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Becoming a self-published author doesn’t stop with writing.
When the big day arrives and your book is ready for sale, you need a plan for selling online books. Typically, that starts with cultivating a list of loyal readers or a street team who will happily review and promote your books.
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In this article, we profile famous authors who self-published their work. When you look at famous authors on the New York Times bestseller list, it’s hard to believe some didn’t instantly find their way to success. Instead, some went the self-published route first and found traditional publishing fame later, writing their self-publishing success stories. These …
Many authors wonder: should I self-publish? In this article, best-selling indie author Mark O’Neill offers his take. They say everyone has a book in them. Still, for many people, the idea of hiring a literary agent and hawking their precious manuscript or book proposal to countless publishers doesn’t hold much appeal. After all, with the …
Do you have a book idea? Here are 5 steps to succeed with self-publishing on Amazon. If you have a book idea you might think you first need to get a traditional publisher to offer you a publishing contract. That then leads you to think about hiring an agent. But before you jump down through …
Discover how to become an author in our step-by-step guide. I wanted to become an author since I was five, but I didn’t take writing books seriously until my thirties. I spent far more time talking about writing than writing. It was only after learning how to write every day that I finally wrote and …
Before you can publish a book or sign a contract, you’ll need a synopsis that someone can review. Here, we explain what is a synopsis and how to write one. In writing, a synopsis can be a helpful tool to use to state your main plot in a brief manner. Yet a synopsis is more detailed than just a brief summary of the main …