10 Sneaky Author Hacks for Draft2Digital
Whether you’re a D2D veteran or a fresh-from-the-book newbie, there are a few sneaky tricks and hacks that you may not have heard of, and that might just make your author life a little easier. Take a look at our 10 sneaky author hacks below. 1. Secure Off-site Backup…
10 Low- or No-Budget Ways to Promote Your Book
Promoting and marketing your books is vital to success. After all, readers can’t flock to you if they don’t know you exist. But promotion can be expensive, and all that overhead comes out of your pocket. Here are 10 ways to promote your book, even if you have no…
Making Yourself the Brand
With the epic growth of indie publishing, many authors find themselves struggling with how to differentiate their work and their brand in a sea of similar books. This presents a marketing challenge that can be difficult to overcome—impacting everything from the choice…
Writing to Your Goals
This week’s guest post on writing to your goals comes to you from Shivani Bhargava, CEO and Founder of TheRightMargin. Remember when you grew up having Romantic notions about what made good writing? Something like… I have to be…
Author Overhead, Pt. 2
Last time we talked about three very important bits of overhead that are essentially unavoidable in the author business. They may seem basic, but it turns out they’re a bit more complex than most authors imagine. This week we’re going to look at the scams and…
Author Overhead, Pt. 1
One of the burdens shouldered by indie authors is the overhead of the business. With a traditional publishing contract, some of that overhead is mitigated. The author isn’t asked to cover overhead and pay directly for cover design, layout, or distribution—though…
