Tag: #selfpublishinghints
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Measuring success
As authors, we need to market for ourselves. But how do you know if your marketing was successful. There are generic trends that follow every publication (not low-content books). The generic trend for fiction from debut authors is as follows We read somewhere that over 50% of marketing did not work. And after almost a…
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Face to Face selling
Authors sell books face to face because of the relationship they establish with their potential readers. Think about walking into a market and seeing someone selling soap or something similar. You think “oh that’s nice.” and then the seller engages you in conversation about almost anything and you walk out with a bar of soap.…
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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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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…