recently had an opportunity to review the book “How to Sell More Books on Amazon”. This book is short at less than 40 pages. But it is packed with actionable suggestions which, if implemented diligently, can yield significant results to an author. Here’s what you’ll […]
How My Book Hit #1 on Kindle
Guest Expert: Shelley Hitz Would you like your book to hit #1 in its category on Kindle and be able to say that you’re a “best-selling author”? Of course you would! It not only increases your credibility, but can also help you sell more books. Let me explain. The Key – Choosing Your Categories Wisely As […]
Amazon Author Page
Guest Expert: April L. Hamilton Amazon has been instrumental in the rise of the indie author. Amazon provides do it yourself publishing platforms both for ebooks (Kindle Digital Publishing platform) and print (Createspace), as well as its own imprint for a print and ebook publishing model. But that’s just the beginning. Amazon takes things a […]