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Amazon Kindle Keywords: 5 Best Practices for KDP eBook Publishers
Keywords are one of the most effective ways publishers can promote Kindle eBooks on Amazon. And like any effective tool it attracts its fair share of misuse and abuse. As a consequence, Amazon enforces...
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How Does Amazon KDP Handle Children’s eBook Interest Age Ranges Compared to...
There was quite a bit of coverage a couple months ago when Apple announced they were going to begin requiring children’s book publishers to specify a minimum interest age range for eBooks. Currently,...
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5 Golden Rules for Writing Book Descriptions that Sell More Books
How much time do you spend crafting and testing your book’s description? If you are like most publishers (especially indie publishers) it’s probably an afterthought and something composed on-the-fly...
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Optimize Your MyIdentifiers ISBN Record: 4 Metadata Fields to Improve Book...
If you make the investment in an ISBN for your eBook (optional for Amazon, Apple, B&N, Kobo), or for your print book, you can improve online discovery (SEO) of your book by going beyond the minimum...
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Amazon Adds KDP Age Ranges and Grade Ranges for Children’s eBook Publishers
This is a very big deal for publishers of children’s eBooks. In late April I wrote about how Apple is adding interest age ranges. Before writing that piece I contacted Kindle support and they told me...
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eBook Distribution for Indie-Publishers Using IngramSpark: A Case Study and...
Where does an indie publisher turn if they want their eBook available in “all” eBook retailing stores? Vook? They distribute to 6 retailers. Bookbaby? They reach 12 retailers. Smashwords? 15 retail...
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The 30-Minute Competitive Book Analysis
The traditional “book pitch proposal” seems like a quaint relic of traditional publishing in this age of digital publishing when anyone can self-publish a book. No gatekeepers asking questions like: Is...
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The 7 Habits of Authors Obsessed About Metadata
Metadata is the fundamental building block in the age of online discovery. It is how people find you, and your books. Not only does it lead people to you, but once they get there—if they find you—it...
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Optimizing Print Book Metadata Options for CreateSpace, IngramSpark and...
The 3 most common ways new indie publishers distribute print books are online via Amazon Advantage, Amazon CreateSpace and IngramSpark. The last two are POD (print-on-demand) printers. Advantage is...
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9 New IngramSpark Book Discovery Options Now Surpass CreateSpace
One of my chief concerns about self-publishers using a third-party to distribute their book or eBook is that they usually miss out on the marketing benefits provided by distributing direct to the...
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A Simple Author Metadata Audit in Less Than 30 Minutes
Earlier this month I conducted an author metadata audit workshop and the homework was a 30-minute audit. The objective was to help authors understand the role of metadata in selling books by showing...
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2016 BISAC Subject Codes and Amazon Book and Kindle Browse Categories
We all know by now that Amazon browse categories are fundamentally important to selling books, and to attaining coveted best-seller status for our books. However, these browse categories can and do...
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5 Golden Rules for Writing Book Descriptions that Sell More Books
How much time do you spend crafting and testing your book’s description? If you are like most publishers (especially indie publishers) it’s probably an afterthought and something composed on-the-fly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Optimize Your MyIdentifiers ISBN Record: 4 Metadata Fields to Improve Book...
If you make the investment in an ISBN for your eBook (optional for Amazon, Apple, B&N, Kobo), or for your print book, you can improve online discovery (SEO) of your book by going beyond the minimum...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Amazon Adds KDP Age Ranges and Grade Ranges for Children’s eBook Publishers
This is a very big deal for publishers of children’s eBooks. In late April I wrote about how Apple is adding interest age ranges. Before writing that piece I contacted Kindle support and they told me...
View ArticleClik here to view.
eBook Distribution for Indie-Publishers Using IngramSpark: A Case Study and...
Where does an indie publisher turn if they want their eBook available in “all” eBook retailing stores? Vook? They distribute to 6 retailers. Bookbaby? They reach 12 retailers. Smashwords? 15 retail...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The 30-Minute Competitive Book Analysis
The traditional “book pitch proposal” seems like a quaint relic of traditional publishing in this age of digital publishing when anyone can self-publish a book. No gatekeepers asking questions like: Is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The 7 Habits of Authors Obsessed About Metadata
Metadata is the fundamental building block in the age of online discovery. It is how people find you, and your books. Not only does it lead people to you, but once they get there—if they find you—it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Optimizing Print Book Metadata Options for CreateSpace, IngramSpark and...
The 3 most common ways new indie publishers distribute print books are online via Amazon Advantage, Amazon CreateSpace and IngramSpark. The last two are POD (print-on-demand) printers. Advantage is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
9 New IngramSpark Book Discovery Options Now Surpass CreateSpace
One of my chief concerns about self-publishers using a third-party to distribute their book or eBook is that they usually miss out on the marketing benefits provided by distributing direct to the...
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