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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PROMOTION 101~ NOT JUST FOR NEWBIES

By Jackie Weger Posted in Author Advice, Book Marketing, Book Reviews, eBook Promoters , , , , , , , , , , | 31 Comments »

Wanna know the best promotion site of all time? I’m gonna tell you…right here, right now. It is under your nose: AMAZON. Absolutely, we all hunger for a Bookbub slot. But snagging a Bookbub slot is not a sure thing. I collect more rejections from Bookbub than I once did scouting for an agent or a publisher. […]

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Mastering Amazon~Gloves Off

By Jackie Weger Posted in Author Advice, Book Marketing, Technical Stuff , , , , , , , , , | 30 Comments »

Getting to Know Amazon… The  brouhaha about Amazon and the Quality Control messages is still on simmer. We won’t know the shakeout until we cruise Amazon in early February and see those books with the Flags–if any. Meanwhile, we still have a lot to learn and we still have to sell our books. Amazon is a […]

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