Marketing is the process of promoting your brand or product. Selling is giving a product or service in exchange for a reward, usually money. So in a nutshell, selling is a result of marketing. If your book is on Amazon, you want to market or promote your book while Amazon wants to sell it. Which is a result of your marketing efforts. IE: you put up social media blurbs to let people become aware of your book and refer them to Amazon to…
People come and go as writers, as in any profession. The successful ones are tenacious. They are not the best qualified. The most intelligent. The most proficient. They are the most PERSISTENT! To become a skilled craftsman in any endeavor takes 10,000 hours learning and application. If you’re putting in 30 hours a week, that is 333 weeks or almost 6.5 years. The shortcut: Hire professional assistance in areas your lacking. Do it yourself method: Education. Read everything on the subject. Join writers groups….
Where to start? I first publish to Createspace and order a proof copy. They are Amazon’s back-end for self-publishers. If you haven’t bought an ISBN number they will assign you one for free. By this time, I’ve done several rewrites, run grammar checkers and read a self-printed hard copy. When my proof copy arrives, I go through it to make sure the formatting is correct and looking for additional grammar and spelling errors. The grammar checkers I use are the free versions of…
Writers, never seem to have enough time to devote to their craft, unless it’s a full-time business. Time management is the key. I’ve looked at a lot of programs and tried a few. Ridgid schedules don’t work. There are always tasks creeping in and stealing my time. The stress and frustration overwhelm. Here’s what works for me; Have a loose idea of what you want done that week. Before going to bed, think about what you what to accomplish the following day. Getting…
If you’re a Burning Writer, this blog is the indie self-publishing author’s resource center: writing publishing marketing designing editing Whether you’re a published or unpublished writer, you’re in the right place. I write, self-publish and sell books! No, upsell to courses, add-ons, or paid information. I’m a firm believer that anyone with the right resources can self-publish their works for Free. When I’m not writing, I’m researching information and now sharing what I discover. Please comment on my posts and tell me what…