Needing some ideas for a Christmas/New Year book promo? Check out StoryBundle.com. I had the pleasure of interviewing Jason Chen, from StoryBundle.com, recently after I discovered the site during a marketing campaign for The Golden Crystal. Check out StoryBundle.com, and if you’re a writer, check out the submission guidelines here. Jason, tell us a little about yourself — where are …
Want to Win The Golden Crystal – Audiobook Version?
If you haven’t read The Golden Crystal and want to, I’m hosting a contest through my friends at Rafflecopter.com. You can enter multiple times, and on multiple days, so don’t forget to come back during the week! The contest is officially open now and closes at midnight Friday, Dec. 6. The winner will receive a coupon code for the audiobook version of …
The Blogging Writer Superbundle: Available Now!
LiveHacked.com 2013-2014 Superbundle I mentioned it yesterday, and it’s ready to go. The official LiveHacked.com 2013-2014 blogger/writer superbundle kicks off NOW, and it’s only going on for three days! Three days. That’s right — this bundle will disappear on Tuesday at midnight (that’s technically Monday night) CST. If you don’t get it now, you’re going to miss out. To purchase, …
How to Manage Sales as an Author, and My Own “Special Sale!”
Around here, “Black Friday” seems to be a bigger holiday than Thanksgiving or Christmas — the hustle and bustle is taken to a new level with midnight openings, stampedes of human beings that often end in death (no joke), and insane lines at just about every big box store possible. To add to the mix, retailers have embraced the “offshoot” …
Don’t Judge A (Self-Published) Book By Its Cover
Oh wait… do judge a book by its cover. It’s what we all do anyway. This week, after a week-long hiatus due to some personal/family situations, I’m back and ready to take NaNoWriMo by the horns. But first, here’s a look at what’s been going on the past couple of weeks. 99designs.com If you haven’t heard of it, 99designs is an …
How Are You Advertising Your Book?
If you’re new to the self-publishing world, you’ve probably been a little surprised at how… lonely things can be. If you’re not new to indie publishing, you still probably wish there was some help you could find throughout the process. But besides writer’s groups, family, and friends (all of which are great, by the way), what options do you have to team …
KDP Select/Free Promos: Should You Give Your Book Away?
Ah, the big question. I received yet another email yesterday from a nice person asking this very question. They have two (almost three) self-published novels for sale on Amazon, and the question was phrased as, “I don’t understand the value in giving my work away for free, since it doesn’t generate a lot of sales.” My reaction is always the …
The 5 Most Common Blogging Blunders
“I’ve noticed in other writers’ blogs there’s a tendency to…” began an Email from a client and fellow writer requesting my services to set up her new site. It’s a common mistake I witness many writers making in their approach to blogging–trying to emulate what they view as the “standard” and hoping to “be like mike.” Perhaps you’re one of …
Are You Afraid of Money?
This is an excerpt from my upcoming nonfiction book, “The 21 Laws of Self-Publishing.” If you’d like to be notified when it’s ready, be sure to sign up for the newsletter! A common dichotomy in the creative is the struggle between “creating art” and “commercialization” of a finished work. For artists of all kinds there is an intricate balance between …
