Seen on a bakery truck…Cakes: 66 cents. Upside down cakes: 99 cents.   If you’re committed to making money from ebooks, you should have one and only one pricing goal: The price that gets you the most amount of revenue.     How To Sell Your Book On Amazon   There are three ways to reach…

  Searching for some words of wisdom from other great writers who have experienced literary rejections? Keep reading for some inspiring quotes from well-known authors about their famous rejections. Reflecting on their insights may be a helpful step in accepting rejection and moving on.   Thought Catalog presents 10 Great Writers Discuss What It’s Like…

We are in the second phase of my Kindle marketing strategy: Engage.   Amazon gives potential buyers a sneak peak at their books through their “Look Inside!” feature. Browsers get to sample the first 10% of your book. Amazon also has a “Sample sending” feature that sends the first 10% of … [Read more…] about Close…

We are in the second phase of my Kindle marketing strategy: Engage.   Amazon gives potential buyers a sneak peak at their books through their “Look Inside!” feature. Browsers get to sample the first 10% of your book. Amazon also has a “Sample sending” feature that sends the first 10% of the book to the customer’s…

When I was teaching elementary school I learned about psychologist Carol Dweck and her research into the power of mindset. She shows how success in school and work can be influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. People with a fixed mindset (those that believe that their abilities and intelligence won’t change) are…

Amazon allows you to pick two “browse categories” for your book. Think of them as the section of the bookstore you’d like your book placed (literature, fiction, history, etc.). You can select up to two categories.   How to Sell Books On Amazon   Categories are important for … [Read more…] about Picking Amazon Categories…

  “Part of me suspects that I’m a loser, and the other part of me thinks I’m God Almighty.” –John Lennon After 15+ years of teaching elementary school, I resigned from my first grade teaching position in the middle of the first month of school.  The stress had gotten so bad that I wasn’t … [Read…

Can You Eat What You Want & Still Lose Weight?     Yes, but with a lot of qualifiers, contends this nifty little book that hit the Wall Street Journal’s best seller list.  The author dispenses with the idea of dieting, calling it a failed strategy with so many studies debunking its effectiveness that it…

“If you have already passed that hurdle of having a customer be attracted to the cover, and then they pick up the book,” said Patricia Bostelman, vice president for marketing at Barnes & Noble, “an enormous battle has been won.”   –New York Times     When have you ever bought a book with an…

When I was asked to write a weekly blog about literary rejections my anxiety levels rose instantly and my insecurities kicked into rapid-fire mode. Me? Write a blog? What do I know about being a writer? I’m a former elementary school teacher. I’m a wife and mother of two daughters. I’m an American expat living…

You can’t swing a cat without hitting a Kindle marketing article that tells you to use social media to sell your books online. Well, that cat needs to be put to sleep. There’s one and only one situation in which blogging, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and other social media can sell books: If you’re … [Read…

You can’t swing a cat without hitting a Kindle marketing article that tells you to use social media to sell your books online. Well, that cat needs to be put to sleep. There’s one and only one situation in which blogging, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and other social media can sell books: If you’re already a…