Amazon.com and Book Sales
Amazon.com is a huge store and it is an important place to get your book listed on. My book has been listed on Amazon.com for about 90 days, and I have noticed a few things now that In Search of…
Self-Publishing: Things You Need
If you want to see your book published there are lots of options out there. Some people suggest that you go through a traditional publisher, and some suggest that you should self-publish. This is something that each writer must decide…
Is Writing for a Living a Job? Do you Suffer If Making Money Is Hard?
I’ll ask this question today: If you are writing for a living and enjoying the process will it ever become a job? Would you feel that by making money you won’t suffer from others who complain you don’t have a true…
Why Writers Need To Know How To Market Their Own Books
It is all about selling a book, and this leads to a lot of writers simply assuming that they do not have to continue to market a book after it has been published. Marketing is a long-term process and one…
Be Specific When You Talk About Money and Writing
I wonder about the issue of money. I think that most writers want to have a successful writing career and sell some books. In fact many writers mention money as a “thing,” a byproduct of their writing. Writers are very general…
Do These Go Hand in Hand?: Making Money and Writing
The question seems to always come up, when you have published anything, a blog or a online article or even a book (or three) people inevitably ask, do you make money? Well in sense, yes I make money with my…
Traffic, Your Blogs and You
Recently I have had friendly debates with more than a few people about the nature of blogs. Many people look to blogs as a means for making money — and there is nothing wrong with that — but I hear…
Can I Make Money Self-Publishing My Book?
Most writers want to publish their books and want to make money with their books. After all, it is not like you want to do all of that work and then have a book that does not sell well, or…