Scrivener is a wonderful program many writers use to set up and manage their books, screenplays, and research projects. Nearly every aspect of the program can be customizable, from the drafting settings to the export format. But with so many...
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Book Setup
Why Preorders Sell More Books
Over the past few weeks, we've talked about how to set up your book in stores--from using Amazon's KDP to Smashwords to which type of ISBN to choose when publishing the print version of the book. Now, it's time to...
Book Setup
Your Book’s Unique Identifier: ISBN
Last week, we talked a little about IngramSpark, and spoke briefly about ISBNs. The International Standard Book Number is your book's unique identifier, how we know that your The Island is different from her The Island. For each format of...
Marketing Tips
Author Central – The Best Tool You Aren’t Using
Author Central is an Amazon service provided to authors that serves two main functions. First, you can create a single "landing page" within the Amazon store with your biography, photos, and, most importantly, a listing of all your published works. Author...
Marketing Tips
Amazon’s Tricky Algorithm
Everyone always talks about The Algorithm, specifically, the one that Amazon uses. So what is it exactly? In laymen's terms, it's a set of rules that Amazon applies to products in its store to determine where that product lands in...
Book Setup
All About KDP
If you're going to self-publish, familiarizing yourself with Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) is probably pretty high on your priority list (right behind getting the manuscript written and edited). When you first arrive, Amazon tells you that your book will be...
