Tell us YOUR #unrulystories and you may be featured in next month’s Newsletter. SUBMISSIONS ACCEPTED: June 1 – 30 (midnight) Boys in Flight / June 2015 Below is a wonderful image that evokes a lot of imagination. What do you see? Future pilots? Boys longing for their father? Their mother? The skies the limit. […]
Twitter Cards: Twitter Marketing
Last year, Twitter introduced a “powerful creative ad unit called the Twitter Card — a new way for advertisers to easily surface website content within a Tweet and drive relevant traffic to any page of their site, such as their home page, product page, or an important blog post.” Early testing in April 2014 showed […]
Do you Have an Unruly Story? Announcing #unrulystories Picture Prompt
Unruly Guides loves authors. And we thought what better way to show our appreciation and YOUR talent than to have a Picture Prompt. As many writers know there are times, when you sit down to write your best-selling novel, and nothing happens… your mind is a blank. Writing prompts are a great way to keep […]
Q: How are third-party bookstores selling my book on Amazon?
Q: I have a question. I looked at my book on Amazon this morning. There are other companies selling my book at lower/higher prices than Amazon. How do they get to sell it and how do I get paid for their sales of my book? A: This is a common question and it helps to […]
Creating a Fixed Layout Childrens Book (intro) – Standard vs Fixed Layout
So you’ve written a children’s book and want to format it for the digital market. First, you’ll need to understand the difference between a fixed layout and a “regular” or standard ebook layout. Standard Layout A standard ebook (EPUB) uses real-time flowable text that can be read on any eReader. Kindle ebooks (MOBI) can be […]
Author Fear VS Author Marketing – The Battle for Book Sales
As an Author Success Coach, I work with and daily chat online with hundreds of authors. Bar none, the most volatile topic is author marketing. We all have to do it no matter how we’re published. The problem isn’t marketing. It isn’t buyer hostility. It isn’t an inability to understand the techniques. The problem is […]
How to Obtain and Register your ISBN Number
Since 1970, the ISBN number has been an “internationally recognized book identification system.” Since some books have similar titles, the ISBN number helps keep track of every edition of every book that has been published. Yet the ISBN also tracks inventory control, sales and order processing. If you plan to only sell e-books, you may […]