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June 1, 2019
Writing & Cover Design Books FREE
For the next five days, I have put the first two books in my Author’s Essentials books FREE on Amazon. You can download these both wholly for free now. I suggest doing that before Amazon ends that free period. Please share the news with any family and friends. Here’s the link for book 1 on
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May 31, 2019
Cash Prizes for Authors from BiblioBoard
If you’re an author, you should definitely look into the contest offered by BiblioBoard. This contest offers cash prizes on a state / province basis. For example, the winner in Minnesota gets $1,000. The winner in Wisconsin gets $1,000. And so on. There are a variety of states and regions which participate in this, each
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May 24, 2019
Amazon Free Marketing to Followers for New Releases
Did you know that you can get FREE easy direct marketing from Amazon which sends email blasts out to all your loyal fans? And it comes right from the Amazon servers? Here’s how it works. Amazon just emailed news of my latest book out to all of my followers. Authors – this is why you
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May 22, 2019
Do Not Allow Friends / Family to Review your Book on Amazon
I’ve said this many times in the past and I’ll keep issuing the warning. If you’re an author on Amazon, do NOT allow your friends or family members to post reviews of your book. This is explicitly against Amazon’s rules and FTC regulations. Amazon has the technology. They will find that relationship. They could easily
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May 14, 2019
Signs Daenerys Targaryen / Khaleesi was Going Insane
When George R. R. Martin wrote his Game of Thrones series, a key point he was making was that every character has their own particular point of view. He presented his storylines not through an overarching omniscient point of view but rather through specific sets of eyes. When we looked through someone’s eyes we saw
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May 3, 2019
A Touch of Magick
Great news! My Black Cat mystery series is now available signed at A Touch of Magick in Uxbridge! The store has amazing gemstones, candles, incense, and more. Stop on in and take a look! Here’s a link to learn more about the series and try it out for free! https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
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May 2, 2019
Twitter for Authors
If you’re an author, you need to be on Twitter. Facebook is great for reaching existing fans; Twitter is amazing at reaching future fans. Post your Twitter link below so we can all follow you. If you don’t have a page yet, make one and then post it! Some key tips: * Always include an
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Kindle First Generation Power Supply
I have a Kindle first generation ebook reader. Not the Kindle Fire first generation, which came later. I’m talking about the original white-case, black-and-white display first generation Kindle which released on November 19, 2007 and sold out in about five hours. This was when I was first releasing ebooks on Amazon and wanted to test
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May 1, 2019
Build your Followers
I know an author who is striving to get a publisher. Today she was publicly whining that the publisher wanted to know her follower count – and that it was stupid because THE PUBLISHER was supposed to do all the work of selling her book for her. She’d done her part, writing it, the end.
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April 23, 2019
Featured on BookBasset
Woo hoo! I’m a featured author on BookBasset today – take a look!
