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Research Complete - How to Write, Publish, Sell Your Books Online
That last story wrapped it up. It's really all laid out now - I just have to finish writing the books it will take to describe it. For you, I'm laying it out as best I can in a logical sequence. You don't have to study it all, but there are some key points...
Storified by Robert C. Worstell · Sun, Jan 13 2013 07:50:15
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Let's be simple about this. I've selected the key articles out of this series which sum up the data I've found.
They are in reverse order (like a blog). If you want to follow along in a (more) logical sequence, read from the bottom up.
Essential points in summary:
1) You are on your own, as you always have been. Marketing has always been up to the author.
2) The steps for self-publishing success: a) Write a damned good book. b) Get it in front of as many eyeballs as possible. c) Get paid enough to make it worth your while, but give away more than it's "worth" to said buyer.
3) Always, always, always: "Follow Your Bliss."
I'll be writing these up into a book series (the reason for this research) and should have that out in a little while. Meanwhile, you can amuse yourself with my other writings:
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Here's the Storify articles - Director's Cut:
How to Sell Your Book on the iBookstore - why does this work?My own experience strays from conventional "wisdom". iBookstore outsells every other outlet by 4-1. And I'll get into this below - the ke...
How to Beat Amazon at their own Game (or game Amazon...)Studies show that Amazon isn't what it used to be. Statistics are doing their usual song-and-dance, but tell that the big box giant may b...
John Locke, bogus reviews, scams, and the Indie WriterOf course, you can't pass a car wreck without slowing down to look - that's what makes "news". And the review industry has a massive pile...
John Locke - the "asterisked" legacy of a million-seller authorYes, I bought his how-to book. No, it's not as good as his fiction. Practically, he mainly just gamed the system as it existed at the tim...
How to Tweet Your Booksales Up, or Like or Plus them there.Social Media is touted by many as the way Indie Authors can get fast recognition and booksales. They're part-right, only. Social media is...
Quitting-your-day-job thoughts? Ebook publishing tips, first.Maybe just a little soon, you're thinking. On the other hand, maybe this is just the "kick-in-the-pants" you need. I mean, people are mak...
How to Market Your Kindle ebook with Free Stuff, Bundles, and GiftingMarketing ebooks leaves me swimming in data to research. Like jumping out of one rabbit hole and into another one. Today we're talking li...
What do Indie Authors have to know about SEO?Just a few short links this morning. This stuff gets technical real fast. But if you had any questions, this might be a simple grounding...
Amanda Hocking - How To Become a 28 year-old Indie SuccessWhen you look up at the heights of the million-book sellers, you have to want to know how they did it. John Locke wrote a book about it, ...
How to Sell A Million BooksStep by step lessons from CJ Lyons on how to get your million books sold. Just wanted to get these into one place so everyone can find ...
How to improve your Indie book - checklists, guides, advice.Just a round-up of advisements and recommendations I've found recently - hope your self-publishing is going marvelously.
How and Why to Blog First, Then Self-Publish Your BookQuite simple, really: you are already (or should be) blogging as a natural extension of your writing (at least posting to Wattpad...) So ...
How to Build An Audience for Your BooksThere's as many recipes for building an audience as there are successful authors. That said, there are common points which keep showing u...
How Money Changes Hands in Self-PublishingOk, so we are on the cusp of some severe paradigm shifts (means hold on, things are changing real quick these days...) What's the vital p...
How to Market Your Self-Published BooksThe trick with self-publishing is to realize - as has been true all the time - authors do all the heavy-lifting in book sales. Your agent...
Self-Publishers Need a Book Agent? Really?What is it exactly that "literary agents" do again? Oh, they take a percentage of your income to make sure you are represented by book pu...
Why Self-Publishing on Kobo's Writing Life Makes SenseJust discovered this site recently and was very impressed. If you already have a epub file, it's simpler than anything else to get it upl...
Self-publishing authors: How to treat your email and blogThere's promotion to do to and for your buyers, your readers. Keep a blog, get your readers to subscribe into your email - and enjoy each...
Getting Started in Self-Publishing Your BooksThere's a great deal being said about this area. My own books on Lulu - http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/robertworstell (shameful self-prom...
Once again, have fun with all this - that's what it's meant for.
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