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What Makes a Best Seller?

December 9, 2013 by Kate Knapp

According to Merriam-Webster, a best seller is an article (as a book) whose sales are among the highest of its class. Often, best sellers are broken into categories based on genre (nonfiction, fiction, cookbooks, business). The most recognized best seller list is the New York Times Best Sellers list. Other lists include USA Today, The Wall Street Journal and Amazon. To … [Read more...]

How I Became A Kindle Bestselling Author

June 17, 2013 by Mike Shreeve

I recently launched two business books in a series on Kindle as an experiment. I wanted to see if all the Kindle hype was for real. To my delightful surprise, within just hours they reached #1 and #2 on the Amazon Kindle Bestseller list for the Business>Marketing section. I was thrilled! I want to take you through, step-by-step exactly how I achieve this. By the … [Read more...]

How Arielle Ford Made Her Book a Best Seller

August 17, 2012 by Dan Janal

Arielle Ford, the force behind the 21st Century Book Marketing Conference is a best-selling author in her own right. Here are a few tips she shared with the 300 or so attendees she used to promote “The Soulmate Secret:” Start promoting early. She built her website six months before the book launch. Build your list by offering valuable content, such as a teleseminar, webinar … [Read more...]

Your Business Book Won’t Be a Bestseller, But it Might Just Make a Million

January 24, 2011 by Book Midwife

Too many authors judge the success of a book by the number of copies sold, instead of focusing on ensuring the book is written in a way that actually brings in valuable business, claims leading book coach and publisher Mindy Gibbins-Klein. When it comes to writing a book, many would-be authors are understandably put off by the multi-million best sellers which are on the … [Read more...]

Authors Can Be Bestsellers – If They Believe

August 21, 2010 by Irene Watson

"I don't expect to be a bestseller." "It's not like I'm ever going to be on Oprah." "If only the local paper interviews me I'll be happy." "I just hope to make back my printing costs." I can't tell you how many times I've heard authors say these words. Have you said them? Yes, perhaps these authors are aware of the statistics-the half a million books published … [Read more...]

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