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Trade Publisher’s Unethical Contract Practices

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You might have read several articles we published in the past about the unethical contract practices of trade and Vanity publishers, and how they deceive their authors. Headlines were for example:

“Less than Minimum Wage for Authors?”

“The Traps in Publishing Contracts”

“What Publishers Won’t Tell You”

In these articles and many others we were pointing to the worst parts of publishing contracts, found under these paragraphs:

Duration of the contract
Rights granted by the author to the publ...

Trade Publishers: Unethical Contract Practices

You might have read several articles we published in the past about the unethical contract practices of trade and Vanity publishers, and how they deceive their authors. Headlines were for example:

“Less than Minimum Wage for Authors?”

“The Traps in Publishing Contracts”

“What Publishers Won’t Tell You”

In these articles and many others we were pointing to the worst parts of publishing contracts, found under these paragraphs:

Duration of the contract
Rights granted by the author to the publish...

The “Amazon of Social Media”

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Ever wondered how you can manage to sell your print books worldwide, maybe even books of your writer friends, or those that you reviewed and titles you are passionate about? Maybe you even tried to get into book stores and libraries with your ebooks or to sell as an affiliate of Amazon? A lot of time and work effort and often only a few bucks at the end – despite being on Social Media and having thousands offollowers.
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There is a Solution:
Aer.io combines the simplicity and zero risk of a...

Recipes for Writing and Publishing Success

Snippets from:
111 Tips on How to Market Your Book for Free
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If anyone has earned Bestseller status for a book, than it is YOURS. You worked very hard for years on your first novel, invested in a professional editor and you chose one of the best book cover artists.

But your book sales are still disappointing… and your friends are postponing their promised book reviews from week to week. You get more depressed from day to day and don’t even want to read tweets or posts on Social Media where...

Recipes for Your Writing Success

Snippets from:
111 Tips on How to Market Your Book for Free

If anyone has earned Bestseller status for a book, than it is YOURS. You worked very hard for years on your first novel, invested in a professional editor and you chose one of the best book cover artists.

But your book sales are still disappointing… and your friends are postponing their promised book reviews from week to week. You get more depressed from day to day and don’t even want to read tweets or posts on Social Media where a...

Raman and Sunny: Middle School Blues

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Raman and Sunny– Fiza Pathan’s Latest Title
Middle School is the worst period in a child’s life. He or she has to undergo bullying, and an often painful transition from childhood to young adulthood. It is also a period most neglected at home and in school, for the child grows rebellious as he feels he is misunderstood and unjustly dealt with. Parents feel helpless to interfere. Imagine what then can be the plight of twins?

Set in teeming, exotic Mumbai, India, this is the story about Raman...

Why and How to Market Your Books via Podcasts

Did you read in a recent AmazonKindle Newsletter “Words of Inspiration” by bestselling Author Hal Elrod? He explained: “I invested over $10,000 to get myself booked on 15 local and national TV shows (and saw very little increase in sales) and then invested zero dollars to get booked on over 200 podcasts, which has driven my sales to as high as 10,900+ copies in a single month.”

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How Hal Elrod Achieved these Fantastic Results:
You might have realized that the buzz around podcasting has been g...

How to Market Your Books With Podcasts

Did you read in a recent AmazonKindle Newsletter “Words of Inspiration” by Author Hal Elrod? He explained this: “I invested over $10,000 to get myself booked on 15 local and national TV shows (and saw very little increase in sales) and then invested zero dollars to get booked on over 200 podcasts, which has driven my sales to as high as 10,900+ copies in a single month.”

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How Hal Elrod Achieved these Fantastic Results:
You might have realized that the buzz around podcasting has been growing...

7 Most Popular Blog Posts 2011 – 2014

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Curious if we had already reached the 1-Million-reader mark, I was browsing through the statistics of our “old” WordPress blog – which has been moved to: http://SavvyBookWriters.com/blogover a year ago – and discovered this list of the seven most popular blog post between 2011 and 2014:
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46 Top Websites to Promote Your Book for FREE
https://savvybookwriters.wordpress.com/2012/03/11/18-top-websites-to-promote-your-book-for-free/

How to Start Your Own Book Publishing Business
https://savvyb...

111 Tips to Improve Your Writing Career in 2016

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After some relaxing holidays and on the brink to a new year, you might tinker about your writing and publishing career… maybe even have some new year’s resolutions.
Before you dive into 111 Ways in 2016 to Improve Your Writing Career – all the tips for professional publishing and savvy book marketing – here are some basics for your writing pleasure:
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What You Need Most of All:
A room of your own, with a door to close to ensure uninterrupted writing time. Provide yourself privacy and elim...