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...
by bookshepherd_admin | Jan 28, 2017 | Publishing at Sea
Today, I kicked off the morning with Author Success Tools and Tips. I went through the essential differences between traditional publishing and self-publishing. For me, it’s about Quality, Control, Timing and Money. Meaning how do you want your book to look and feel;...
by bookshepherd_admin | Sep 24, 2016 | Kick Butt Author Tips
There are always grumbles about Amazon … it takes too much … it controls everything … I don’t like Amazon. My response: get over it. When it comes to eBooks, Amazon is the eBook God for sales in North America. Stats always flow about eBook sales. Don’t...
