Five Ways to Make Better Book Profits

Here we are all for better book profits for non-fiction authors, with fewer costs; that’s what it’s all about, really.  So first we’ll knock off some easy wins and then move onto advanced methods. 1. Keep your Book Production Costs Low My first tip for better book profits is keeping production costs low in the first place. This may mean using a Book Design template and learning styles in Adobe InDesign*, or simply keeping production costs to a minimum by getting three editing quotes from editors with testimonials. The other way to save costs is to use Print on Demand, ordering a small number of personal author copies, like ten, rather than ordering in bulk from a printer (conceivably less per copy, but with a much higher risk). Making better royalties also depends on the LENGTH of your book and black-and-white versus full…
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How to Price an eBook on-Site – Pricing Tests

When we think of an eBook these days, we might have two poor conceptions: one, a dime-a-dozen guide which is offered as a carrot to get opt ins, or two, a poorly-edited ebook cheaply made and thrown onto Amazon in the hopes of sales. So how do you create an eBook of worth and stand out when 1,500-odd ebooks are loaded on Amazon every DAY? And the pundits at Mill City Press are saying: “ebooks shorter than 50,000 words are generally expected to be priced under $2.99″(!) How do you get back your time and money, when the average self-published ebook is priced around $3, shared 70:30 with Amazon?  Many are wondering the same. The answer lies in finding the sweet spot in pricing, with a sales page or video page full of benefits and NO OTHER COMPETITION. Why Run Price…
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Book Marketing

Build a Prospect List with Lead Magnets and Other Content

Are you aware that almost 90% of your real website traffic likely wants something similar to what you offer, but after visiting your site, goes away, unconvinced?  Would you like to know how to make a simple offering (a ‘lead magnet’) and get people jumping onto your email list? Not only that, how about keeping them happy and marketing to them in future?  Sound good? Marketing takes a lot of time to build relationships and trust. Sometimes we find ourselves without that time or we just cannot talk to everyone visiting our site. So filtering leads and building relationships on automatic pilot becomes a priority.  Plus, content marketing and email marketing are scalable. Firstly though, what do you have to offer online? Help Others Relate to You… Building Value Do you think that if people have 21 chances to see…
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5-Minute Book Marketing for Authors – by Penny Sansevieria

As a harried author/editor, I appreciate that ‘5-Minute Book Marketing for Authors’ uses a simple and fast-read format. Penny explains how to get great reviews, legal ones, on Amazon. If you have no email list at all, the first part of her advice might leave you despondent, however there are other options laid out for the intrepid author. I do feel that Penny, having been a multiple top-selling marketing author for many years, gives the depth of advice and honest opinions which novices seek. The book’s content is quite heavily biased to Amazon, which suits many, but I need an all-round approach. That’s why I enjoyed the chapters on author website, social media and newsletters. (I’m the kind of idiot that designs my own website, against the advice of Penny). I don’t do free eBook promotions as a rule, but after…
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Why Create an Author Blog?

There are so many claims on your time as an author, including marketing, speaking, possibly organising book production, and researching future books. So why would you commit to running an author blog as well? Many writers, including those writers at Blog Chicks, share their daily joys and trials freely in their blog, as well as engage with their book readers. But for us authorpreneurs, we want to give great value and attract really specific readers to our message. The message behind your books is important; it goes beyond just one book at one time. Your people are looking for information that will answer a query and put their minds at rest, or fill them with hope to achieve their dreams. Your main aim may be to make your book a success. But in order to do that, you first need an audience. An audience can…
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Connecting your Book Titles to You for Better Google Visibility

This post is about Google’s ‘Knowledge Graph’, aka beautiful author and book plates that show up in title searches. Yes, us authors always moan about having to buy an ISBN. Relax, you are going to love this secret I found out. Multiple book authors with ISBNs get the Google star treatment! The benefits of having your own ISBN at Thorpe Bowker: It is yours to keep up to date (not a publisher you can’t get hold of), you get to inform library suppliers and so help along sales, You can assign a library discount, discounts to retail, and You may be assigned a section by Google which matches your ISBNs to you and brings up a special box with all your books in it when someone does an exact title search on Google. I love that bit the most!  Find below…
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