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Muscle Memory

Posted on December 21, 2017 by authordiscovery — Leave a comment

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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The First Annual State of Author Discovery Address – The Readers Have Spoken!

Posted on January 11, 2015 by authordiscovery — 2 Comments

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…

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Give the Gift of Book Discovery this Holiday Season

Posted on December 25, 2013 by authordiscovery — 1 Comment

I recently happened upon an interesting survey of nearly 3,000 readers conducted by author Marie Force from June 1 – June 30, 2013. Here were some of the more interesting (and valuable) findings: Readers prefer e-books to paperbacks (77 to…

Tagged with: author discovery, authordiscovery.com, book discoverability, book pricing, book reviews, indie publishing, Omar Luqmaan-Harris, qwantu amaru
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5 Things Every Author Needs to Do to Improve Discoverability on Goodreads

Posted on August 10, 2013 by authordiscovery — 29 Comments

I came across an article from HuffPo this week on How to Become a Goodreads Power User (and why you’d want to). Blogs like this are the exact reason why I created AuthorDiscovery.com. The article contains some helpful information but…

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Author Richard Stephenson’s tips on how to hit an author discovery home run right out the gate

Posted on June 22, 2013 by authordiscovery — 1 Comment

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…

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Is there a magic pricing strategy for e-books?

Posted on April 17, 2013 by authordiscovery — 2 Comments

AD.com comments: E-book pricing is one of the pillars of Digital Book Discovery and below you will find a thought-provoking, but not very helpful to the average indie author (in my opinion), article from Digital Book World about how publishers…

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Confessions of a Book Promotion Junkie – Reviews Abuse

Posted on March 15, 2013 by authordiscovery — Leave a comment

Updated from January 2012 blog on qwantuamaru.com These are the confessions of a book promotion junkie. What follows is a detailed account of my addiction and how I feed it. Hello world. My name is Omar Luqmaan-Harris and I am…