by Penny Sansevieri | Apr 17, 2019 | Bestseller Essentials
Reading Time: 5 minutesNot everyone may say it, but it’s in everybody’s dreams to see their published books on a shelf in a independent bookstores. This desire is justified: obviously, every one of us wants to go down in history as a person who wrote a bestseller or...
by Penny Sansevieri | Apr 16, 2019 | Bestseller Essentials, Book Marketing Basics
Reading Time: 5 minutesHaving a good website is something many authors struggle with, which I understand, but the effect it can have on your book sales cannot be ignored. Maybe you’ve been plugging away at your book promotion for a while, or perhaps you’re just...
by Penny Sansevieri | Mar 27, 2019 | Amazon Updates & Marketing Tips, Bestseller Essentials
Reading Time: 9 minutesWe always talk about Amazon Optimization – keywords, and categories, and while all of this is important one of the biggest overlooked area on Amazon is your Amazon Author Central Page. And now it’s Spring and as we begin to shake off the winter...
by Penny Sansevieri | Dec 18, 2018 | Bestseller Essentials, Book Marketing Basics
Reading Time: 5 minutesDear indie author. The new year is freshly upon us along with our book marketing efforts. Let me take this time to let you in on things NOT to do in 2019. Mistake #1: Stealing ideas from other authors Okay, this isn’t as nefarious as it sounds...
by Penny Sansevieri | Dec 5, 2018 | Amazon Updates & Marketing Tips, Bestseller Essentials, Book Marketing Basics
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Amazon pre-order option for KDP authors (Kindle Direct Publishing has really helped level the playing field between traditionally published authors and those who have self-published through KDP. Let’s look at how this can benefit your Amazon...
by Penny Sansevieri | Nov 6, 2018 | Bestseller Essentials
Reading Time: 5 minutesIt’s an exciting time to be an author, especially as we’ve just entered NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). But whether you’re attempting to write a novel in a month, or you’re just plodding along, trying to finish the book you started...
