by bookshepherd_admin | Mar 17, 2020 | Book Industry News, Book Marketing, Books, Publishing, Shipping Books
Since last year, I, along with others, have been scratching our heads on what to do about Amazon … the Advantage program has been on hold since last May — it was the single, easiest way to get the non-POD version of a book up on Amazon and start the marketing process....
by bookshepherd_admin | Jul 24, 2018 | amazon, Book Marketing
In January, I created the full draft of my book, How to Create a $1,000,000 Speech … based on my years (40 of them) on the platform. Fifty states, 20 countries, over $2,000,000 in direct book sales, and $3,000,000 in speaking fees. In March, the title was with lots on...
by bookshepherd_admin | Jun 3, 2017 | amazon, Book Marketing
Amazon Customer Care Tip: the phone # to call is 866-216-1072. It will direct you to an overseas contact. When I called for help on something for my Unplugged event, I hit two obstacles: 1-she was hard to understand with her accent; 2-there was so much background, it...
by bookshepherd_admin | May 16, 2017 | amazon
DANGER, AUTHOR … DANGER, AUTHOR … DANGER, AUTHOR Heads up authors … when you sell your book as the author/publisher, you may no longer be at the top of the list of buy choices! Three of my clients have reported in writing that they have been...
by bookshepherd_admin | Apr 22, 2017 | Kick Butt Author Tips
DO NOT register for Extended Distribution on Amazon’s CreateSpace for Your Book CreateSpace has an option in their distribution page that offers to make your book available to bookstores and libraries. REPEAT: DO NOT check the box to have your books sold into...
