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3 Things That Writers Seem to Dislike: Writing, Editing, Marketing?

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Sounds a bit provocative, doesn’t it? At least the first one, the Writing. The two others I can even proof black on white, and you might have read it yourself when going through questions at author interviews. Ok, for the first one I have written proof too: Lots and lots of forum entries where writers complain, complain, and complain more about the hardship of writing, their constantprocrastinationand how difficult it is to write two or three thousand words per day.

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1. Writers Feel They are...

B&N / Nook and Author Solutions in Bed?

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B&N Baltimore

Author Beware: Notorious AUTHOR SOLUTIONS increased future revenue by closing a deal with … You won’t believe it: Barnes & Noble! David Gauthran explains one of the most frightening point for authors who sell their books through Barnes & Noble:

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“If you think you are safe because you have never used Nook Press Author Services, and don’t plan to, I am afraid that’s not the case. I am not a lawyer, but under my reading of the terms of the Nook Press Privacy Policy, Barnes & Noble a...

Income Tax Rules for Non-US Authors

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You won’t believe it, but there are improvements for Non-US citizen writers: New tax rules for foreign authors on KDP and CreateSpace made it easier – and sometimes even saves taxes if you live in a country with lower income tax than the USA.

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Tax Paying Made Easier

Ithas been written a lot about how to avoid the 30% tax withhold, including this blog – and was a tedious process to exercise your tax treaty rights… to say the least.

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The IRS (American Tax Authorities) seemed to be a bit overwhel...

Five Star Treatment – The Wolf’s Moon by Patrick Jones

ebooksinternational:

Patrick is such a great writer, love his story-telling. The Wolf’s Moon and his upcoming books are a MUST-READ!

Originally posted on Smorgasbord - Variety is the spice of life:

Today’s Five Star Treatment is a book that explores the dark side of the Ozark Mountains and scientific revival of an extinct and dangerous species…..

About the Book.

Extinct beast comes to life, stalks Ozarks town…….

In “The Wolf’s Moon,” Patrick Jones writes a suspense thriller where one man must hunt...

If it Looks too Good to be True, it Probably is!

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As an author, don’t let yourself trap by Vanity publishers and a plethora of scam artists that want to cash in on writers. The list of these unethical offers is endless and unfortunately some writers are not vigilant and tweet / re-tweet or post without carefully reading and researching these scammers on the Internet. It is easy: just google “complaint” and the name… You might be surprised what comes up!

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For Example on Monday:

I was on our Twitter book account when I saw by chance this tweet...

NEW: Book Marketing on a Shoestring

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How Authors Can Promote their Books Without Spending a Lot of Money

A Prequel for:111 Book Marketing Tips –Which will Launch LateSpring 2015

Book Marketing on a Shoestring will be available next week on Amazon for Pre-Sale. The actual link to the pre-sale order page will be posted here on this blog and on all our social media sites and blogs.

Overview of the Chapters:

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PART ONE

Why Book Marketing is Important–and Rewarding.

How Readers Will Find Your Book.

Author/En...

Indies Unlimited Excellence Awards

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A Big THANKS to Sandy & Patrick Jones who Suggested Our Blog

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and to the Organizers from Indies Unlimited.

Honored, humbled and a bit proud.

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11 Tips How to Prepare Your Manuscript for Editing

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Editing for an Executive-Level Manuscript

Many new authors are surprised to find the editing process may take longer than anticipated. The first step in publishing is easy for them: formulate ideas and write them. it’s often much more difficult for authorsto correlate, expand on, add clarity to, and chop down those ideas.

Imagine an executive chef cooking a roast chicken. She takes the plain, unseasoned chicken out of the oven and sets it on top of the stove to cool off. Next, she smiles, thr...

Tax for Books Sold in Europe

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Amazon sent out an email two months ago, as they had to change their tax requirements in Europe. Other European countries charge up to 21% tax (VAT) and contrary to the US and Canada, their tax is INCLUDED in the sales prices, NOT added, like in North America.

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They paid almost no taxes there, setting up shop in Luxembourg, tax there is the lowest in the European Union. Amazon did for many years not pay the tax in countries of their shipments, where it is much higher, and therefore was orde...

Why it is Smart to Get Your Own ISBN

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In a recent blog post I mentioned the findings of the January 2015 Author Earnings Report: 30% of the e-books being purchased in the U.S. do not use ISBN numbers and are invisible to the industry’s official market surveys and reports. Which also means: all the ISBN-based estimates of market share reported by Bowker, AAP, BISG, and Nielsen are wildly wrong.

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Bestseller Author M.A.Demers Explains:

“An ISBN clearly identifies an e-book as a book, no different from a print book. No ISBN leaves th...