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The Secrets to Successful eBook Marketing Revealed: How Can You Get People to Buy and Read Your eBook Quickly?

In today’s ever-changing online environment, eBooks reading has become a popular choice among owners of mobile devices.

While this might constitute an excellent opportunity for independent authors to convince potential readers to take a chance on their eBooks, small businesses can also make use of eBooks as efficient channels for marketing their products or services.

Understanding your audience’s expectations is the first step you need to take in the eBook marketing process, especially because you have to make them become interested in reading your work. We have gathered a couple of tips for marketing eBooks that will help you thrive […]

Tanisha Williams2014-11-12T17:09:58+02:00November 12th, 2014|Categories: Member Blog, Resources|

28 Free How-To eBooks For Self-Publishers

Are you doing NaNoWriMo this year? Or perhaps you just need some direction, inspiration or technical help with your book? We’ve put together a list of 28 totally free ebooks you can download right now that should help you get going!

Writing

How To Write Fiction
Award winning writer, trained journalist and qualified trainer, Gurmeet Mattu, brings you a 15 Module Complete Creative Writing Course aimed at those who’d like to learn the nuts and bolts of writing fiction. The Modules include instruction on how to develop characters, write believable dialogue, how to vary tempo and how to ‘find your […]

Lysa Grant2018-10-22T12:30:36+02:00October 28th, 2014|Categories: Features, Resources|

Creative Commons Licensing For Authors

Recently there has been a lot of discussion about whether self-published authors need to use Creative Commons licenses for their work. This quick guide should explain how CC licenses work and when you should and should not use them.

Creative Commons is a non-profit organization that has one goal: To utilize the possibilities for access the Internet gives content creators, and that includes you.

Free, easy-to-use copyright licenses provide a simple, standardized way to give the public permission to share and use your creative work — on conditions of your choice. CC licenses let you easily change your copyright terms

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Cate Baum2021-07-30T05:20:19+02:00October 22nd, 2014|Categories: Features, Resources|

27 Places to Get a Book Tour (and the Top Ten)

First off, we’re talking virtual book tours, not a bookstore tour. The value is of course you can do it from your desk – but it does take a lot of work. What separates a book tour from just old-fashioned marketing? Timing, mostly. What makes a tour a tour is a blast all at once of reviews, interviews, guest posts and other content. This is hard to organize if you’re talking dozens of different sites. Getting people to post is one thing – getting them to post on time is another thing entirely.

Check out this helpful Virtual Book Tour […]

Lysa Grant2017-03-24T06:32:27+02:00September 4th, 2014|Categories: Resources|Tags: Book Promotion Articles|

Most Common Self-Publishing Mistakes (And How To Fix Them)

When it comes to self-publishing your book, avoid the most common pitfalls to make the most of your opportunity to become a bestselling indie author!

Scrimping on the Book Cover

It may seem very easy to take a snap and use it as a cover, slotting it into one of the simple templates available on many of the book publishing platforms such as Createspace at Amazon. However, these templates should be used only as a very last resort. Why? Because these templates are truly only there for the most design illiterate of us all, and for those who don’t much […]

Cate Baum2014-08-26T07:13:06+02:00August 26th, 2014|Categories: Features, Resources|

Top 5 Paid Indie Book Review Services Compared

It’s difficult to know exactly what you’re getting when you shop for a professional review, so Self-Publishing Review decided to commission a study to look at eleven factors that have been brought to our attention by SPR clients most often, and compared our services to the competition.

Here at SPR, we consider that we are one of five review service big-hitters, and therefore we compared ourselves to each of those: BlueInk Review, Foreword Clarion, Kirkus Reviews, and Indie Reader. We chose these because they use professional writers, have good quality websites and a sizeable brand presence in the indie book […]

Cate Baum2020-02-21T05:35:29+02:00August 25th, 2014|Categories: Features, Resources|Tags: Book Reviews|

Write with Comfort: 6 Alternatives to Google Docs

Writing is a creative process, and every blogger, copywriter, book author, or publisher will definitely agree with this statement. We all know how difficult it can be to find inspiration for writing, to concentrate on the process of writing, and to avoid all distractions that may bother us during the time we create content. Is it possible to change anything and make the process of writing more comfortable for authors?

Most writers use Google Docs for content creation. Yes, this tool is very functional and easy to use, but it can hardly help you when it comes to inspiration […]

Lesley Vos2014-08-11T05:37:43+02:00August 11th, 2014|Categories: Resources|

17 Services to Tweet a Book

Tweeting your book is a tricky proposition. It can seem a lot like spam if you do it too often. Some say you shouldn’t do it at all:

The dumb-ass secret to promoting your book on Twitter is:

Don’t tweet about your book.

Shouting about yourself and your achievements (which is exactly what you’re doing when you tweet about your book) is the fastest, easiest and laziest way to get ignored on Twitter.

That may be a bit much. Everything in moderation. If you’re shy about potentially annoying your followers, and still want to get the word out, one […]

Lysa Grant2020-02-21T07:44:53+02:00July 31st, 2014|Categories: Resources|Tags: Social Media|