Month: October 2013

Claiming Your Book to Your Author Central Page Part 2

Last week, we showed you the shortcut method to claim a book to your Amazon.com Author Central page. If you missed that article, you can read it here. If you want to do it the more reliable way, we’ll show you that method today.

In order to claim a book to your Author Central page using this method, you must log in to your Author Central account. You can do that here: https://authorcentral.amazon.com/. Once you’re logged in, your home page will look like this:

Click on “to your bibliography” which I’ve highlighted in yellow above. That is where you will see this: Continue reading “Claiming Your Book to Your Author Central Page Part 2”

Sneak Peek: How I Sold 30,000 eBooks on Amazon’s Kindle

Today we have a sneak peek from How I Sold 30,000 eBooks on Amazon’s Kindle, the  self-publishing guidebook by bestselling author Martin Crosbie.

In February 2012 Martin Crosbie’s self-published eBook My Temporary Life hit Amazon’s top ten overall bestseller list. The next month Amazon posted a press release revealing that Crosbie had made $46,000 in one month, with one book. Previously to this, his novel was rejected one hundred and thirty times by traditional publishers and agents.

How I Sold 30,000 eBooks on Amazon’s Kindle-An Easy-To-Follow Self-Publishing Guidebook tells the story of how he became a full-time writer, detailing the specific steps he took to find and connect with his readers. Plus, it describes how to adjust and tweak your strategy as Amazon changes their systems.

How I Sold 30,000 eBooks on Amazon’s Kindle is available from Amazon US and Amazon UK.

Here is an excerpt from How I Sold 30,000 eBooks on Amazon’s Kindle …

Continue reading “Sneak Peek: How I Sold 30,000 eBooks on Amazon’s Kindle”

MORE BLOOD: Destroyer Fan-Fic Anthology

Attention Destroyer fans! Warren Murphy is publishing a second anthology of fan-written short stories and artwork. Stories can be serious or funny, must be Destroyer-themed (although they don’t have to feature any of the main characters), PG-13, and limited to 7500 words. Please send submissions and questions about artwork specs to [email protected].

Prizes: Publication in anthology

Entry fee: Nothing. Zero. Nada.

Deadline is December 31, 2013. For more information, please visit their website.

Indies Unlimited is pleased to provide this contest information for the convenience of our readers. We do not, however, endorse this or any contest/competition. Entrants should always research a competition prior to entering.

Facebook No Longer #1 … For Teens

Twitter #1 platform for Teens
Source: Piper Jaffray

We write about it all the time in these posts. As authors, we must diversify our marketing. Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and the copious amounts of other options all play a role in connecting with our audience. Sometimes, we focus on one platform or another and spend most of our time there. That’s not a bad idea, unless that becomes your only platform. Continue reading “Facebook No Longer #1 … For Teens”