by Andy Updegrove | Dec 5, 2015 | Blogging, Promotion, SelfPublishing, Writing
When I released my first book four years ago, I wasn’t convinced I needed an author site. After all, an Amazon Author Page includes most of the basic elements needed to establish a web presence, and it’s free to boot. I decided to build one anyway for the...
by Andy Updegrove | Oct 6, 2015 | Promotion, SelfPublishing, Writing
For years now, the prevailing wisdom in self-publishing has been that periodically pricing a book at free for a few days is a great way to build an audience. More recently, many authors are reporting that giving away thousands of free copies of a book has almost no...
by Andy Updegrove | Sep 28, 2015 | My Writing, Promotion, SelfPublishing
Over the last several months I’ve been trying, and reporting on, my success with various paid promotions. This week I’m running a blitz of promotions with the book available for free. Why not download a copy right now here? If you’re so inclined,...
by Andy Updegrove | Sep 13, 2015 | Promotion, SelfPublishing
About a month ago I posted a piece on trying out the various book sale promotion sites that are available, and promised to report back on progress. Here are some preliminary findings, as well as an example of one I have running today at Free Kindle Books and Tips so...
by Andy Updegrove | Aug 12, 2015 | Promotion, SelfPublishing
Yesterday I set up a little experiment to see whether paying for press releases can prove to be worthwhile for authors seeking to promote their books. The experiment was based on a press release I wrote, and issued through PRLog.org, one of the established press...
by Andy Updegrove | Aug 11, 2015 | Promotion, SelfPublishing
Self-publishing is full of mug’s games (that’s Brit-speak for ways to take suckers in). Sometimes it even seems that there are more people trying to exploit self-published writers than there are Indie-authors. Is selling press releases another one of them?...
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