What author doesn’t want to sell thousands of books on Amazon? I would love to brag about doing that, but I like many authors have had some trouble connecting to my audience. Bruce the Book Guy has made $322,650 selling his books on Amazon. His new book, How I Made $322,650 Selling Books on Amazon…
I was impressed when Urban Fantasy author TJ Green book series White Haven Witches made $20,000 in sales on Amazon and $2,000 on other platforms in one month. I had to ask her the question all authors want to know: How did she sell so many books? TJ credits her bookselling success to growing her author…
Gone are the days when in-store appearances are viable ways to cultivate sales. The Covid-19 pandemic has forced many authors to focus on online bookselling. Most of my book sales took place at bookstores or at library events. What could I do to reach readers online? I along with many other authors have had to…
Videos are big all over the internet in part is because they encourage lots of engagement. Facebook Author pages that make use of video are ranked higher in the Facebook Newsfeed algorithm. This means that these pages will be seen as valuable and shown to more people organically. Facebook has more than one billion monthly…
The author platform is key to getting readers to follow you and making sales. Brian Allain leads Writing for Your Life a resource for spiritual writers and provides marketing support for. I met him last year at Publishing in Color, a conference he runs. He says that an author platform is critical to selling books…
A huge obstacle for writers is selling their books. I self-published my novel, What Goes Around Comes Around in 2017, and I still finding ways to market it. When I finished my first draft I danced around my room with relief. I felt like I had given birth. I didn’t realize the hard part, which…