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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...

An Idiots Guide to Advertising with Amazon Ads for Indie Authors

Mar 15, 2019 | after, skate

So you want to try Amazon Adverts and don’t know where to start. Or you do know where to start, but are so confused you need yet another blog post explaining it to get some objective clarity. You’ve come to (another) right place. I’m going to walk...

When exactly can one call themselves an Author?

Nov 3, 2018 | after, Escapeboard, skate

Yesterday I had a strange email arrive which I couldn’t quite believe. I thought it was a mistake, I dreaded the message behind the Subject line and reluctantly clicked on it. Before I tell you what was in that email, let me step back and tell you why this email...

Badass Book Cover Designs

Apr 27, 2018 | after

I have known about GoOnWrite book covers for a long time, but couldn’t recollect the name until I searched (hard) for it this morning. These covers are sooo good! I want them. In fact I love them so much, I don’t want to tell anyone about the site! I want...

Using Scrivener to create your Author pen name

Sep 2, 2017 | after

Not sure if anyone has done this before, but I’ve discovered the Scrivener name generator is brilliant for coming up with Author pen names. Select either gender, Forename initials only, and choose 2 initials from the dropdown. Punch the Generate Names button and...