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5 Steps for Effective eBook Marketing
A pre-marketing campaign can make, or break, your sales; but mistakes will doom your book faster. These 5 steps will eliminate the problem areas and help your novel achieve (possible) ebook marketing success.
DRACULAS, A Novel of Terror, New Marketing Strategy
In an amazing new form of marketing, Blake Crouch, Jack Kilborn (aka J.A. Konrath), Jeff Strand and F. Paul Wilson, are expecting a flood of reviews on blogs, twitter and the like on October 18, to be followed by a similar tidal wave on October 19th — the day of the book’s launch. I can only image the massive push in rankings and sales this massive promotion may bring.
How Price Affects Book Reviews and Sales
The harsh reality is you are no longer critiqued solely on the quality of your work, but on the accuracy of your offer as well as the price. Make sure you understand how to correctly offer Sample Chapters and set a reasonable price for your book BEFORE you make a costly and deadly mistake.
Converting Word document using Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP)
Amazon’s Direct Publishing (KDP), formerly Digital Text Platform, is the easiest way to publish your e-book to the Amazon Kindle. For those still unfamiliar with e-readers, Amazon’s wireless reading device, the Kindle, allows you to download and read thousands of book titles instantly. Similarly, these same titles can also be downloaded for reading to your Mac, PC, or other device, such as the Android smartphone.
Packaging Your Word Novel to AZW Using Amazon’s DTP
When writing your novel for upload through Amazon’s DTP, you may have heard you need to use Word 2003 or earlier (.doc) and not Word 2007/2010 (.docx). This is only true if you plan to upload the document directly as a Word document through DTP.
Creating a “Book Buzz” with Pre-Reviews (DRACULAS)
Obtaining objective and honest reviews can increase sales for a published author – especially for the indie writer. As with the novel DRACULAS, Joe Konrath is offering the full manuscript of the novel, in return for a review posted on the reviewers blog or website as well as on Amazon when it releases October 19th.