by Tomo Albanese | Aug 4, 2020 | Authors, Selling Books, Selling on Amazon
One of the bitterest pills to swallow as a self-published author is how much work you have to do before you make so much as a single cent. It can take months, or even years to complete a single book, and if it’s your first book… Well being a book author can be a lot...
by Tomo Albanese | Jul 29, 2020 | make money online, media publicity, Networking, online promotion
If the promises of the Internet are to be believed, there is TONS of writing work just WAITING for an intrepid writer to get rich off of, right? Yes and no. There ARE, in fact, plenty of writing gigs available for even beginning writers. How do you get these writing...
by Tomo Albanese | Jul 17, 2020 | Author Training, blogging, Write a Book
Do you write a paragraph and instantly edit it? Maybe you don’t like the words. Maybe it doesn’t make sense. Maybe it’s fine, but the compulsion to write and edit at the same time reaches a point where it feels like you might never finish a thought, let alone an...
by Kati Albert | Jul 15, 2020 | Author Training, Authors, Write a Book
A meter-wide whiteboard hangs on my living room wall. Two markers – one black, one red – clip inside a magnetic holder that doubles as an eraser. I use the black marker to log daily objectives, the red to swoop a tick when I finish something. Once each black entry...
by Kati Albert | Jul 13, 2020 | Book Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Selling Books, Your Own Best Seller
Congrats! The final edits are done and you’re ready to self-publish your legacy: your own book! But who else cares? Will it sell? Who’s going to buy it? The bookselling landscape has changed and in order to be a success, you must adapt as well. Before you dash...