WHAT’S THE PROBLEM WITH REVIEWS? REALLY. Authors and reviewers can visit any forum and if the topic is reviews, you will see a thread of dozens upon dozens of comments, all of which will dis Amazon for removing reviews. Mercy, if it is a Five Star review that got removed, the vitriol flow could compete […]
Where Have all the Reviews Gone? Amazon Picked Them Every One…
Are You Marketing Your First Book? If Not~Why Not?
Well, by golly, the Gurus have Spoken… Telling you up front I like The Digital Reader. But a recent blog 8 Ways For Authors to Waste Their Their Money leads with the advice that an author should not start marketing until that author has published three books. Not all of this advice is from the […]
Read the rest of this entry »Is Your Newsletter Doing Its Job? Here’s What Subscribers Say
SUBSCRIBER SURVEY RESULTS Authors are told the instant they step into our Indie Universe that we must have a newsletter whether we have a few dozen or a few thousand subscribers. My first newsletter in January 2014 went out to 58 fans. In 2018 my subscriber list has grown to above 15K. Yet, composing the […]
Read the rest of this entry »#New Indie Authors~ 5 Tips To Look Like a Pro
How Savvy Indie Authors Know You’re Not~ The “Tells” First, sharing this: I was reminded in a recent forum how dumb I seemed to indie authors and editors more experienced and savvier than I when I first stepped in the Digital Universe. I asked what I considered smart questions about ehow and got snark: “What? […]
Read the rest of this entry »Indie Authors: What’s Your Plan to Sell Books in 2018?
In eNovel Authors at Work we’re looking at what has worked for us and what has not in 2017. The past in review counts. Since mid 2014 promotions have not been as successful in the past. Yes, our members have sold books. But we’ve also noticed our favorite promoters are not moving books as they […]
Read the rest of this entry »Hype and more Hype. What’s real?
Indie author Alert: How the heck do you sort the Wheat from the Chaff? Gonna tell you something. I’ve lived on a wheat farm and I know how to sort the wheat from the chaff. Sorting the good from the just plain awful in our indie universe is more difficult. The reason: We want to […]
Read the rest of this entry »FOR INDIE AUTHORS ONLY: HOW SAVVY ARE YOU~REALLY?
WHAT DO YOU KNOW? I have debated for months whether to blog on this topic or not. I just gave in. Sometimes when I read blogs by marketing doyennes such Jane Friedman, I feel like a rank amateur. Next, I’ll visit a Facebook page and a new indie author is asking: “Should I publish with Amazon or […]
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