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How to Make 10K a Month on Amazon

August 9, 2020 by Cathy B Stucker

Can you be a six-figure author on Amazon.com? It is certainly possible. Lots of authors do it. Here is Chris Fox explaining how you can make 10k a month on Amazon.com. … [Read more...]

Launching an Amazon Bestseller in 2019

January 18, 2019 by Cathy B Stucker

It is still possible for indie authors to launch a book on Amazon and make it a bestseller. Don't believe me? Watch this video as Chris Fox explains exactly how he did it. Hint: It is not about making your book free. Want more great ideas from Chris? Check out his books on writing, publishing and marketing books, starting with these: … [Read more...]

The Move From CreateSpace to KDP – What You Need to Know

August 30, 2018 by Cathy Stucker

I am seeing a lot of people panic over the upcoming move from CreateSpace (CS) to KDP. Authors are talking about removing all of their books from CS and generally freaking out over the transition. I’m sure it won’t go perfectly smoothly (It’s too big a change for that.) but there is no reason to panic. So take a deep breath, sip your tea, and we will go over what to … [Read more...]

Creating Effective Book Descriptions for Amazon

June 1, 2017 by Cathy Stucker

People always judge a book by its cover. You have a great cover, right? That’s one of the most important ways to capture people’s attention when they’re searching through Amazon or any bookseller trying to find a book that interests them. After looking at a cover, the next thing people do is look at the book’s blurb, or description. Creating a great description is a … [Read more...]

Use Your Kindle Books to Build an Email List

January 15, 2016 by Emily Andrews-McKee

Authors can make a good living by publishing ebooks for Amazon Kindle. However, there is one big drawback to selling via the Kindle marketplace. It means giving up control of the marketer’s greatest asset: The customer list. Think about it… If you sell your own ebooks on your own website, then you get the names and email addresses of every single person who purchases your … [Read more...]

How Authors Can Use Listmania to Promote Their Book

November 11, 2014 by Scott Lorenz

As a book publicist I am always on the lookout for effective inexpensive ways to reach book buyers. One way is to tap into the power of Amazon by using Listmania lists. How? Listmania is a free marketing tool that allows all Amazon account holders to create a list of their favorite things such as books. It is ideal for authors to list their own book on their list along with … [Read more...]

Amazon and Twitter Make it Easier to Buy Books via #AmazonCart

May 11, 2014 by Scott Lorenz

A new way to use the power of Amazon and Twitter together was announced recently that should help authors sell more books. It's called #AmazonCart and it combines the best elements of Twitter with the shopping and buying power of Amazon. The way it works is that whenever anyone sees a tweet containing a product on Amazon and wants to purchase they simply reply and type the … [Read more...]

5 Ways to Sell More Kindle Books

May 6, 2014 by Cathy Stucker

Just listing your book in the Kindle marketplace doesn’t guarantee sales. You need to give your sales a jump start, and the five tips here will help you do exactly that! 1) Choose good keywords. Using the right keywords in your listing as well as the book title itself (if possible) can help searchers find your book. So how do you find the keywords that will help people … [Read more...]

How To Publish Your Blog to Amazon’s Kindle – Step-By-Step Instructions

March 27, 2014 by Daniel Hall

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...]

Why Amazon Optimization Matters

November 14, 2013 by Corinne Liccketto

It is now easier than ever for authors to self-publish and manage their Amazon book sales. This is true for both physical books and e-books. This is also a double-edged sword for new authors as the competition to get noticed by readers on Amazon gets more difficult with thousands of new books added each day. From the moment your book is available on Amazon, it is vital that … [Read more...]

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