********************************************** In this post: 1. USA Best Book Award 2. Giveaway! 3. Release of Heaven to Betsy; discounted through April 8th 4. Updated Content: What Kind of Loser? ********************************************** 1. Yippee, USA Best Book Award! Going for Kona (Michele #1) was a 2014 USA Best Book Award Winner, Honored as a Cross Genre Fiction Finalist. […]
Author: Pamela
Do Facebook Book Promotion Groups Make Sense?
Yesterday someone innocently posted a question on Facebook about book promotion groups. It triggered an epic rant by me, so I thought I would share it here, and see if it warranted anymore discussion. There, I feel better with that off my chest. What questions, issues, concerns, or rants of your own does this trigger? […]
Kindle-Power Your Direct Email Promotion to Readers
Direct email contact is the most sure way to get in front of potential readers. But how do you achieve it? One way is to build your own list of interested opt-in subscribers that you administer through an online application like Mailchimp or Constant Contact, through your friends and contacts, through your website and blog, […]
Defining Success: How 3 Authors Made Their Publishing Dreams Come True
Check out this cool and informative interview on publicist Paula Margulies’ blog: Defining Success: How Three Authors Made Their Publishing Dreams Come True. In the meantime, want to snag a free copy of the fantastic audio production of Going for Kona? I’m giving them out like hotcakes, first come, first serve. All you have […]
NaNoWriMo: Goals + Motivation = Dreams Come True?
It’s National Novel Writing Month in November! I’m revising a novel called Heaven to Betsy this month, so I’m not participating, but I’ve “won” three times and written two other novels using the NaNoWriMo methodology, so I’m a believer. In celebration of the month, Webucator is asking authors to answer a few questions about their writing careers. Here are my […]
Mac and Print Formatting: Help a Fellow Author Out?
Last spring I destroyed my latest laptop and opted for a Mac. I figured I had an iPhone and an iPod, so why not? The learning curve wasn’t too steep, although I’ll admit I probably stalled out at about 5% of what I needed to know, and Google is my best buddy for figuring stuff […]
Yes! Kindle Pre-Orders on Amazon (Finally)!
Papa Amazon finally came through for the indie authors and let us participate in ebook pre-orders with Big Pub. Nevermind that Nook, Apple, Kobo, Smashwords, and Google Play beat them to it–Amazon got there eventually. One wonders: might this have something to do with the FACT that indies dominate 50% of the top 7000 genre books […]
The Down Low on Kobo
I’m a big believer in Kobo, of late. I’m not getting rich with them–in fact, they’re a distant tie for fourth in my sales, but I believe. [My sales are 64% Kindle, 24% Nook, 10% iBooks, and only 1% each Kobo and Google Play. (Smashwords isn’t even in the running, with 1 sale for every […]
Kindle Unlimited: The Key Questions | ReBlog of David Gaughran
A must read: http://davidgaughran.wordpress.com/2014/07/20/kindle-unlimited-the-key-questions/. My thoughts: I’m going to have to stand down and wait to see what shakes out after the first month. I am concerned on the impact this will have on the perma-free strategy that has of late been so successful for me and Bookbub as the one truly effective means of promotion, […]
So Is Google Play Worth Your Effort?
If you’ve ever tried to load books for sale on Google Play, you know it ain’t easy. In fact, it’s by far the hardest venue to upload onto, and I don’t think Apple iBooks is a walk in the park. I tried it once about a year ago, and I booted. Then Molly Greene posted […]