Cate Baum | Self-Publishing Review

What Are All These Social Networks For? A Quick Guide For Authors

When you want to publicize your website or book, where should you share it? How do you share it? What is the etiquette? How do you get people to buy your book?

Let’s get a quick rundown on each social network and what they are intended for.

Reddit

A listing service that is free to use, and vote up or down on links. Used by a lot of young “native digital kings” for being critical and snarky, but many people are curious and active on the site and it can be a good way to get links out there.

Best […]

Cate Baum2020-02-21T06:49:23+02:00January 31st, 2015|Categories: Features, Resources|Tags: Social Media|

An Interview With Author Anthony Eglin

Anthony Eglin was a much-loved traditionally published author in the ‘cozy mystery’ genre, before venturing into self-publishing with The Alcatraz Rose. Here, he talks about his self-publishing experience.

Tell us something about your book.

The Alcatraz Rose is composed of three disparate mysteries that, in the beginning, appear to Lawrence Kingston, retired professor of botany and sometime sleuth, to be completely unrelated.

To begin, a thirteen-year-old child begs him to re-investigate the disappearance of her mother, a cold case closed eight years prior. A second mystery presents itself in the form of a rare and extinct rose that shows […]

Cate Baum2018-10-29T12:02:25+02:00January 29th, 2015|Categories: Interviews|

Review: Defensive Magic by Kate Baray

Urban fantasy romance novel Defensive Magic is the third book in the Lost Library series by Kate Baray, but is cleverly written to be a standalone adventure with an established cast of exciting and loveable supernaturally-charged characters.

Giving the classic werewolf theme a reboot, Baray crafts a rock-and-rolling tale, as John Braxton, of the Lycan persuasion, has his place as the Texas Alpha in his Pack challenged after he returns from Europe to his homeland with Lizzie Smith in tow, his mortal lover, known as his mate, who must now keep up in her parallel existence in the ‘real world’ […]

Cate Baum2015-02-02T08:56:37+02:00January 26th, 2015|Categories: Lead Story|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews, Urban Fantasy Book Reviews|

Ten Ways To Get Your Book “Review Ready”

As the owner and editor of Self-Publishing Review, I deal with hundreds of self-published and indie books every year. People ask me, “How do I get a good review?” Apart from actually writing a good book (snort) there are a few other things you can do to make sure you get your readers to invest and feel they can sing your praises on Amazon, Goodreads or Barnes and Noble.

1. Get a professional edit for your manuscript. This is 101 stuff, but still I see authors saying they are doing it themselves, or have let it loose on a friend. […]

Cate Baum2019-02-03T09:33:04+02:00January 23rd, 2015|Categories: Features, Resources|Tags: Book Promotion Articles|

Five Ways To Sell More Books On Amazon

While there are other sales options open to you as an indie author, Amazon sales will feel like they count the most to most writers. Here are five quick ways to help you sell more books on Amazon.

Research Bestseller Keywords And Apply Them To Your Subtitle

Use the same keywords as bestsellers in your categories so that when customers search by keyword “Customers with Similar Searches Purchased” will then show your book in the search results for higher ranking but similar books.

As I have mentioned before, keywords on Google don’t really make sense in the same way […]

Cate Baum2019-02-03T09:35:17+02:00January 22nd, 2015|Categories: Features, Resources|Tags: Amazon News and Tips, Book Promotion Articles|

Review: Skeletal by Katherine Hayton ★★★★★

This book contains brief scenes of rape and physical abuse.

Set in New Zealand’s gateway to the South, Christchurch, this New Adult Urban Horror is a brilliantly sinister and completely original story of despair, darkness and the horrors of teenage life in a broken home.

You won’t read anything like Skeletal anywhere. Forget Carrie, and her weird religious-driven telekinetics, or Christine, and her firestarting habits. Forget Gone Girl’s Amy and her psychotics. Compared to Skeletal, these unbridled female psyches would seem like a picnic to Daina Harrow, our protagonist. Daina’s life is at its absolute limits of stress, and not […]

Cate Baum2016-02-21T06:48:31+02:00January 21st, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Horror Book Reviews, Urban Fantasy Book Reviews, Young Adult Book Reviews|

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Cate Baum2015-03-31T01:01:10+02:00January 13th, 2015|Categories: Features|

An Interview With Author Andrew Critchley

Tell us something about your book. The basics: what’s it about?

Above all, ‘Dublin in the Rain‘ is a haunting tale of redemption. It is the story of Jonathan Melton and his quixotic, sometimes funny, often heartbreaking journey through life. There are strong elements of passion, romance and love to the book. The vital importance of friendship is also a key theme.

Jonathan Melton is basically a good guy to whom some terrible, tragic and very unfortunate things happen. However, he is also his own worst enemy and the person who is most stopping him from finding happiness […]

Cate Baum2015-01-09T02:29:21+02:00January 9th, 2015|Categories: Interviews|