Mystery Solved: How to Grow Book Revenues to $1000/month

Mystery Solved: How to Grow Book Revenues to $1000/month

One of the biggest stumbling blocks for those indie authors who are just getting started is finding a way to reach readers amidst the millions of new titles introduced each year. According to Bowker, self-publishing grew 40 percent in 2018, topping over 1.6 million...
The Path to a Best-Selling Audible Title

The Path to a Best-Selling Audible Title

The path to success as a creative writer is rarely a straight line and doesn’t always include finanical reimbursement as part of the criteria (although when it does, that in itself can often open up new avenues toward more creativity). Scott McCormick has worked...
My Self-Publishing Strategy in 2016

My Self-Publishing Strategy in 2016

You might be surprised to learn that Amazon is not the only way that an indie author can distribute a book to the world. There are several options, and several distributors, each with its own set of complications and advantages. I spent weeks gathering all the...
A Statistical Look at Piracy

A Statistical Look at Piracy

In a BookBaby post from last month, Chris Robley weighed in on the ebook piracy issue, discussing an NeoMam Studios produced infographic that also appeared in an Encremento story. The bottom line: fears about ebook piracy are vastly overstated. Among the raft of...
Traditional Publishing Unfair

Traditional Publishing Unfair

The news may not be surprising, but traditional publishing offers fewer opportunities and less renumeration these days for authors in the UK, as detailed in this article published in The Guardian. Figures released by the Authors’ Licensing & Collecting...
Trust Your Customer: An Instructive Lesson in Sales

Trust Your Customer: An Instructive Lesson in Sales

In the small southern Vermont town where I live, my morning walks take me down roads and past buildings that have been around since the 18th century (including Ice Pond Farm, a farmstead built in 1792). A recent walk had me reflecting on the nature of trust in...

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