Updated post as of 11/11/18! Read how one old story was given new life - three times! I wanted to give you an example of a rejected project that nagged at me until I finally sat down and rewrote it in Scrivener, converted it to an ePub, then released it as a novella out into the world. This is how I gave an old story new life. The Christmas Thief, a cozy mystery, started off years ago as a … [Read more...] about How to Give an Old Story New Life
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Nine FREE Ways to Market Books
If you're like me, you're always scouring for ways to help readers find and fall in love with your books. Do free ways to market books still exist? You bet. Here are NINE Free Ways to Market Books: BookBub: Claim your author page at BookBub. Whenever one of your books releases, BookBub will likely send a notice out to your followers. (Be sure to funnel as many followers to BookBub ahead of time … [Read more...] about Nine FREE Ways to Market Books
How To Create Book Covers Using Power Point
This is a super helpful guest post by Author Nancy Moser. Here she teaches you how to create book covers using Power Point. Here's Nancy: Whoever thought you could use Power Point to make book covers? It’s not hard at all. I used this method to create covers for 21 of my books. Here is how to create book covers using Power Point - Paperback PREP WORK: For print you need an ISBN. You can take … [Read more...] about How To Create Book Covers Using Power Point
How to Publish a Book on Amazon: A Quick Start Guide
In this quick-start guide, I teach you how to publish a book on Amazon. (Note: as of Feb 2024, I am updating this guide. If you sign up, you will receive the revised version in your inbox soon!) This post assumes you have written, edited, and proofed your book. In other words, you are ready to GO. If you’re not there yet, no worries! Go ahead and read through the guide, because you’ll be needing … [Read more...] about How to Publish a Book on Amazon: A Quick Start Guide