Reviews! Author Achilles Heel

By Jackie Weger Posted in Author Advice, Book Marketing, Book Reviews, eBook Promoters , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 19 Comments »

Author Achilles Heel ~ Reviews…Again… Oh, Mercy me…I don’t know where my brain was when I considered it was just indie authors hungering for reviews. Nope. Contracted authors, especially those under contract with small publishers or online publishers are searching for reviews, too.  I’m hearing from them. So called experts and PR folks who want […]

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Is Amazon Really Stupid?

By Jackie Weger Posted in #eNovAaW News, Author Advice, Book Reviews , , , , | 22 Comments »

What do you think? Folks, I am in no way a spokesperson for Amazon. I doubt Amazon even knows I exist outside of books I upload. Amazon previews cover art and text for publication, says yea or nae and Amazon is done with me. In the past ten days since Amazon posted new review policies […]

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Newsletter Mania~Round Three

By Jackie Weger Posted in Author Advice, Book Marketing, RaffleCopter, Technical Stuff , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 20 Comments »

A couple of months ago we talked about marketing our books via our newsletter, and more recently, gathering subscribers. Today, I’m updating because as usual, changes are in the air. Most authors I know love the idea of a newsletter and having a subscriber list in the thousands. I hear you.  But composing a newsletter does […]

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