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Superb marketing advice – “Who’s Afraid To Market Their Book?” – Riley Bank’s blog

By Bianca Sloane  Tips for promoting your book when you have no idea where to start (or are too scared). Part One Dip into any writer’s forum on the web and guaranteed, one of the hot topics will be about the dreaded “M” word: Marketing. The mere mention of it can send some Indie authors straight […]

Do You Read Self-Published Books Differently? | Catherine, Caffeinated

I read a novel that was published by a major UK publishing house over the summer, and in the middle of it, I came across a you’re that should’ve been ayour. I blinked, but that was about it. It certainly wasn’t the first time I’d come across a typo or a small mistake in a traditionally published […]

Hey y’all! My pal Andrea Buginsky has “Destiny”, the first book in her New Avalon series, available on Amazon!

Click on the cover to get it on Amazon! Book Description: Constantly teased and taunted by the popular girls, Elena Baxter desperately wants to fit in. On her sweet sixteenth, she receives two shocking gifts: telekinesis and the surprising truth about her heritage. With high hopes that things will be different now, Elena returns to […]

Author Maer Wilson and a host of others want to help YOU write better!

Click on the logo to join!   The Muse Online Writers Conference - the only FREE conference of its kind! Affiliated with the award-winning sites and Writer’s Digest Top 101 Writing Sites:  Apollo’s Lyre & MuseItUp Publishing No matter where you live, what you write, at what point you are in your writing career, you’ll find a […]

Synecdoche: The Art of Getting Eyeballs

By Liz Buremen, for “The Write Practice” I spent Monday evening watching the Broncos beat the tar out of the Raiders, and as I have a habit of procrastinating, hadn’t figured out what to write about at the time that I went to the watch party. Come halftime, I was still trying to figure out […]

Brandon’s World: Indie Authors Are Spending Too Much Time On Social Self-Promotion

There are thousands of eBooks released every single week by indie authors and sometimes they feel a need to stand out in the crowd. Most turn to social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, or participate in the Goodreads community. Some people think that authors are spending too much time on social self-promotion at the […]

12 Things That Will Get your Book review request turned down – The Writer’s Shack

How to approach book bloggers to ask for a review:  The DOs and DON’Ts. As the owner of a site that blogs about books, I am constantly bombarded by book review requests – 99% of which I promptly refuse. Why? There are two major reasons I refuse requests.  Click on Riley’s photo to continue:   […]

How to use Pinterest to Promote Your Book by Courtney Gornder — The Book Designer

by Courtney Gordner (@CourtGordner) I’ve been trying to get some time to explore the hugely popular social site Pinterest, but without much luck. I get traffic from the boards I do have there, and the biggest one is for the winners of the monthly Ebook Cover Design Awards. So it was good timing when Courtney […]

Hey! This is your last day to get “The Lunatic Memoirs”, a psychological thriller from Thatcher C. Nalley FREE…what are you waiting for?

Click on the cover to get it on Amazon! Book Description: From the author of LETTERS FROM THE LOONEY BIN Thatcher C Nalley brings you another piece of Psychological Fiction… Jack Downing has become one of the most influential business tycoons in the world.  Jack Downing also believes that God has chosen him to annihilate […]

My brother Travis Luedke has a new paranormal thriller coming out…anybody up for some eARC reviews?

Travis‘s books - and particularly his “Nightlife” series” – are selling like hotcakes, and now, you have the opportunity to help him with his work.  Travis is in need of some eARC reviews for his latest novel “The Shepard”, a young-adult paranormal thriller… Book Description -  Mike Evans here. Sixteen year old skate punk squatting […]