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Do you want to sell more of your self-published books?  Then you need to be listed on Amazon. Until recently, that meant you had to use a service like Lightning Source to slip in through the side door via Ingram or you had to pay for the privilege by buying a “distribution package” from one [...]

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Would you like to find some expert advice on how to sell your self-published books? Booksurge, the Amazon-owned subsidy publisher, hosts monthly webinars with book industry and self-publishing experts. They’ve discussed topics such as library sales, specialty markets, tradeshows, and holiday promotions as well as offered tips for best practices for manuscript submissions. The next [...]

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Create Space has extended their Free Upgrade to Create Space Pro until the end of the year.

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Part 2 4 Use Audio & Video to Entice Readers & Buyers Add videos of you reading short passages from your book to your blog. Host the videos on YouTube. This will 1. Add interest 2. Increase your audience 3. Harness YouTube’s power to drive traffic to your blog for more sales 5 Do A [...]

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PART 1 Many of us have taken advantage of POD technology to publish our own books. POD – or Print On Demand – shouldn’t be confused with vanity presses. Although POD publishers don’t have the power or resources of a major publishing house, they can be extremely profitable – especially when the publisher and the [...]

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