Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
30th July 2013, 02:12 PM
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Views: 1,163 Re: How to create with my first Kindle ebook
I don't think he meant not to "care" about it but that it wasn't as complex as some people make it seem.
Another option is to use Calibre - its free and will create the clickable TOC for you and...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
30th July 2013, 08:19 AM
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30th July 2013, 08:04 AM
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Views: 2,040 Re: kindle analysis paralysis and real publishers
Please pay attention to this ^^^. It is true gold.
If you already have reviewers lined up then I think the gifting option that you are planning is the best way to go. Gift it to them, then wait...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
30th July 2013, 06:26 AM
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Views: 1,163 Re: How to create with my first Kindle ebook
Amazon promotes popular books to people that are shopping for kindle books. They have several lists that your book can get on and they will also show your book in the "also bought" lists of other...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
30th July 2013, 06:16 AM
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Views: 2,040 Re: kindle analysis paralysis and real publishers
Just be aware that once you put it on smashwords it's nearly impossible to get them to pull the titles so you will never be able to put that book in the KDP select program. IMHO KDP Select has lost...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
29th July 2013, 05:54 PM
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Views: 1,163 Re: How to create with my first Kindle ebook
I hear what you are saying. I think with a book that short, you might consider testing the waters with a lower price. You can always raise and lower the price any time you want so just fiddle with...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
29th July 2013, 04:46 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 1,163 Re: How to create with my first Kindle ebook
I don't believe this is correct, in fact people that have studied this have proven that longer books actually sell better. Just go take a look at some of the reviews of shorter works … most low...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
26th July 2013, 01:34 PM
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26th July 2013, 06:04 AM
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
25th July 2013, 03:30 PM
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Views: 2,040 Re: kindle analysis paralysis and real publishers
^^^^ This should be posted into every kindle thread on this forum.
Tink has just given you the real truth and the blueprint for kindle fiction success. What she said there is more valuable than...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
22nd July 2013, 07:52 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 2,531 Re: My Goal To Make 6k Per Month On Kindle :)
I don't get the whole big splash thing but I have heard other people say it and recently read that same advice in a book by a group of indie authors that are very successful (almost all of them NYT...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
17th July 2013, 06:50 PM
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Views: 2,531 Re: My Goal To Make 6k Per Month On Kindle :)
Actually,no. Because if you are doing them in a series (and I hope you are if you want to leverage your efforts and maximize your profits) then your earnings per book will increase the more you put...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
13th July 2013, 07:54 AM
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Views: 5,575 Re: What can I do to sell more children's books?
This ^^^
You're thinking about it the wrong way. Instead of scarcity, think abundance. The market for these books is huge - gigantic - more than most people here can even comprehend.
So, you...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
12th July 2013, 07:47 AM
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Replies: 62
Views: 5,575 Re: What can I do to sell more children's books?
Those WSO's are mostly wrong. They say its easy and fast to get you to buy the WSO.
There was a time a couple of years ago when you could just publish a book and get sales but, for the most part,...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
11th July 2013, 09:29 AM
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16th June 2013, 12:36 PM
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15th June 2013, 06:21 PM
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
11th June 2013, 07:05 AM
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Views: 827 Re: Worst book launch ever. Need an IM Jedi.
Unfortunately Amazon changed the algorithms and free downloads do not result in a boost in paid rank anymore. They count as 0 paid. And you don't get paid 15-20 cents for them (not sure where you...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
10th June 2013, 09:24 AM
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Views: 1,572 Re: Seriously Considering Kindle... but.
I think you are making a smart decision for you. Because publishing books is a long term endeavor. You're not going to make a ton of money with just one book.
As stated above, You need to have a...
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25th May 2013, 01:32 PM
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25th May 2013, 05:29 AM
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Views: 705 Re: Request to critique my writing
I think just giving your article a little personality - write it as if you were talking to a friend. For example, in the section on fiber you might say:
High fiber foods like grains, beans and...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
24th May 2013, 05:08 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 705 Re: Request to critique my writing
I think the information in the articles is very good. Informative and thoroughly researched. I can tell you put a lot of time into it.
I agree with Alexa, the English is fine. I've actually seen...
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21st May 2013, 07:15 AM
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19th May 2013, 08:02 AM
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Views: 836 Re: Maximizing your Kindle profits..
Exactly, thats exactly what I do too. I'm really not trying to do SEO or get traffic to it that way, its more a place for people to go after they've read one of my books so they can find the others....
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
19th May 2013, 05:23 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 836 Re: Maximizing your Kindle profits..
Yes, it is. That's why it's ideal to create all your books in 1 niche. Instead of blasting out 10 books a month, create 1 really good book. Then just add that book to your already existing blog. ...
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Forum: Social Media
14th May 2013, 02:06 PM
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Views: 2,668 Re: facebook vs. blog
One thing to keep in mind about Facebook is that you do not own it. If you get your account shutdown, or Facebook changes the rules, all the great stuff you have posted will be lost.
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
12th May 2013, 01:18 PM
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Views: 909 Re: Page Rank is not fake!!!
I think it would be very easy for them to get their own algorithm to fake page rank. It's their algorithm and they can make it do whatever they want.
So can you even trust the page rank that...
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12th May 2013, 11:11 AM
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12th May 2013, 06:43 AM
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Views: 2,765 Re: How To Improve Amazon Kindle Sales
^^^ Yes exactly. You MUST build your author brand whether you are selling fiction or non-fiction. Either that or you have to put out a crap ton of books. But building your author brand will be...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
9th May 2013, 02:41 PM
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Views: 599 Re: Kindle Questions
Please don't feel like you have to reveal your genre, I know it's rude to ask, but I'm wondering if these short stories are erotica? Do you sell them individually or in a compilation?
I know...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
9th May 2013, 01:55 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 599 Re: Kindle Questions
Fiction beats the pants off of non-fiction. Sure, there are some people doing very well with nonfiction, but here's the thing -- fiction readers are ravenous.
If you can write a good fiction...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
6th May 2013, 02:46 PM
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6th May 2013, 08:02 AM
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5th May 2013, 12:45 PM
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5th May 2013, 12:03 PM
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Views: 501 Re: How do you sell a BUNDLE on Kindle?
Yep, you just put them all in one file.
I don't think you can sell an ebook, audiobook, print book bundle because those are all distributed from separate places - there's no way to tie them...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
5th May 2013, 07:03 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 1,504 Re: My First Kindle Book Giveaway Experience...
Yes, I agree. Only look at reviews as to how you can improve. Not everyone will like your books, some will love it, some will hate it. You're writing for the ones that love it… the others are not...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
4th May 2013, 05:00 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 1,504 Re: My First Kindle Book Giveaway Experience...
Yeah, exactly. That actually changed sometime last summer I believe. And I hear rumblings that they have decreased that value even more since last month.
BUT, the OP has a crapload of downloads...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
4th May 2013, 04:00 PM
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4th May 2013, 03:36 PM
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
4th May 2013, 03:33 PM
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Views: 1,504 Re: My First Kindle Book Giveaway Experience...
I've noticed it can take 48 hours for the sales to kick in. I *think* this is because it takes Amazon that long to show your book in all the "also boughts" of the other books (and possibly some...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
4th May 2013, 03:29 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 1,504 Re: My First Kindle Book Giveaway Experience...
You could sign up to be an affiliate and use your tracking id to track sales. The only problem with that is that Amazon has a rule where you won't get paid commissions for actual sales if your...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
29th April 2013, 08:47 AM
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Views: 4,498 Re: Short Stories Banned on the Kindle?
I'm simply making the point that if you are putting an effort into writing, you might want to focus on longer works since those are what sell the best. the market for short story sold singly is very...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
29th April 2013, 05:42 AM
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
28th April 2013, 12:50 PM
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Views: 4,498 Re: Short Stories Banned on the Kindle?
I think this hits the nail on the head. You have to remember that the people buying books at Amazon are book buyers -- people that are used to going into a bookstore and getting a 200 page book.
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
26th April 2013, 12:37 PM
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Views: 898 Re: Marketing Kindle Fiction
What Tink says is true. The best thing you can spend your time on is writing another book.
If you have to choose between doing marketing stuff and writing another book, chose the writing.
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
26th April 2013, 06:55 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 898 Re: Marketing Kindle Fiction
I agree with Paul, a strong author brand is the way to market fiction. You do that by getting your book in front of as many people as possible who want to read books in your genre. For a new...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
14th April 2013, 02:10 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 924 Re: Kindle newbie! What's your tip?
It can sell more, but only if you know how to write it well and are committed to building an author platform. You may have to put out several books before your sales start to take off.
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
14th April 2013, 06:15 AM
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Views: 605 Re: Short Reports And Kindle
This part is so true. Just get down to the business or writing and let it happen. I use a similar method for fiction - I take it one chapter at a time (after mapping out my plot) so I don't get...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
10th April 2013, 06:01 AM
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Replies: 78
Views: 2,173 Re: To Spin or Not to Spin Articles?
Spinning is so 2010. It's unnecessary and has the potential to do more harm to your business than help. Actually it probably won't help you at all.
Just say no to spinning.
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
9th April 2013, 07:11 AM
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9th April 2013, 06:53 AM
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Views: 444 Re: Kindle Payments
It takes 60 days to get payment and it usually comes on or near the last day of the month.
So if you started earning money in May, you wouldn't get your first check until the end of July.
I...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
6th April 2013, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 224
Views: 8,464 Re: Why I Love Kindle
For a while (back about a year ago), they were sending out warnings to people whose books showed up on pirate sites, but the authors would get the book taken down (from the pirate site) or answer...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
6th April 2013, 05:28 AM
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
5th April 2013, 05:33 PM
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Replies: 224
Views: 8,464 Re: Why I Love Kindle
I think the OP is pretty lucky/skillful at picking topics to write books about. Most of the rest of us have to do marketing.
Of course, if you are publishing books at the rate he is, you might...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
5th April 2013, 04:06 PM
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
5th April 2013, 03:51 PM
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Views: 8,464 Re: Why I Love Kindle
That's actually a good question. Like Sandra says, you would want to test it to see which method makes you more money.
There is a big advantage to being on Amazon though - once your book starts...
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