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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

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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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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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May 3, 2017

Understanding Amazon’s Secret: Sales Rankings

  Wouldn’t it be great to look at an Amazon sales ranking for any book and know how many it sold? You’d be able to forecast selling your book on Amazon, help select the categories your book should be in, and know how much your competitors are making.   Selling Ebooks On … [Read more...] about Understanding Amazon’s Secret: Sales Rankings

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April 26, 2017

How To Merchandise Your Other Work With Kindle’s Before You Go Feature

You will face a dilemma when you get to Kindle's Before You Go feature: Every page you add after the end of your book decreases the chances that the reader will rate or share your book simply because they might stop reading before they get to the Before You Go page.   This is not an issue … [Read more...] about How To Merchandise Your Other Work With Kindle’s Before You Go Feature

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April 25, 2017

Literary Rejections Are Badges Of Honor

In this final blog post in this series we’ll be taking a look back and reviewing strategies for coping with and overcoming literary rejections.   In 25 Women On Overcoming Rejection Janet Fitch states, “When I sold my first book, a young-adult novel called Kicks, I had a party and I put … [Read more...] about Literary Rejections Are Badges Of Honor

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