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Plagiarism, Copyright and Is Piracy Really a Problem for Authors?

Plagiarism, Copyright and Is Piracy Really a Problem for Authors?

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Jul 8, 2019 | Independent Publishing, Promotion, Strategy

Plagiarism, Copyright and Is Piracy Really a Problem for Authors? Find out what you can do if your book is pirated.

How to Use Bookbub to Sell More Books with David Gaughran

How to Use Bookbub to Sell More Books with David Gaughran

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | May 20, 2019 | Advertising, Independent Publishing, Promotion

Learn how BookBub can help you as a reader and how BookBub ads can help any author sell more books.

How to Use Your Book’s Back Matter to Sell More Books

How to Use Your Book’s Back Matter to Sell More Books

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Mar 25, 2019 | Book Design, Independent Publishing, Promotion, Publishing

Learn how to use your book’s back matter to sell more books and grow your email list.

Amazon Book Ads – Everything You Need to Know with Brian Berni

Amazon Book Ads – Everything You Need to Know with Brian Berni

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Oct 9, 2018 | Advertising, Business Advice, Independent Publishing, Promotion, Publishing

Amazon Book Ads – Everything You Need to Know – Date

How To Set up Pre-Orders for Your Indie Book

How To Set up Pre-Orders for Your Indie Book

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Aug 7, 2018 | Independent Publishing, Promotion, Publishing

When should indie authors offer a preorder on Amazon, and when is it a bad idea? An indie author answers and shares how to set up a preorder.

Amazon Book Ads – Everything You Need to Know with Brian Berni

148 – How to Get Libraries to Buy Your Indie Book, with Lacy Williams

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Jul 31, 2018 | Independent Publishing, Promotion, Publishing

In this episode, we talk with Lacy Williams about how to get libraries to buy your indie books using services like Overdrive and Draft2Digital. 

How to Spot a Publishing Scam

How to Spot a Publishing Scam

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Jul 17, 2018 | Business Advice, Independent Publishing, PR, Promotion, Publishing, Traditional Publishing

In this Novel Marketing Podcast episode, we are going to talk about publishing scams and how to avoid them. Don’t get bamboozled by a charlatan!

Amazon Book Ads – Everything You Need to Know with Brian Berni

136 – How to Use K-lytics To Sell More Kindle eBooks

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | May 8, 2018 | Advertising, Independent Publishing, Promotion, Publishing

The more you understand how readers find,  and how and why they buy books on Amazon, the more books you’re going to sell. And to help us dive deep into the subject is today’s guest, Alex Newton, the CEO and Founder of K-Lytics.com

Amazon Book Ads – Everything You Need to Know with Brian Berni

133 – How to Find and Work with an Editor with Karen Ball

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Apr 17, 2018 | Independent Publishing, Publishing, Writing Craft

Good marketing helps a bad book fail faster. To succeed, you need a great book and for that, you need a great editor. In this episode, learn how to find and work with an exceptional editor with special guest Karen Ball.

How  Free Pulsing Can Help You Sell More Books with Jamie Foley

How Free Pulsing Can Help You Sell More Books with Jamie Foley

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Oct 25, 2017 | Advertising, Independent Publishing, Promotion, Strategy

Free pulsing is a special way to make your book free for one day that can dramatically boost book sales. But only if you do it correctly.

Book Cover Mistakes That Sabotage Sales

Book Cover Mistakes That Sabotage Sales

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Oct 18, 2017 | Book Design, Independent Publishing, Publishing

Any one of these 11 book cover mistakes could ruin all your other book marketing efforts. Learn how to avoid them.

10 Things Every Book Cover Needs

10 Things Every Book Cover Needs

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Oct 11, 2017 | Book Design, Independent Publishing, Publishing

Your book cover is your biggest marketing asset. It can make or break your book. In this episode, we discuss the necessary elements for a successful cover.

105 – How to Sell More Books With Amazon Ads 

105 – How to Sell More Books With Amazon Ads 

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Oct 4, 2017 | Advertising, Independent Publishing, Promotion, Publishing

In this episode, we a talk with best-selling author Lacy William about how she uses Amazon Advertisements to sell more books.

Amazon Book Ads – Everything You Need to Know with Brian Berni

104 – How to Independently Publish Your Book

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Sep 26, 2017 | Independent Publishing, Publishing

Here is a step by step overview of how to take your book from idea to reality.

Why Mastermind Groups Give Bestselling Authors an Edge and How to Start One

Why Mastermind Groups Give Bestselling Authors an Edge and How to Start One

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Jul 24, 2017 | Business Advice, Independent Publishing, Publishing, Traditional Publishing, Writing Craft

The right author mastermind group will accelerate your education, craft, and career. Find out how to start and run an effective mastermind group.

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