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February 15, 2015
5 Facts About Your Book’s Ranking on Amazon
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In my last blog post I explained the differences between all these rankings and lists on Amazon. Today Amazon’s algorithm is explained and what it means for authors and their work. Did you know that Amazon has the second largest search engine after Google? Knowing Amazon’s algorithm can help to boost the exposure for your book. These little known facts are not publicised by Amazon:
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No Sales Today? 50% Rank Decrease…
A single day without sales decreases your book’s sales rank by ca. 50 per ce...
5 Amazon Algorithms That Effect Your Book’s Ranking
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In my last blog post I explained differences between all these rankings and lists on Amazon. Today Amazon’s algorithm is explained and what it means for authors and their work. Did you know that Amazon has the second largest search engine after Google? Knowing Amazon’s algorithm can help to boost the exposure for your book. These little known facts are not publicised by Amazon:
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No Sales Today? 50% Rank Decrease…
A single day without sales decreases your book’s sales rank by ca. 50 per cent,...
February 12, 2015
All About Amazon Rankings
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Puzzled by all these rankings on Amazon? You are not alone! Author ranking, bestseller ranking, sales ranking, popularity lists… Here are the most important rankings and what they mean. One thing for all rankings: they are valid only in one specific country. Your ranking on Amazon.com maybe totally different from the one in Germany or the UK.
The author ranking showshow the author compares toother authors who sell books.
The sales ranking shows how well your book ranks in sales out of million...
February 10, 2015
Valentine’s Gifts for Book Lovers
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Wikipedia explains: Valentine’s Day was first associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. In 18th-century England, it evolved into an occasion in which loversexpressed their affectionfor each other by presenting flowers, offering sweets, and sending greeting cards(known as “valentines“).
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More Than Flowers and Sweets for Booklovers
Everyone who likes to read will appreciate these more custom,thoughtful...
February 8, 2015
5 Tips to Make Your Website Faster
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How often do you abandon a page when it takes too long to load? Chances are, that your visitors and readers are doing the same. People expect a fast user experience these days when they go online, and when they don’t get it, they often switch to another web page.
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The way we consume media has changed dramatically. Most online searches are done by smart phones these days, and often while doing other chores. Which means, no one has the time or patience to wait for a slow page to load.
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Page Spe...
February 6, 2015
5 Most Important Steps to Sell Your Book on Amazon
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Not only you, but most readers who are looking for books in a certain category will probably look through the first two or three pages on Amazon, B&N, Kobo or Apple – and often stick only to page one. A book’s cover is the first thing potential customers see and the only meansto get them interested in a certain title.
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Book Cover Image
This is the single most important point(self-) publishers should paying attention to when producing a new book. Readers, doing an initial search will discoverth...
February 4, 2015
2015 Writers Conferences and Workshops
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One of the main benefits of attending a writers retreat or conference is the opportunity to meet editors, agents, publishers and other writers. Widening your circle of connections in the literary world can help you mark your own presence as an author, to learn about the publishing industry, and how to get your book published / author-published. Here are just a few of the many writers conferences and retreat offers in the USA for 2015:
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Santa Barbara Writers Conference June 7 – 12, 2015
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February 2, 2015
How to Find Professional Self-Publishing Advice
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Millions of books and e-books are competing for readers (in July 2014 Amazon listed 32.8 million books for sale). Making a living from writing needs sometimes to subtle blend art and commerce. Adjustments to a writers thinking might be necessary, in order to be able to sell the writing. After all: writing is an art, publishing a business. Andit is reallyworth it – if you want to become a well-known and successful writer. Alsonecessary in both cases: whenyou self-publish or whenyou sell your...
January 29, 2015
30% of eBooks in the US do Not Use ISBN
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This is just one of the findings of the “January 2015 Author Earnings Report” by an independent (and non-profit) web survey. It is not at all Nielsen data, which covers only a fraction of e-book and book sales, and does not reveal the true numbers of purchases and author earnings. However these Nielsen data is publicized widely and people are believing these (wrong) numbers. Not to mention that overall bestseller lists are often manipulated. Until now there were no true numbers available as...
January 27, 2015
SPAM – Can it Get any Worse?
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Yesterday, when I opened my emails, I could not believe what I read.I made a copy for this blog (see below) before I moved the messageinto thespam folder. I was mad that someone had used our own contact form / submission form to send unsolicited sales ads.
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There are some unwritten (and written – even by spam law backed) rules that you, as a writer, should adhere to:
NEVER to send unsolicited advertising for your book to totally strangers.
NEVER, ever, send advertising for your book to contact...
