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Why Every Writer Needs a Brand and How to Brand Yourself

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Today we turn our attention to branding, a subject many writers never consider. In their desire to just be writers they once again forget that to have a successful career as any type of a writer, including as authors, they must also be good businesspeople. This means acting as if their writing activities and written products—as well as the creators…
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How to Maximize Your Book Sales on Amazon.com

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If you have written and published a book or ebook, you want to sell it on Amazon.com. Not only that, you want to know how to sell it on Amazon. This knowledge can mean the difference between creating an Amazon bestseller or a book that gets buried in the on-line bookstores “shelves,” difficult for a reader to find let alone…
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Working With A Book Designer: 10 Tips for Success

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If you have decided to self-publish your book, you must now consider an essential part of a successful self-published book: design. (As mentioned yesterday, editing also is essential. You can learn a bit about that here.) Without a great cover and interior book design, your self-published book won’t stand up to similar traditional books. These books will have had the…
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9 Reality Checks for Writers Considering Self-Publishing

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What does it really take to produce a best-selling self-published book? A lot of hard work and a professional attitude towards the book from start to finish. Today Sue Collier, a publishing consultant and author of The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing, 5th Edition and the upcoming Jump Start Your Book Sales, 2nd Edition, is back with another guest post. (Read…
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Do-It-Yourself Publishing: Is It For You?

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I frequently get asked, “What, if any, benefit is there to traditionally publishing a book?” This question typically comes from an aspiring writer who has just learned they must do the same amount of promotional work to help sell their book if they land a contract with a traditional publishing house as they will need to do if they self-publish…
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