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How to Avoid Book Marketing Overwhelm
Feeling overwhelmed by book marketing can lead authors to look for shortcuts. Shortcuts lead to expensive complications. Expensive complications lead to dead ends. Dead ends lead to suffering. Yoda would call this “The path to the dark side.”Does this sou
The Savvy Authors Guide to Passwords
Being an author requires you to have hundreds of online accounts for different software and services. Websites such as Amazon, ConvertKit, Publisher Rocket, Patreon, K-lytics, Bookvault, AuthorMedia.social, AuthorsXP, BookBub, Kickstarter, Teachable, Blue
How Connor Boyack Sold Millions of Books Directly to Readers Without Using Amazon
Can you make a living as an author without selling through Amazon? Many authors wonder.Amazon is the sole revenue source for many indie authors, but Amazons algorithms can disable your KDP accounts and cut off your income without any human reviewing the
Are Pen Names Going Away?
With the rise of AI authors, how do you prove you are a human author? Most authors prove their humanity with their names and photos. Your identity protects you from being called a bot writer.But what if you use a pen name? Will AI bring the age of pen nam
Why Your Book is Still Unfinished (Hint: It’s Your Phone’s Fault)
I remember watching Steve Jobs's keynote presentation for the original iPhone. This magical new device, he said, would revolutionize our productivity.And at first, it did.But then, along came apps. Soon, user experiences were scientifically optimized to b
Printing the Future: Quality Offset Print-on-Demand with BookVAULT
Authors around the world are trying to reduce their reliance on Amazon. However, most of us still use and like Amazon. In fact, many authors earn most of their money from Amazon. But any company with a 90% market share can't be fully trusted.One way indie
The Powerful Nonfiction Pitching Recipe That Works for Both Fiction and Nonfiction
One key to becoming a bestselling author is the selling. And one element of sales is the sales pitch. Some authors think pitches are only to be used for pitching agents at writers conferences, but you can actually use a sales pitch whenever you talk about
From Tech Timid to Tech Savvy: How to Master Any Technology
My first DOS computer had no mouse. Its screen had two colors: green and white. Today, computers have mice and complex graphics, and there is no need to be a computer programmer in order to use a computer.Technology gets easier to use each year. Even thou
The Thriving Author: How to Market Books When You Have Money to Invest
A few months ago, we released an episode called The Starving Author: How to Market Books When You Have No Money.After the episode aired, several authors asked me a similar question: What do we do if we do have money to spend? You see, not all authors ar
Speak, Engage, and Inspire: Secrets of Entertaining & Educational Webinars that Sell
Author Media has a list of over 10,000 subscribers, and around half of them open our emails, which means our open rates hover around 50%. Thats a high open rate!Its partly because new subscribers join our email list through webinars I present for writer