by Ryan Casey | Nov 24, 2013 | Marketing, Publishing
I’ve not talked about ebook pricing for a while and yet it continues to be something that both baffles and intrigues me on pretty much a weekly basis. There’s always one day in a week (at least) where I wonder if I’m pricing right. I tweak from time...
by Ryan Casey | Nov 19, 2013 | Marketing, Writing Advice
Controversial, against the general opinion posts are really in with me at the moment, right? After last week’s post talking about NaNoWriMo and how best to utilise it (as a motivational springboard to write more rather than a once a year excuse to write), I was...
by Ryan Casey | Nov 2, 2013 | Marketing, Publishing
Okay, so my blog post title is a little misleading. I’ve openly expressed my belief that KDP Select is still to this day a perfectly viable option for newer authors looking to make a start in independent publishing. Have I fallen out of love with it a little...
by Ryan Casey | Aug 21, 2013 | Marketing
Two weeks ago, I rather prematurely talked about the diminishing returns of KDP Select free promotions. I talked about an eventual rolling out of the KDP Select program, and why it isn’t even quite as important to newer authors as it once was. That said, I had a...
by Ryan Casey | Aug 7, 2013 | Marketing, Publishing
Part three, on KDP Select and BookBub, is available here. Several months ago, I hypothesised that the changes in Amazon’s affiliate terms and conditions would lead to the self-destruction of the KDP Select programme. While my hypothesis may have appeared a...
by Ryan Casey | Jul 4, 2013 | Marketing
A couple of months back, I wrote what was supposed to be the start of a three-part blog series on book marketing. It was intended as a sort of all-encompassing thing, covering the ins and outs of mailing lists, back matter, social media and blogging. I’ve had a...
