Self Publishing? What’s Your Newsletter Plan? — Part One
One way we can keep our readers from one book to the next is to start a “new release” newsletter. But first, we have to know the best practices for newsletters.
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Self Publishing? What’s Your Plan to Keep Readers? — Part Five
One way we can keep our readers from one book to the next is to encourage them to connect with us or our stories. Bonus content on our website is one way to create engaged readers.
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Self Publishing? What’s Your Plan to Keep Readers? — Part Four
One way to keep readers interested in our writing is to hook them with an excerpt to our next story at the end of our book. But there are times an excerpt could hurt our sales. When is it a good idea to include an excerpt—and when is it not?
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Self Publishing? What’s Your Plan to Keep Readers? — Part Three
Links in the back of our book can lead to our other books or to a mailing list signup. But the internet is fluid and websites and pages change. How can we make sure our links won’t go bad?
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Self Publishing? What’s Your Plan to Keep Readers? — Part Two
If readers like our books, they might want to check out our other stories. Let’s take a look at our options for using buy links to increase the chances that they’ll purchase our work…
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Self Publishing? What’s Your Plan to Keep Readers?
Once we get a reader to check out one of our books, we want to hold onto them and keep them as a reader. Let’s take a look at our options for retaining readers…
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Self Publishing? What’s Your Pricing Plan? — Let’s Talk Freebies!
As writers and as readers, we’ve probably noticed the many ebooks offered for free and wondered why anyone would do all that work for nothing in return. My monthly guest post at Janice Hardy’s Fiction University explores the benefits and risks of freebies.
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Self Publishing? What’s Your Pricing Plan? — Part Two
If we’re looking into self-publishing, we’ve probably seen conflicting advice about how much to charge for our work. My monthly guest post over at Janice Hardy’s Fiction University digs deeper into the pros and cons of pricing low.
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Self-Publishing? What’s Your Pricing Plan?
Self-publishing advice often centers on how much we should charge for our work, and the advice often conflicts. My monthly guest post over at Janice Hardy’s Fiction University is digging deeper into our options for our pricing strategy and why we might want to make each choice.
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Self-Publishing? What’s Your Release Plan?
A common question among those getting ready to indie publish is “Should I use pre-orders or just publish right away?” My monthly guest post over at Janice Hardy’s Fiction University is digging deeper into our options for our release schedule and talking about the pros and cons for each choice.
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