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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Amazon.com Finesse Your Author Profile Page

03/11/08 Finesse Your Author Profile Page Once you have your AmazonConnect Page up and running take a look at your Author Profile Page. It has a drop down menu that allows you to set your viewing parameters. you can view your profile as "the author", as a "friends" and as "everyone". If you are... Sign in to see full entry.

Current Discounts by Self Publishers

03/11/08 Two publishers are currently offering discounts for their publishing contracts. If you are considering signing for a self publishing package you may want to look at these. http://www.booksurge.com/ Booksurge has just upgraded their author royalties to 35% for sales through online retail... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, March 9, 2008

Amazon's AmazonConnect

03/09/08 When your ISBN is assigned and your book is out, one of the market's you should consider very seriously is Amazon.com. With over a million titles available, Amazon has become one of the world's largest book sellers. Amazon US is directly linked to Amazon UK. One of the strengths of this... Sign in to see full entry.

Scheduling My First Book Signing

03/09/08 Hello everyone, I took a break for a few days to rest and recharge, having a week off work was nice and I got alot of things accomplished along with my resting, reading and writing. I also spent more time up on amazon as I am getting to know their site. I have been tracking my book on... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Book Covers and Graphic Art

03/04/08 I'm finishing up my upgrades on my Amazon.com webpage. As soon as I finish this next section I will be posting more Amazon Book Selling Info. In the Interim I thought for those of you who are putting together picture books, children's books or looking for alternatives to Self Publishing... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 3, 2008

Getting Listed with Amazon

03/03/08 This is the beginning of my Amazon.com information. There are several books that will give you far more detail than I'll be covering so you may want to consider them. One book is "Sell your book on Amazon" author Brent Sampson ISBN 1-4327-0196-7 This book packs alot of information into an... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, February 28, 2008

The benefit of a 40% Wholesale to Retail Margin

02/28/08 In my earlier posts I mentioned the spread and effects you must consider when setting your discount "Margin". I want to go over this one more time, rather quickly. Your publisher is going to make your manuscript into a book. There is the actual production cost of the book and then your... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

After the Euphoria comes the Grind.

02/26/08 After the Euphoria comes the Grind. When one of my daughter's called and giggling told me to check Amazon, I thought she was being her somewhat normal unorthodox self. Hours later while up on Amazon.com looking for books I typed in my book title and sat there stunned, a skeleton listing for... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, February 25, 2008

More on Marketing

02/24/08 As you can tell I've been away for a bit. I've been engrossed in learning everything I never wanted to know about book marketing. I am a writer, a story teller, and a poet. Keeping up my writing habit and researching submission markets keeps me busy enough, adding book marketing research on... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Poetry and Short Fiction Contests/Awards/Publishers

02/18/08 Just a short post. I have had several comments from people who just write poetry. The following sites may be of interest. These listings all deal with Poetry and several also take short fiction. These are Conventional Presses and they do offer payment (sometimes only in copies). They are... Sign in to see full entry.

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