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Hachette v. Amazon: Whose Fault Is It, Anyway?
If you’ve paid any attention to the book industry, you’ll know by now that Hachette and Amazon are locked in some kind of pricing battle. The details aren’t that well known, but the strategy is: Amazon disabled the pre-order option … Continue reading
Posted in For Writers
Tagged Amazon, books, ebooks, For Writers, hachette, Hachette books, indie, publishers, publishing, self-publish
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Net Neutrality’s Meaning for Bloggers, Writers, and Musicians
Last week, the FCC struck down something called “net neutrality.” You might have seen headlines and decided it was boring. Maybe, for a little while, you were curious about the ruling’s meaning. No one really knows how things are going … Continue reading
Posted in For Bands, For Visual Artists, For Writers
Tagged books, FCC, For Bands, music, net neutrality, Netflix, self-publish, writing
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How to Use a Blog to Sell Your Book
The government shutdown is over. For now. After so much productive and rigorous hashtagging on Twitter, complaints on Facebook, and half-plagiarised news articles looking for traffic, our representatives had no choice but to start funding things again. And agree to … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, book marketing, books, ebooks, For Writers, marketing, publishing, self-publish, writing
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Why You Didn’t Get Any Sales from Your KDP Select Promotion
You wrote the book. You did the research. You got a cover. Finally, you formatted the thing for Amazon Kindle and decided to try KDP Select. Gleefully, you set up the promotion and let ‘er whirl. You scaled your expectations … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, book marketing, books, KDP promotion, KDP Select, publishing, self-publish, writing
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Forget Facebook, Your Band Needs Email Marketing
Bands have a lot of different attitudes when it comes to how they use Facebook. You’ve got the guys who don’t like to fill out any information. Then the ones who prefer to post vague and mysterious, almost nonsensical blocks … Continue reading
Posted in For Bands
Tagged albums, bands, cds, DIY, For Bands, local shows, marketing, music, musicians, records, self-publish
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Libboo: A New Social Media Platform that Might Actually Help Authors
When it comes to social media for authors, I’m skeptical at best. The average conversion rate for B2B companies on social media is 1.6 percent and they’re selling a solution to some kind of problem. Authors are selling a commoditized … Continue reading
Posted in For Writers
Tagged advocacy marketing, books, libboo, publishing, self-publish, social media, writing
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Why Authors Shouldn’t Pay for Social Media Services
I accidentally clicked a press release the other day. This release announced an exciting new “social media system” to help independent authors create buzz for books. A noble goal, albeit a lofty one. Dog Ear Publishing, one of the many … Continue reading
Posted in For Writers, Rants, Technology
Tagged book marketing, books, ebooks, publishing, self-publish, social media, writing
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