Self-Publishing Tips, Information & Advice

Information, tips and advice for authors wanting to self-publishing an ebook, market an ebook, find a publisher, or just fans of good literature.

Using Social Media to Promote Your ebook

by Deek Webb January 1, 2012
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  Unless you’re lucky, you have heard of Facebook and twitter and other social media sites. As intrusive as these phenomenons are to people’s personal lives, they are great tools to promote your ebook.  For every follower and friend you exponentially grow the possible number of future customers.   Facebook fan Pages are a great [...]

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Using your website to Promote your eBook(s)

by Deek Webb January 1, 2012
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  The most important thing you need to realize when selling your ebook is that you also have to market it.  If you have the time and money your can create your own with services like goddaddy or hostgator.  In addition your brand (the author) is just as important to promote.  If you want to [...]

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Tips for Designing Cover Art for Your ebook

by Deek Webb January 1, 2012
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  How important is your book cover?  In one word – Very!  (Here’s a blog post giving you 5 reasons why) Selecting the visual representation is the first thing a potential reader will see.  It gives your work a professional look to it and is an advertisement of what your book is about.  Fortunately one [...]

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Where to start when self-publishing Your ebook

by Deek Webb December 22, 2011
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When I first approached the idea of self-publishing my work, I found that the first decision to make is how you will distribute it.  Now you can use Amazon.com’s Kindle Direct Publishing or Barnes and Noble’s PubIT! and upload it yourself.  The downside is that you will only get around  30% commission (for the worthwhile [...]

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