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 […]
Why Reviews in Online Bookstores Matter
Guest Expert: Dana Lynn Smith Reviews and recommendations in online bookstores like Amazon.com and BN.com are a powerful selling tool. Many shoppers read book reviews before making a purchase, and reviews can be the tipping point that causes them to click the Buy button. In fact, a study by the Yale School of Management concluded […]
Marketing on Amazon? I Thought They Just List My Book
Guest Expert: Aggie Villanueva Amazon is much more than just the world’s largest bookstore. As an author you’ve made sure your book is listed on Amazon.com because everyone in the writing/promotion fields says you must. So what’s the big deal? You’ve actually made more sales to family and friends on your own than through Amazon. […]
Amazon Book Marketing: A Social Networking Experience
Guest Expert: D’vorah Lansky, M.Ed. and Author of Book Marketing Made Easy: Simple Strategies for Selling Your Nonfiction Book Online. When you think of Amazon, the online “800 pound gorilla” of a bookstore what comes to mind? Do you think about the great price you are going to get on your book purchases? Do you […]
How Amazon Recommendation Algorithms Help Sell Your Book
Guest Expert: Joanna Penn A few weeks ago my friend Joel Friedlander sent me an email (partly shown left) that he had been sent by Amazon which recommended my novel Pentecost next to John Connolly whose supernatural mysteries I really love to read myself. I was absolutely overjoyed by the news! I put it on […]