Or rather, how not to do it.The person I hired loaded my files into KDP. Then I held my breath and hit “Publish.” Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! First, I changed my mind about the subtitle. I unpublished the novel, removed the subtitle, and republished it. KDP...
On the verge of my first publication, I was preoccupied with many questions. Was my content up to snuff? Was the cover right? How do I market? And so on. If this might be you, sit down and take a deep breath before hitting “Publish,” or you might be...
Ah, Kindle Direct Press. It doesn’t discern quality—hence the billions of poorly crafted books filling cyberspace—but its bots do discern plagiarized material. I chose King James Bible verses for my novels because the language was so beautiful. And it was...
Your cover is your primary marketing tool, and everything else rides on it. Here’s how I got a great cover. I have two fine arts degrees, so I wanted a cover that was a work of art. Big mistake. For one, I wasn’t aware of current books in my genre or my...
“Advanced readers” read books before publication and prepare their reviews to coincide with the launch. That’s the theory, anyway. MISTAKE 1: First, my advanced readers needed longer than the six weeks I gave them: time to respond to the invitation,...
