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  • Marketing Your Self-Published Book – The Author Platform

    • Posted by Patricia Ross
    • December 4, 2014
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    What is an 'Author Platform'?We all have a platform, whether we realize it or not. If you have a career, children, or even a hobby, you already have a 'platform' for those things. Your platform is how you prove to other people that you're good at what ...

  • Marketing Your Self-Published Book – The Essential Basics

    • Posted by Patricia Ross
    • November 29, 2014
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    I know that the stereotype for writers has been the image of the hermit who does nothing but churn-out books in his quiet cabin or house by the lake, but the reality of the new world for any self-published author is a vast deviation from that norm.
    Wh...

  • Publishing Your Ebook Online (Without Using Amazon)

    • Posted by Patricia Ross
    • November 14, 2014
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    Just for a moment, let us suppose that Amazon's self-publishing platform doesn't exist. I know, crazy, right? Humor me for five minutes though. Amazon may very well be the largest online distributor of ebooks and digital content, but they're certainly ...

  • The Best Software for Writing a Kindle Book

    • Posted by Patricia Ross
    • November 10, 2014
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    You have a great idea for a Kindle book, and no idea how to organize your thoughts and get them into a format that is Ebook-friendly. While you will still need to go through Amazon's upload process and have your book in the correct PRC format to do so,...

  • Kindle Direct Publishing, or KDP Select – Is it for you?

    • Posted by Patricia Ross
    • November 4, 2014
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    Yes, another self-publishing tool from Amazon. Before we move into the pros and cons though, let's get a definition of what KDP Select is. Paraphrasing from Amazon's FAQs page for the program, Kindle Direct Publishing is one of the options Amazon offer...

  • Submitting to Amazon's Kindle Scout Program

    • Posted by Patricia Ross
    • October 29, 2014
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    • 3 likes
    • 3,885 views
    How to submit to Kindle Scout

  • Amazon Launches Kindle Scout

    • Posted by Patricia Ross
    • October 28, 2014
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    • 3,113 views
    Amazon Launches Kindle Scout

  • Debunking Some Common Self-Publishing Myths

    • Posted by A Guest
    • October 7, 2014
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    Debunking Some Common Self-Publishing Myths
    There are so many unreasonable things said online about aspiring writers and how they should not choose self-publishing over traditional publishing. The following are some myths which have been debunked so a...

  • 5 Things to Know Before You Self-Publish

    • Posted by A Guest
    • October 6, 2014
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    5 Things to Know Before You Self-Publish
    According to a popular saying, if you want to have one good idea, you got to have several ideas. Yet, even if you do manage to think up a good idea, you could fail in implementing it because of poor management ...

  • How do I submit a Kindle Single?

    • Posted by Patricia Ross
    • April 11, 2014
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     Amazon's Kindle Single market is being used right now by everyone who fits the criteria for submission, but a growing body of work is attributable to big-name authors like Stephen King and others of his ilk. That's not to say that Singles are not...

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