Publishing to Kindle has always been a great way to build royalty income and a fan base. But one very smart play is to publish content to Kindle that already exists or is being published elsewhere. Alas, Amazon has a solution for this too. Fact is, now bloggers of all genres can publish their blogs to the Kindle device. Plus, bloggers stand to make 35% royalty of either … [Read more...]
Essentials In Building An Author’s Platform
What's the common denominator in measuring the success of any profitable author? One word: Platform. An author's platform is basically an author's group of fans. These are the people who will likely buy anything that the author writes or creates. These folks often look to the author as a thought leader and closely follow suggestions, advice and recommendations made by the … [Read more...]
Using The “Long Tail” in Writing and Marketing Your Books
This article is intended to convince you to use the “long tail” in your writing and marketing book(s). Doing so can greatly increase your profits and your author platform. Let me prove it to you. I want to start by telling you about a book I’ve been reading. The name of the book is the New York Times bestseller, The Long Tail by Chris Anderson. I have scanned and read … [Read more...]