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Online Book Promotions via KDP Select and Do They Increase Sales?

The Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) platform allows independent authors to publish Kindle e-books. The KDP Select Program is a publishing agreement between Amazon and the author. When the author enrolls in the program, they can take advantage of the several marketing tools that are on offer, one...

Myths Surrounding Social Media Marketing for Authors

Many people think that social media is a fantastic way to market their book, but this is not necessarily true. Social media is a fantastic way to build relationships and network with people, but not the best place to sell your book. People will soon...

Is Twitter a Useful Tool for the Self-published Author?

Social media really is the self-published author’s best friend when it comes to marketing and promoting their book. One of the obvious choices is Twitter. So how do you best use Twitter to promote your work? Firstly, you need to follow authors who are well established and...

How to use Facebook to Promote Your Self-published Book

If you already use Facebook to stay connected with family and friends you should, as a self-published author, have an author fan page in which you can promote your book. By creating a fan page you can provide information to potential readers about your book and...

Reasons Why All Social Media Is A Waste Of Time Except Facebook

Social media is a great place for authors to meet their readers. However, some experienced authors feel that it can also be a waste of time, especially if an author wants to promote his/her book. If you are an author and want your book to...

How to Market Yourself as an Author on Twitter

Twitter is an extremely useful platform in helping the self-published author gain more exposure about their work. Every author needs to be on Twitter and here is why. You can promote your book on Twitter by sending out tweets to your followers and by using a...

How Social Media Can Help Market Your Book

As a published author and especially as a self-published author you really need to promote your book yourself and there are many ways in which to do so, one of which being via social media. Here are a few examples of how to promote using...

How Pinterest Can Help You as an Author

Pinterest is becoming increasingly popular with authors in helping them to gain the interest of fellow writers and readers in their work and this in turn helps promote their books. Here’s how. Firstly you need to set up your Pinterest profile, and as an author it...

How Goodreads Can Help the Independent Author

As an independent author, social media is incredibly helpful in getting your book and you as an author known to millions of readers. Here are the reasons why. Firstly, Goodreads is a dedicated social media site exclusively for lovers of books and is a place where...

Social Media For Writers: Is It Good Or Bad?

Any author seriously thinks about whether or not s/he should have a social media presence and what they stand to gain or lose by joining the world of social media. Traditionally, people think of social media as Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Google+ and the like. However,...