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Marketing Your Series: a Plan for a Solid Launch and Sales for Years to Come

Let’s talk about publishing and marketing a series today. It’s generally what you’ll hear authors recommend doing, since it can be tough to gain traction with readers when you’re doing unrelated stand-alone novels. A series has the potential to be … Continue reading

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Is Using a Free Ebook Still a Viable Strategy for Increasing Overall Sales on Amazon?

Before Christmas of 2011, I made the first book in my Emperor’s Edge series free at Amazon (by setting it to free at Smashwords, Kobo, and other stores that allow the practice, which in turn can cause Amazon to “price … Continue reading

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How Do You Keep Your Book Sales Momentum Going Over the Months and Years?

When you first release your book, you’re excited to share it with the world, and you’re ready to devote tons of energy to marketing. Blog tours, forum posts, interviews, guest posts, tweets, Facebook updates, advertising campaigns… if you can do … Continue reading

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How Leeland Artra Is Rocking the Amazon Sales Charts with His First Book

If you asked me how many sales you could expect to get on your first book, I’d probably say something like, “Well, if you want to make money, it’s more important to think about a career and to plan to … Continue reading

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How Do You Maintain Steady Book Sales at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.?

Whether you’re self-publishing or releasing a novel with a traditional publisher, when you first launch your book, you’re excited to promote it. You jump onto forums, you get active on Facebook, you blog, you guest blog, you sign up for … Continue reading

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My Self-Publishing Thoughts After 50,000+ Ebook Sales

In September, I released Blood & Betrayal, the fifth novel in my Emperor’s Edge series. I sold about 2700 copies of it during the month (not including those who purchased through my eARC offering in August) and about 6,000 ebooks … Continue reading

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Can Writing in Multiple Genres Hurt Your Sales Potential?

When it comes to fiction, authors seem to fall into two camps: those who have multiple favorite genres and want to explore all of them and those who couldn’t imagine wanting to pen stories outside of their chosen niches. One … Continue reading

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What Can We Learn from JA Konrath’s $140,000 E-Publishing Sales Month?

If you’re at all into self-publishing or e-publishing, you’ve probably heard of J.A. Konrath. He was one of the first authors to turn his back on the traditional publishing system and start enrolling his new titles (and old ones where … Continue reading

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