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February 23, 2021 by Nina Amir 6 Comments

Best Email Marketing Solutions For Bloggers And Authors in 2021

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Bloggers and authors need built-in audiences in their target markets if they want to sell books. But even with tons of blog visitors and social media followers, you’ll struggle to get people to buy books if you can’t invite them to your launch. That’s why you need an email marketing system. In today’s post, Jodie […]

Filed Under: Promote Your Book, Publicizing Your Blog, Selfpublish Your Blogged Book, Selling Books and Information Products Tagged With: blog, blog a book, blogging, email marketing, email marketing companies, email marketing solutions, email marketing system, Pros and cons, Review of email marketing companies, solutions

January 28, 2020 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

Is Gumroad a Good Option for Indie Authors?

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You’ve written an ebook. Maybe you even blogged an ebook or booked an ebook. Now you have to decide where to sell it. You may think Amazon is your only choice, but it’s not. Today,  Jay Artale (@BirdsOAFpress), a digital nomad and full-time writer, offers a comparison between selling your book on Amazon versus Gumroad. […]

Filed Under: Selfpublish Your Blogged Book, Selling Books and Information Products, What to Do When You Complete Your Blogged Book Tagged With: Amazon, blog, blog a book, ebooks, Gumroad, selling ebooks, VAT, where to sell ebooks

July 3, 2018 by Nina Amir 1 Comment

Three Successful Self-Publishers to Follow Online

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Many bloggers choose to self-publish their books, and “indie” publishing can be a good choice…or a bad one…depending upon your goals, skills, and knowledge. However, learning from those who have successfully traveled this publishing path not only educates but helps you decide if it’s the right route for you. That’s why today freelance writer and […]

Filed Under: Selfpublish Your Blogged Book, What to Do When You Complete Your Blogged Book Tagged With: blogging, publishing mentor, self-publishing

October 13, 2015 by Nina Amir 2 Comments

Become a Hybrid Blog-to-Book Author

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You don’t have to blog your book with only the goal of traditional publishing in mind. Nor do you need to feel you only can self-publish your book. Instead, decide to become a hybrid author and enjoy the benefits of both traditional and indie publishing. It is possible to be both traditionally and self published. […]

Filed Under: Selfpublish Your Blogged Book, Traditionally Publish Your Book Tagged With: ebooks, hybrid author, print books, self-publishing, traditional publishing

October 16, 2014 by Nina Amir 7 Comments

10 Quick and Easy Ways to Test, Publish and Sell Your Book

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Guest post by Carla King You’ve got your manuscript, so now what? Before committing to big distribution, try these quick and easy ways to publish while you finesse your book with great editing and design. You won’t even need to buy an ISBN number. If you’re not quite ready for prime time, beta publishing is […]

Filed Under: Blogging Short Books, Create a POD Book, Create an E-Book, Selfpublish Your Blogged Book, What to Do When You Complete Your Blogged Book Tagged With: publish a book, publish a book fast, publish a pod book, publish an ebook

June 26, 2014 by Nina Amir 17 Comments

Can You Blog a Book and Use the Amazon KDP and KDP Select Programs?

In November 2012 I wrote a post about publishing your blogged book as a Kindle ebook. It only referenced the Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) program, not the KDP Select program. At this time, I’d like to update that information since I get asked about this often. Also, it has ramifications for your blogged book. Additionally, […]

Filed Under: Create an E-Book, Selfpublish Your Blogged Book, Selling Books and Information Products, What to Do When You Complete Your Blogged Book Tagged With: Amazon, digital books, ebook, KDP, KDP Select, publishing on Amazon

May 27, 2014 by Nina Amir 22 Comments

3+ Reasons I’ve Started Using Scrivener as a Blogging Tool

For a while now I’ve been toying around with the idea of using Scrivener as a writing tool. I hadn’t seriously considered using it for blogging, except I was interesting in finding out if it could become a blog-to-book tool. If it could import posts form WordPress, I figured it might be quite useful. I […]

Filed Under: Booking a Blog (Repurposing Content into a Book), Selfpublish Your Blogged Book, Writing Posts/Chapters Tagged With: blogging a book, booking a blog, compiling posts, ebooks, Scrivener, Scrivener for bloggers

March 25, 2014 by Nina Amir 4 Comments

The 4 Things You Must Do to Succeed as an Indie Author

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It seems as if every day blogs, news agencies, radio shows, or podcasts blast out stories of indie authors making bestseller lists somewhere. Yet,  the average books sells only 300 printed copies per year. The average ebook author sells only 560 copies per year and doesn’t earn enough to support himself. According to a Digital […]

Filed Under: Competing and Complementary Blogs, Promotion, Selfpublish Your Blogged Book, The Proposal, What to Do When You Complete Your Blogged Book Tagged With: author platform, business plan for a book, competitive analysis, marketable books, promotion plan, self-publishing

December 19, 2013 by Nina Amir 1 Comment

How to Use Pressbooks to Go Blog-to-Book (Part 2)

 Guest post by Carla King   This is the second part of Carla King’s post on how to use Pressbooks.com to go blog-to-book. To read part one, click here. Add Front and Back Matter You’ll want to compose an introduction, copyright page, acknowledgements, and an about the author page. (Don’t forget to provide links to […]

Filed Under: Selfpublish Your Blogged Book, What to Do When You Complete Your Blogged Book Tagged With: blog-to-book, blogging a book, book formatting, booking a blog, ebook formatting, Pressbooks, self-publishing

December 17, 2013 by Nina Amir 7 Comments

How to Use Pressbooks to Go Blog-to-Book (Part 1)

Guest post by Carla King When I found out that PressBooks had a blog-to-book tool, frankly, I didn’t expect much, as similar tools I’ve tried have crashed or stalled in the middle of the process without so much as an error message. But because, after all, it is my job, I was obligated to take […]

Filed Under: Selfpublish Your Blogged Book, What to Do When You Complete Your Blogged Book Tagged With: blog a book, blog-to-book, book a blog, ebook, export posts, Pressbooks, self-publish

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