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Free Twitter Chat Event for Authors on Jan 31

Twitter Chat for Authors

You’re invited to a special Twitter chat event on 1/31/12: How to Drive Buyers for Your Book, In Droves! This event is hosted by Anita Campbell’s team at Small Biz Trends. I will be one of the guest contributors along with John Locke, author of “How I Sold a Million eBooks on Amazon in 5

Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) Select Program and Why I Won’t Participate

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Amazon recently announced its KDP Select program, which invites publishers and authors to make their Kindle books available via Amazon’s lending program. Amazon users who participate in the book lending program (via Amazon’s Prime service, an annual subscription program), will have an “exclusive” list of titles to choose from–all at no additional cost to the

Small Business Book Awards – Enter Now!

Small Business Book Awards

The smart folks at Small Biz Trends are hosting their fourth annual Small Business Book Awards contest. Nominations will be accepted until January 31, and this event is for books published last year. Whether you win the contest or not, this is a great chance to get some exposure for your business book! Details for

How to Read a Document on Your Kindle

I read a lot of manuscripts and reports so figuring out how to view them on my Kindle was a life-saver! Amazon allows you to email documents including Word docs, HTML files, and Jpgs to your Kindle and convert them for easy reading. Note that PDFs aren’t guaranteed to convert properly, though they have always

The Ebook Market Explosion and Why Print Books Aren’t Dead

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USA Today just ran an interesting article on the surge of ebook purchases after the holiday season. Based on USA Today’s book best seller’s list, immediately after the holidays 42 of the 50 top selling books were selling more ebooks than their printed counterparts. It seems that readers with their shiny new Kindle Fires and

Why You Should List Your Book for Pre-Sale Before it Comes Off the Press

Own Your Niche: Internet marketing and social media book by Stephanie Chandler

I’m often asked by authors if it makes sense to hold a pre-sale and in most cases the answer is a resounding YES. My latest book (Own Your Niche: Hype-Free Internet Marketing Tactics to Establish Authority in Your Field and Promote Your Service-Based Business) will be released in February, but the pre-sale went live last

The “Write” Way to Enhance Your Business: How to Hone Your Writing Skills for Professional Success

The sales letter you can’t put down…the advertising copy that makes you want the product…the resume that prompts you to call the job candidate this second…all these are examples of exceptional business writing. While you certainly know good writing when you see it, can you write with the same pizzazz the professionals use to hold