by bookshepherd_admin | Apr 30, 2016 | Kick Butt Author Tips
Libraries are Authors’ FRIENDS … what are you doing to connect and support it? How about:Find out how your local library orders books. Libraries may have small budgets for new book purchases and share copies through their local library network.Visit your local library...
by bookshepherd_admin | Apr 26, 2016 | Writing Success, Writing Tip
There is no reason to create/invent new-new material for every social media platform or product you put your fingers on. A book that was written a few years ago can be cut up, combined with new information and re-introduced—new title, new ISBN, new descriptions, new...
by bookshepherd_admin | Apr 23, 2016 | Kick Butt Author Tips
How are you selling your books? Just waiting the Amazon order? If you are, you are shooting your book in its pages. There are distribution options beyond online retailers and brick-and-mortar shops. Have you:Created your own website and sell your book there.Summer is...
by bookshepherd_admin | Apr 19, 2016 | Book Marketing, Publishing Predators
Be careful of what is known as a “pitch fest.” Pitched to newbie authors as education, they are really designed to lure them in (and their credit cards) to buy, buy, buy and buy some more. What are they buying? Products, services, trainings—you name it. Pitch fests...
by bookshepherd_admin | Apr 16, 2016 | Kick Butt Author Tips
Authors deal with a variety of contracts … here’s a couple of tips to add to your radar screen:Know the Difference between Exclusive and Nonexclusive ContractsDon’t give everything away. I get it—you are thrilled that a publisher (or anyone) is interested in your...