A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. – William Strunk, Jr., The more words you use in your writing, the more effort it will take to read. Good prose shows respect for…
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Creating Links to Your Author Central Page on Amazon
The easiest way to help customers find all of your books and ebooks on Amazon.com is to send them to your Author Central page. Author Central is, as the name implies, a hub where customers can learn all about you and find all of your published works, including print books, audio and Kindle ebooks. As…
Read Kindle Ebooks Without a Kindle
Kindle ebooks are becoming more and more popular – and the good news is that you can still read them even if you don’t own a Kindle, or you don’t have your Kindle with you. As authors, we can be glad that as large as the market is for Amazon Kindle, the market for Kindle…
Beyond Ebook Reading – 10 Uses For The Amazon Kindle
The Amazon Kindle is primarily a digital book reader, but it can do a lot more than make it easy to carry and read your favorite ebooks. Here are ten additional ways you can use your Kindle. 1. Surfing the Web: Using the browser in Amazon Kindle is not the same as surfing the Internet…
Publishing Ebooks for Profit
Everyone is an expert. That is because each of us has knowledge and experience that is unique to us. You have knowledge from your chosen career or because of a favorite hobby, or you may have a combination of professional and personal experience that you can share with others for profit. A simple way to…
Kindle Ebooks Can Be Read Anywhere
The Kindle ereader from Amazon is a wonderful device. It is small and light yet has incredible battery life, allowing you to read on the device for up to a month at a time on a single charge. It has WiFi and some models have 3G too to let you download your books no matter…
Write Faster with These Tips
Have you been working on your book for months, but feel that you have not made any progress? Does it seem like it takes you forever to write an article? It doesn’t have to be that way. You can write more in less time by making a few simple changes to the way you approach…
How To Work With Book Publishing Agents
The world of book publishing is very competitive and publishing houses get thousands of submissions from hopeful authors everyday. Book publishing is a lucrative business; if you ever come up with a best seller, you’re assured of top revenues year after year. But how do you even make an entry into this highly competitive business?…
Tips On Writing a Book
Do you have a book inside you, waiting to be written. Many people dream of seeing their name as an author of a best selling book, perhaps because such a dream fulfilled can catapult them to instant fame. For others, however, getting published is not only about getting famous, but a testimony of one’s creativity….
How to Get Published – You Need These Three Things
I hear the same question over and over again. “What is the secret to having a book published?” Most people walk away in disbelief when I tell them no secret exists. If you can meet three conditions, I tell them, you have a chance to get published. None of the three requirements are secrets however….