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Free Course: Professional Self-Publishing and the Countdown to Book Launch™
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Comparison of Publishing Options and DIY vs Outsourcing
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Publishing Timelines
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Featured Articles
Book Launch Marketing Case Study—A Boob's Life by Leslie Lehr
How Leslie used email marketing to promote "A Boob's Life" • Using email vs social media • How Leslie finds ideas and inspiration for her...
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How Much to Charge When Pricing a Self-Published Book to Sell on Amazon
Three questions to ask yourself • Two questions that are irrelevant • Numbers and psychology • Amazon FAQs • Additional resources
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How-to Guides, Articles, and Interviews
Book Launch Marketing Case Study—A Boob's Life by Leslie Lehr
How Leslie used email marketing to promote "A Boob's Life" • Using email vs social media • How Leslie finds ideas and inspiration for her...
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Book Publishing Files and Formats: How to Protect Your Writing Investment
What are source files and why should you care • How to protect your investment • Seven common file formats • Three important things to...
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The 2021 Guide to Amazon Fees and Royalties for Kindle eBooks and KDP Print
How to calculate eBook delivery costs • How to calculate paperback manufacturing costs • How to calculate royalties and minimum selling prices • Examples and...
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10 Things Author-Publishers Should Know About Amazon Advantage
Is Advantage with $99 a year? • What do you get for your money? • Are there alternatives?
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Create and Manage the Perfect Amazon US and UK Author Central Page
Why Author Central is important • How to setup an account and key features • 2020 change: now manage all profiles from one location
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eBook Distribution for Indie-Publishers Using IngramSpark: A Case Study and Lessons Learned
Two reasons to choose IngramSpark as your eBook aggregator • Downside: pays only a 40% royalty • Case study: why we chose IngramSpark
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How to Use Comp Authors to Market Your Book
"...it’s easy to start perceiving other authors as your competition. But in fact, they’re some of the best allies you could ask for — and...
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How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Authors Write a Better Novel
"Marlowe can't teach someone how to write, but she can point out where even veteran authors miss the mark."
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