The picture for this blog shows the end result of good product positioning and effective launch planning and execution. My publishing partner James W. Lewis was sitting around #390,000 in Amazon’s author rank just before we launched the book on…
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Author Discovery Secrets – Part I: Product Positioning
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Posted in Book Discovery, Book Marketing, discoverability
Muscle Memory
You know the cliche ‘it’s like riding a bike’? I deeply dislike this phrase because more often than not the first time you get back on said bike after time off, at best you are a wobbly mess and at…
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Posted in Book Discovery, Book Marketing, discoverability
The First Annual State of Author Discovery Address – The Readers Have Spoken!
My fellow authors… Like many of you, I’ve been reading all the publishing insider’s 2015 industry predictions. The outlook appears quite dire and challenging, especially if you believe Mark Coker. I usually side with J.A. Konrath in these matters, but he has…
Brand Building: An Author Discovery Must – Part II: A conversation with Author Renita Bryant
A fundamental component of an author brand is putting out quality product time and time again and that means remaining dedicated to the craft of writing. While this blog and site does not specifically deal with becoming a better writer,…
Brand Building: An Author Discovery Must – Part I: A conversation with Author Matthew Wayne Selznick
Brand building is one of the fundamentals of author discovery and marketing in general. A lot of book marketing experts talk about the concept of platform building but few zero in on the bulls-eye at the center of your author…
50 Ideas to Help to Sell 10,000 copies of your Book (Reblog from Author James W. Lewis)
AD.com note: Three and a half years ago, I joined forces with author’s Stephanie Casher and James W. Lewis to form independent publishing venture – The Pantheon Collective. At the time, James was the debut author with his novel Sellout,…
Tagged with: author discovery, book advertising, book awards, book discoverability, book marketing, indie publishing, kdp select, Omar Luqmaan-Harris, qwantu amaru
Posted in Book Discovery, Book Marketing, discoverability, Reblogs
Posted in Book Discovery, Book Marketing, discoverability, Reblogs
10 Ways to Boost Author Discovery After Winning a Book Award
Winning is great isn’t it? Especially when what you’ve won is an award for your creativity in producing a literary work. My novel recently won a 10th literary award since its publication in December 2011, and after the initial euphoria…
Author Richard Stephenson’s tips on how to hit an author discovery home run right out the gate
AD.com: Welcome to AuthorDiscovery,com, Richard. We’re big fans of your book Collapse over here and eagerly awaiting the follow-up, Resistance (due July 15, 2013). Collapse was your debut novel, yet you have a presence and following usually reserved for authors with…
Tagged with: author discovery, Author RIchard stephenson, book discoverability, book reviews, collapse, kdp select, tweetadder, twitter
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Posted in Book Discovery, Book Marketing, discoverability
12 Author Profile Sites to Boost Your Discoverability
Last night I was reading a report by Digital Book World called What Authors Want: A Survey of Authors to Understand Their Priorities in the Self-Publishing Era – in which they surveyed nearly 5,000 authors-aspiring, self-published, traditionally published and those…
Tagged with: author community, author discovery, author profiles, authordiscovery.com, book discoverability, book marketing, discoverability
Posted in Book Discovery, Book Marketing
Posted in Book Discovery, Book Marketing
All Publishing Paths Can Lead to Author Discovery
It’s been stated before that there’s never been a better time to be an author. This is largely because there are so many ways to bring your work into the world. This best epitomized by the recent post on publishing…
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