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Advanced Marketing Tactics for Indie Authors
There remain obstacles to indie success, but there are many best practices that give books maximum exposure.
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PW Select August 2014: The Reviews
This month's reviews of self-published books.
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Social Sophistication
“If you build it, they will come.” Such is the dream behind social media marketing.
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Kickstarter Diary Chapter 5: The Postmortem
A successful Kickstarter campaign for his book completed, Todd Allen looks back on the final results and lessons learned, and ponders whether he would use Kickstarter again.
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Writer's Digest, BookBaby Partner on Self-Pub Imprint
Blue Ash Publishing will give authors the "education resources" of the Writer's Digest community, alongside the distribution power of BookBaby's sales network.
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Publishers Weekly Launches PW Expertise
The new set of services will provide authors with feedback and guidance about writing and publishing.
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Campaigning for Children’s Rights: PW Talks with M. Dolon Hickmon
M. Dolon Hickmon’s novel '13:24' received a positive review from PW, and we caught up with the author to discuss self-publishing and the prevalence of child abuse.
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'Unbroken' Breaks Through
Melody Grace was a publishing veteran with nine titles under her belt when she decided to self-publish a new adult romance.
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Kickstarter Diary, Chapter 4: Promoting the Campaign
Now that the campaign has been launched, it's time for the next and longest phase of a Kickstarter campaign: using email, media contacts and social media to promote it. Also known as “30 days of obsessive compulsive disorder and stress.”
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Smashwords Self-Published Bestseller List, June 2014
Lilliana Anderson's romance 'Drawn 2 - Redemption (Damien)' takes the top spot on June's list of the bestselling titles published on the Smashwords platform.
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BookLife Rolls Out New Features
BookLife launched new features this month enabling authors to post to their pages excerpts from books and news items about their career and work.
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Surprising Self-Publishing Statistics
Two recent self-publishing surveys shake up conventional wisdom on e-book pricing, the value of "free," the sales impact of DRM, and more.
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My Self-Publishing Journey: The Publicist Partnership
I’ve chosen to hire a publicity firm because the less marketing on my plate, the more time I can devote to writing. While a rewarding one, the publicist-author relationship should be treated as a partnership.
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Breaking the Mold: PW Talks with Azin Sametipour
The author's debut novel received a starred review from PW, and we caught up with Sametipour to chat about family, life in Iran, and writing.
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Indie Authors Talk Editors
Indie authors all agree: hiring an editor to work on your manuscript is one of the best and most necessary investments an author can make.
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Everyone Needs an Editor
The reading public has no time for badly edited, error-ridden books. That’s true in the traditional publishing world, of course—but it’s even more relevant for indie authors. Sloppy work tars everyone.
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PW Select July 2014: The Reviews
This month's installment of PW Select self-published print and e-books.
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Spotlight Falls on E-book Subscription Services
After the launch of Kindle Unlimited, Amazon’s e-book subscription service, pundits and media outlets began parsing what the model means for the future of books.
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PW Select July 2014: New Titles from Self-Publishers
A memoir of Tennessee Williams’s last year and a novel for adults about growing up dyslexic are among the titles that booksellers, publishers, and agents are encouraged to take a look at in the listings of self-published books below.
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Kickstarter Diary Chapter 3: How to Use the Site to Run Your Campaign
Here's the author's step-by-step guide to getting your campaign set up on the Kickstarter website, quirks and all.
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