by Andy Updegrove | May 27, 2019 | Guest Post, Promotion
In an industry as diverse as publishing, it’s no wonder that book marketing comes in all different shapes and sizes — which means that there’s a lot of differing advice out there when it comes to which actions to take. As a self-published author, you might be familiar...
by Andy Updegrove | Apr 14, 2018 | Book Five, Promotion
I’ve been blogging for quite a while now, beginning at my other blog way back in 2003. I posted my first book a chapter at a time over there, where thousands of readers read each weekly chapter. When I published the book, I looked forward to great sales and...
by Andy Updegrove | Oct 5, 2017 | My Writing, Promotion
Over the last ten years, literally hundreds of services have sprung up that send daily newsletters featuring discount and free ebooks to subscribers. The king of them all is BookBub, with millions of subscribers. Unfortunately, unless you’ve written a real best...
by Andy Updegrove | Aug 10, 2017 | My Writing, Promotion, SelfPublishing
The book promotion landscape is vast, confusing and opaque. Worse, almost no service providers provide any metrics to inform an Indie author whether the provider’s service will produce books, or simply transfer promotional dollars from the author’s pocket...
by Andy Updegrove | Jul 30, 2017 | Book Reviews, My Writing, Promotion
My latest book, The Turing Test is out, and the first reviews are in. Here are a few samples from the reviews (all five star) posted at Amazon so far: Beyond any shadow of doubt, ‘The Turing Test’ is a worthy addition to the Frank Adversego series and more...
by Andy Updegrove | Dec 13, 2016 | My Writing, Promotion, SelfPublishing
While I regularly run discount promotions on my books, I haven’t run a free one in years. The reason? It’s mostly a road to nowhere when you only have one book. At most, you can hope that someone will read that book and recommend it to a friend. But with...
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