Tag: #kjmatthews
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Series Complete!
Congratulations to KJ Matthews for the publishing of her complete series, The Odyssey of the Seven. Seven teens struggle with the knowledge that they are alone. Their families dead. Their belongings consist of what they are wearing. Stuck in a glorified escape pod, the teens must learn how to survive in a universe with hidden…
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Marketing Goals
Time, we all need it and as a company where we also have day jobs, time is very important. When K J started on her quest to publish, she knew nothing about marketing. If you ask her, she’ll say “I don’t know what I don’t know, but I do know, I don’t know much.” We…
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The Importance of Book Marketing
It’s been awhile – I’ve been busy. I wanted to touch on book marketing. It is a bigger topic than publishing but (depending on the stats you read), most self-published authors sell less than 100 copies of their books. 33% of self-published authors make less than $500 per year. Anyone wanting a get quick scheme…
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Using Grammar Checkers yet keeping author voice
Many people talk about using or hating to use AI (Artificial Intelligence), but have no problem using a package such as ProwritingAid or Grammarly. Both of these packages are AI-based packages, and few writers would produce something without running it through their preferred package. Sure, some people are incredibly good at grammar and great, but…
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Book Formating 103
The best thing you can do to help format your own book is to pop into a bookstore that sells traditionally published books. Find several books in your genre and see what their interior looks like. Your aim in doing this is to replicate traditional publishers and thus make your book look more professional. There…