Mark Mapstone | Credible Ink

Amazon Ads in Germany, Italy, France, & Spain

Dec 19, 2019 | after

One small leap for man. One giant leap for mankind! I jumped in with both eyes closed and completed my first German AMS Ad! If it wasn’t for Google Translate*, I wouldn’t have gotten through the signup process. Luckily, it connected through my UK login and...

Customer Psychology and Key Dates for Fiction Book Publishing

Dec 15, 2019 | after

Thinking of Publishing in July? November? Maybe Easter? Think again. Don’t make decisions based on ‘hunches’. Make them based on data. And if you haven’t published yet and need some evidence, use mine. Above is a chart of my AMS ad spend...

Shocka! eBooks Sales Are Down! And Why This Is Very Wrong

Dec 9, 2019 | after

Audiobook sales are up and eBook sales are down according to The Times. Full article here but due to The Times paywall barrier you can read more about this on the Independent article. But more importantly, is this true? Yes and no. tl;dr: We don’t really know...

The Best Free Book on Writing Craft by Philip K Dick

Dec 4, 2019 | Blog

If you ever write, or see writing where, arms reach, shoulders shrug, eyes follow, hands roam, lips pucker, or eyebrows bunch, Philip K Dick has the perfect solution for you. This short and sweet text is the perfect lesson to discover short-comings in your writing, or...

Fixing Fiction: What to do if your story has too many protagonists

Dec 1, 2019 | editing, Writing

Your story has multiple protagonists and you’re in trouble. You can’t figure out how to juggle these characters to make the story work. What do you do? Luckily, you don’t have as big a problem as you think. *phew* Read on… To decide who is your protagonist, you...