Category: Stay in the Know
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Working with Freelancers: The Ins and Outs of Hiring Help
When you begin working as an author, you may promptly decide you need help. Whether you want help with marketing, you hire someone for cover design, or you hire someone to help guide your path and money changes hands, there are some things to take into consideration. Clearly communicate about roles and expectations. Different people…
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Perfect Post Recipe: The Beginners Guide to Effective Social Media
It’s no secret that more and more authors are flocking to social media to help sell their books. After all, with the entire world at your finger tips, you ought to be able to find your ideal reader and tell them about your book. So you set up your accounts, you fill in all the…
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Content Audit: The Beginners Guide to Effective Social Media
It’s no secret that more and more authors are flocking to social media to help sell their books. After all, with the entire world at your finger tips, you ought to be able to find your ideal reader and tell them about your book. So you set up your accounts, you fill in all the…
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Getting Started with Author Websites
You’ve written the book, you’ve decided how you’ll publish it, and now you’re ready to start making sales. Somewhere along the line, you’ve heard you need a platform. So you hop on social media, you build an email list, but one thing is still missing: you need a website. But you don’t know where to…
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When Should you Begin Marketing your Book?
The cover is ready, the marketing materials are all falling into place, but your book is still in editing. You’re excited to start talking about your book, but what do you say at this point? When are you really meant to dive into marketing headfirst? Having a book ready is exciting! However, there are a…
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The Book Publishing Process Simplified
Every book’s life starts with an idea, a spark in the writer’s mind. No matter how incredible the idea is, the publication process is a much longer path than most writers realize. The publishing process can be simplified into twelve steps, depending on which publication path you choose. There are two common paths, and one…
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5 Tips for the Perfect Author Photo
The time has come for you to finalize your author brand: it’s time to choose your headshot, the depiction of you that will be printed into the back of your book with your biography, the version of your face that every reader who reads cover to cover will see. That’s a lot of pressure. How…
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How to Market your Book in 2023
No matter how you published your book, whether you signed a traditional publishing contract, worked with a hybrid publishing house, or chose to self-publish, marketing your book is one of the most consistent and most difficult parts of the publishing process. Marketing any product (including books) has a few main steps, and keeping these in…
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What Every Author Needs to Know Before Publishing a Book
You wrote a book. Now it’s time to upload it to Amazon and start making bank, right? Hold on just a minute. Before you rush into publishing, there are a few things about the industry it will be beneficial for you to know. The Standard Process The process of publishing a book has many steps…
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