Most authors I work with don’t know exactly who their ideal readers are. Many aren’t even confident of their target genre. This makes marketing the book to readers tricky. Knowing where your book belongs on the bookshelf (your genre), including the sort of reader most...
I recently helped an author navigate the Draft2Digital (D2D) tax interview process. After also recently working through the Amazon KDP Tax Interview, I was hoping for something similar. Unfortunately, what I found was a process (much) less polished than it’s Amazon...
This tutorial on the Amazon Tax Interview is dedicated to all those indie authors braving the online publishing space. I am aiming to keep it short and sweet, see you on the other side. WHAT? The Amazon KDP Tax Interview or Tax Questionnaire is a short online process...
[Want to watch the tutorial on YouTube rather?] Are you selling your latest book through multiple eBook retailers? Looking for a fast, simple (and free) website to showcase ALL retailers that link to your book? You may also be looking for a simple way for Amazon...
I was helping an author promote her recently published book using Amazon KDP advertising. I found myself wondering if perhaps you might want to know the process too? This is a deliberately simplified tutorial. I won’t dig deeply into the more advanced topics such as...
This article was written with authors in mind. It’s a (hopefully) simple 10-step how-to tutorial that will both smooth and shorten the feedback loop between authors and their book designers. Although I focus on authors, the advice shared should prove useful for anyone...