World’s Worst Query Letters and Book Proposals For December, 2020!
Oh, yes! We know you’re excited!! Today, we’re going to share another installment of our popular column, World’s Worst Query Letters and Book Proposals.
promotional pitfalls
Should You Use Booksniffer to Promote Your Book?
Read what the Alliance of Independent Authors has to say about Booksniffer.
BOOK PROFIT PRICING: How To Price Your Books For Maximum Profitability by Jennifer Brown Banks
3 things you MUST know to price your books for maximum profits.
Staging Your Zoom Background to Sell More Books! – by Ellen Scolnic and Joyce Eisenberg
Zoom meetings are becoming more common as a way to conduct business. Does your “background” say the wrong thing about you and your product/service?
Amazon is Screwing Over Authors and Publishers ONCE AGAIN!
Why in the world would Amazon let people who’d completely used and benefitted from a product “return” it for a full refund? I know why!
Submittable – Good for Writers…or Not?
Is Submittable a good deal for writers? We don’t think so. Here why…
“A publisher wants to charge me hundreds of dollars to ‘reprint’ something that is widely available for free online…”
“They’re quoting me hundreds of dollars to reproduce the text in my book. But, there are countless websites that have already quoted this exact text by that author…”
BarnesandNoble.com STILL Experiencing Problems after Massive Cyber Attack
While their main website is back up, they are still experiencing problems, including the inability to put up new ebooks…
“Do people actually buy children’s picture ebooks?”
Would YOU buy your child or grandchild an ebook for Christmas, or as a birthday gift?
ATTN: NEW AUTHORS – “Pre-sales” Only Work for iPhones and Stephen King
One author wrote to me this week saying her book was ready but that she wanted to “hold” the book until December 1st to get more people interested in it. I told her, “That type of product hype only works for iPhones and celebrity authors like Stephen King…”