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Weird and Whacky Stories Episode Podcast!

Hey everyone! It took me a while, but I think I finally have the podcast thing figured out! I’d love for you to check out the podcast and share it around with people! Here...

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Weird and Whacky Stories Episode 001

Hey everyone! I’m still trying to figure out and learn about this podcast thing… but here’s a start from me! Here is the first of the podcasts of stories for kids to listen to...

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In the midst of the pandemic…

  Hey everyone, I’m sorry I haven’t been posting lately. My health has been less than ideal (not Corona virus issues) the last number of years and it slows me down (sometimes a LOT)....

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Formatting Your Book Blurb for Amazon

The Book Blurb, or the book description, is one of the most important marketing issues an author needs to address. Getting that description “right” is so important. Authors will often just write a little...

Publishing ebooks with Kobo

      What? Publish somewhere other than Amazon? Are you nuts?   So, many authors today tend to publish their ebooks exclusively through Amazon. There is an advantage to doing it that way,...

Successful Book Tables!

My apologies for being so absent from the blog-front for a while. I’ve been hit and miss with it for about four months now. I have some health issues that sap my energy at...

The Inside Take: What Is It Actually Like to Make a Book With a Professional Designer? (Guest Post)

Hey everyone, today we have a guest post from Martin Cavannagh. Martin is part of the team at Reedsy and is going to share a bit of his expertise with us!   What Is...

Using Square as an Author

  All right… let’s imagine a scenario. You are selling your books just fine on Amazon and other sites, but you have a case of printed paperbacks at home, and someone wants to buy...

Reading with Your Kids Podcast!

  Hey Authors, I want to pass this along to all of you (again). Reading with Your Kids Podcast is a great way to get a little bit of information out there about your...

Using Bookbub Featured Deals with J. A. Paul

  A short while ago I asked a friend of mine, author J. A. Paul, some questions about one of the ways he sells his books. I had actually first become acquainted with this...