Reviving backlist books you thought were dead
In our second September blog post on the theme of Marketing and Communications, New York Times bestselling author Laurelin Paige shares her tips on how…
Self-publishing
Self-publishing audiobooks with Kobo Writing Life: Interview with Nick Coveney
Before we start talking about audiobooks, can you give us a quick intro to Kobo Writing Life? Launched in 2012, Kobo Writing Life is a…
10 ways for authors to save money on editing
Lisa Poisso is a fiction editor and book writing coach working with independent authors and new authors seeking representation. Lisa helps emerging authors tune their…
10 tips for authors to up their book marketing skills
Rachel Thompson is a bestselling author, and a social media and author marketing/branding consultant (BadRedheadMedia). Here she shares her top 10 tips for author self-marketing. Many authors are…
Startup Snapshot: Scriggler
Dmitry Selemir was once a physicist and hedge fund rocket scientist PM, and is now the founder and CEO of Scriggler.com, ‘the Soundcloud of writing platforms‘.…
Startup snapshot: Leanpub
Len Epp is a Co-Founder of Leanpub. He wrote a doctorate in English Literature before working as an investment banker in London, so enjoys wearing…
The business of books: Only connect
At the launch of BookMachine’s Snapshots III I kicked off the talks by raining hard on the book industry parade. (Sorry.) While I was on…
4 steps for building an author brand
This is a guest post from Ricardo Fayet. Ricardo is an avid reader and startup enthusiast who has been studying the publishing industry with interest…
Getting a book noticed: 4 tips from the UK’s bestselling indie author
Rachel Abbott self-published her first novel, Only the Innocent, in 2011 through Kindle Direct. It reached the number 1 spot in the Kindle store just over three months…
Book Marketing Survey identifies the top 5 book promotional services
The latest Book Marketing Survey carried out by KindleBookReview provides a number of interesting insights into the best ways self-published authors should be promoting their…
Author-pays publishing: Sarah Barlow Scott interview
Sarah Barlow Scott is the founder of Barlow Books, a team of freelance editors, and experts in design, production and marketing. The team run their…
Independent thinking: Designing covers for self-publishers
You’ve finished! There it is, your first novel. Phew. Now it’s the easy bit, right? Just self-publish it and its ‘Kindle Million Club, here we…