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January 20, 2018

How To Find Out What Categories Amazon Put Your Book In

MAGA Supporters learn how to channel their inner Trump from evangelicals who “prefer saviors who weren’t crucified.” Amazon Turned A Simple Way Of Seeing Your Categories Into An Olympic-Level Pretzeling Event. It used to be you could scroll down your book page to find out which categories your … [Read more...] about How To Find Out What Categories Amazon Put Your Book In

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November 11, 2017

Our New Book Bub Ads. You Like?

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November 2, 2017

How To Tell If Your “Look Inside” Sample Will Help Or Hurt The Sale

If your book is already published in Kindle, click the Look Inside feature and answer the following questions honestly:   "If I were a complete stranger who didn't know me or my work, would I buy this book based on what I'm reading in the sampler?"   Does it give me a … [Read more...] about How To Tell If Your “Look Inside” Sample Will Help Or Hurt The Sale

Filed Under: Book Marketing

November 2, 2017

Principles For Succeeding on Facebook, Google, Goodreads & Amazon AMS

These digital platforms are highly complex; they will take you days to understand and months to master. It is beyond the scope of this book to show you how to do it. However, there are certain digital advertising principles that are particularly germane to authors: Set A High Price Point Your … [Read more...] about Principles For Succeeding on Facebook, Google, Goodreads & Amazon AMS

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November 2, 2017

How To Get Amazon To Create A “Books In This Series” Section For You

Ever notice that some book pages have a section that shows all the books in the series and some don't?  It comes before "customers who bought this item also bought." Here's an example:   Is this something you have to set up, or does it happen automatically? It's supposed to be automated … [Read more...] about How To Get Amazon To Create A “Books In This Series” Section For You

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November 2, 2017

Examples Of Books That Took Off When The Publisher Changed The Titles

Publisher Emmanuel Haldeman-Julius sold somewhere in the neighborhood of 400 million staple-bound books between 1919-1978.  They were part of a series he called Little Blue Books.  If a book didn't sell well Haldeman-Julius would get rid of it.  But then one day he thought, "Maybe the titles suck?" … [Read more...] about Examples Of Books That Took Off When The Publisher Changed The Titles

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May 17, 2017

Final Thoughts

You have a real shot at making Kindle cash. When I first published my ebooks they died on the vine. As of this writing, I’m selling about 1,200 books a month. Those sales are strictly a manifestation of the strategies in this blog. I don’t Facebook, Tweet, send out eblasts, clog editor inboxes with … [Read more...] about Final Thoughts

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May 10, 2017

Twelve Action Items That Tie It All Together

Feeling overwhelmed? Don’t be. There are only twelve action items in this blog and they’ll only take you about eighteen hours to implement them. I want you to really absorb that. In 18 hours you will have done everything to market your ebook effectively.   How To Sell Your Ebook On … [Read more...] about Twelve Action Items That Tie It All Together

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