Reading Time: 5 minutesI talk to a lot of authors who want to know how to get book reviews on Amazon, and for what it’s worth I get this question from authors with 50+ reviews, and authors with zero reviews – and for good reason – there’s a lot more to reviews than...
Reading Time: 5 minutesBook promotion on Amazon is important, but it’s more important to do things right, otherwise you’re just losing money and getting discouraged. Ever since Amazon opened up their ads to everyone, we’ve seen a flood of authors start up ad campaigns...
Reading Time: 6 minutesI talk to a lot of authors at events, in coaching sessions, even to some who reach out to work with us, who want to know how to sell self-published books without bowing down to the Amazon beast. And I get it. Even though I’m a big proponent of...
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt’s easy to overlook your prior books, but Amazon is a bit unforgiving – so when it comes to promoting a book on Amazon, remember that everything matters. And I do mean everything. Amazon vs. Google In many respects, promoting a book on Amazon...
Reading Time: 2 minutes In this book marketing podcast episode, we discuss the perils of bad covers, how to potentially fix them and how to find a cover designer that won’t cost you a fortune before you launch your book. Last November, Written Word Media did a survey...