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  • Liberty, you're absolutely right. Blogs can be used to centralize everything. Glad to see such an enthusiastic blogger! Janis, thanks for the birthday wishes. Glad yo...
  • Congratulations Jennifer. That is a large number of downloads! It is exciting to watch your book rise on Amazon. As I work with authors, I have found that the key is t...
  • Liz, I might rephrase this to read: Your rank doesn't have as much to do with sales as you think it does. The main thing that drives rank is actually click-throughs, n...
  • I find I'm getting tired of the emphasis placed on these top-whatever lists. The best of the best? Says who? Like most book lovers I own piles of books that were bests...
  • An MFA is a Master of Fine Arts degree. In this case, the degree is in the field of creative writing. And no, they really don't cost $50k unless you want them to. My p...
  • I've read several blog posts by indie authors who provided detailed analysis on their free e-book campaigns, and my impression, like Brooke's, is that the strategy is...
  • Kamy, Great article and congrats on getting into BookBub! Based on your numbers above, I'd be really surprised if you didn't make a profit. You did it for the right re...
  • Oh, do I know the feeling.  My book, a memoir,  was published by Crown on August 9th.  I'll tell you where I am right now, and it is crazy-making.  Word of warning to...
  • To Cindy's point: Here is something I tell my business marketing clients. There are markets for everything which is why defining your ideal client (or book buyer) is s...
  • Brooke Warner commented on her article What Are E-Books Worth?
    Yes, Kelly. She Writes Press gives authors 80% of our net profits. So whatever is left...split—80% to the author and 20% to us. In our case because we have a wholesale model with Amazon, Amazon is takin...