Who are the first customers to buy our self published e-books? Friends, family, and the occasional acquaintance. Why? Because they can say, “I know the author!” But, how can we broaden our reading audience and increase our e-book sales? There are many ways; however, one of the most prevalent platforms today is by utilizing social media. As writers in today’s market, we’re told that in order to sell books, we should blog and join Twitter… read more →
As authors, we spend countless hours in front of the computer and our notebooks researching, writing, and editing our manuscripts to perfection. Once we’re ready to sell our book we’re faced with the countless struggles between traditional publishing and self publishing. Self publishing is growing more and more prevalent as the days pass by. We see cases of extreme success with self publishing authors such as Amanda Hocking selling 450,000 copies of her novels in twelve… read more →