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 31, 2013 | Publishing
Two weeks ago, I launched my second novel, Killing Freedom. Now, book launches are something of an enigma to both writers and bloggers, which of course makes it a fantastic topic for discussion. In this post, I want to dispel some of the most common myths surrounding...
by Ryan Casey | Jul 18, 2013 | Announcements, My Books
Hi all! In case you weren’t already aware, my new novel, Killing Freedom, is now available from Amazon on Kindle ($4.99/£2.99) and Paperback. Buy on Kindle // Buy on Paperback * Jared is good at making friends. He’s even better at killing them. When career...
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...