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14 Easy Ways for Authors to sell more Books

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14 easy ways for authors to sell more books

I came up with 14 easy ways for authors

to sell more books because I think you

need this article in a major way. Writing

books is just half the battle. To make this

hard work worth your while, you must

promote your works well then make a

decent amount of sales on them to get a

true return on investment for the time

you spent writing them.

 

That’s the bottom line, right? I have your

back in helping you increase your writing

revenue. Here are 14 easy ways for

authors to sell more books.

 

Reading Books Constantly

14 Easy Ways for Authors to Sell More Books

It’s important to read literature nearly

every day. This will help teach you the

proper rules for punctuation, grammar,

tone and structure besides giving you

ideas for things to write on.

 

Having Good Writing Skills

The second most critical of my 14 easy

ways for authors to sell more books is

to write your books well. They must be

free of spelling/grammar errors, have

a good flow plus good structure and be

kind to readers’ eyes. Unless you’re

creating adult books, omit vulgar

language from your works.

 

Continuing to write

The more works you crank out, the

more sales you’ll likely get, even if it’s

just a few for now. First, it’s a numbers

game in that some books attract more

buyers than others and the more you

have out there, the more natural it is to

get a sale here and there. Second, each

time you release literature, you regain

exposure from readers, search engines

and online book retailers.

 

Combining Books into a Series

If you have a favorite character in mind,

one you think you can run away with,

consider producing multiple books on it.

If you do a great job, some of your

readers will likely purchase each book in

this series and other works you make or

have made.

 

Running Price Experiments

• Consider changing the prices for your

items that are getting few or no sales, as

some books sell differently at different

price points.

• Although it’s smart to charge 99 cents

to $1.99 for flash fiction and short

stories, I urge you to not charge less than

$2.99 for your works containing at least

5,000 words because this is arguably the

most effective e-book price.

• You deserve to earn a fair return on

such labor as this and you don’t want to

convey that these items aren’t worth

much.

 

Offering Discounts

Offering your works at a reduced price for

a short time frame can spur action, and

this has worked for me. If you enroll your

works in Amazon’s DTP program, you’ll

have an easy opportunity to feature each

book of yours in their Kindle Countdown

Deals promotions every few months. 

 

Offering Multiple Formats

Providing your books in the form of an

e-book, a paperback, a hardback and

possibly an audio book will expand

your reach to those who want many

ways to read what they buy. I make

e-book and paperback sales as an

author.

 

Making a Good First Impression

Having a powerful cover, title, blurb and

book preview plus starting your book

with a dramatic, attention-grabbing

sentence will enhance your chances of

getting the sale. I learned a lot about

writing fiction blurbs through this

source. 

 

Marketing

If you don’t promote your new releases,

not many people are likely to know

about them. Tell your family and friends

about them. List them on book

promotion and advertising sites. Spread

the word to your email subscribers and

on your own website.

 

Having a Solid Author Website

This is a potent medium for showcasing

all your written creations; better yet, it’s

cost-effective. I invite you to study my

entire website to get a solid idea of how

to write your site after you finish

reading this post. I recommend creating

your website with WordPress.

 

Creating an Outline for all your Works

Before you begin writing any book you

have in mind, make notes of what you

want to do regarding your action scenes,

your plot, your dialogues, etc. This

should save you a lot of time from trying

to write everything on the spur of the

moment and thus enable you to produce

more books in less time.

 

Using Proper Keywords and Categories

Every time you’re in the process of

self-publishing your items (assuming this

is the route you want to take), make sure

to set powerful, relevant keyword phrases

for your books and to place them in the

categories that best represent their genre.

This will make it easier for readers to find

your materials and for Amazon to properly

categorize them. 

 

Receiving Effective Author Newsletters

Sign up to get helpful author newsletters. I

recommend Sandra Beckwith.

 

Creating Relevant How-to Guides

The last of my 14 easy ways for authors to

sell more books is to write how-to or

self-help manuals based on things you’re

good at and you think will interest a wide

audience on top of creating fiction works.

This will naturally provide you more

revenue opportunity; more importantly, I

have made more sales on my how-to

works than I have for my fiction works –

41 sales for my touch typing guide and 28

sales for my tennis lesson guide to this

day.

 

That’s a wrap on 14 easy ways for authors

to sell more books. Follow these steps to

increase your sales. To visit my author

tips page, click here. View my homepage

here.

 

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19 Easy Ways to create Author Time

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19 easy ways to create author time

Why did I opt to write a post on 19 easy

ways to create author time? Being a

writer is hard work and requires a lot

of time and effort. The more time you

make for yourself as a writer by more

efficiently doing what you do on an

everyday basis, the better. Here are 19

easy ways to create author time:

Discover 19 Easy Ways to Create Author Time

 

1. Once you lie down to nap, even for just

up to half an hour, you may easily

oversleep and not wake up to your alarm

clock. Before lying down, sit up in bed and

try to keep your sleep time between two and

ten minutes.

 

2. Try to avoid lying down for a nap after

4:00 PM local time. If you go to bed for a

nap after this time, you’re likely to oversleep

and sleep at least an hour and a half – this

in turn can make you drowsier and more

tired.

 

3. If you have trouble fighting the tendency

to keep falling back into bed for more nap

time, get up and have at least 20 sips of cold

water then walk around for a few minutes. If

this doesn’t do the trick, sit on a chair and

sleep for up to 10 minutes – that should get

you up for good.

 

4. If you think you simply can’t afford to

lie down to sleep on any given afternoon or

early evening, put items such as a jacket,

backpack and shoe box on your pillow and

in the middle of your bed, then keep them

there. If you remove them, you’re giving in

and asking for it in regard to lying down

and over-napping.

 

5. This component of 19 easy ways to

create author time is to refuse to lie down

when you start feeling drowsy before it’s

time to go to bed, especially if you must go

to work in the morning, in which case

going to bed prematurely may rob you of

too much writing time. The more sleep you

have just had over the last several hours or

the last few days and the more

emphatically you say no to overrule your

body trying to make you go to bed now, the

more likely you are to be victorious.

 

6. Stand up some during your computer

sessions, especially at night when you’re more

prone to doze off while sitting at your

computer station.

• I make sure to stand up for about five to

seven minutes frequently, especially if I

had an unproductive night the previous

night.

• Setting a timer next to your computer

every 10 minutes or so can also help you

in the event you fall asleep.

• Snacking on something like almonds

can help keep you awake while you’re on

the computer.

 

7. If you like to snack while cooking meals,

limit much of that to taking a few bites in

between stirs. If you must wait a few

minutes to stir what’s in your pan/pot/skillet

and you already have everything you planned

to fix for the meal heating up, you have

nothing to lose time-wise by munching on

something such as nuts or shredded cheese.

 

8. If you like to eat something such as

salsa that you may freeze before preparing

your meal, double check to make sure it’s

not still in the freezer a few hours before

you start cooking.

• This may make all the difference for

enabling you to avoid going to bed for the

night prematurely and thus not getting all

your writing and other work done before

walking out the door the next day at your

preferred time.

• Let me clarify by stating that I once had a

cooking experience in which if I had my

salsa ready to eat for a few minutes before

it was time to begin meal prep, I probably

would have been too absorbed in what I

was doing for my body to conquer me into

forcing me to go to bed sooner than I

planned.

 

9. Once you’re very familiar with your

recipe for a particular dish, you only need

to look at it toward the end of your

preparation stage to make sure you put in

all necessary ingredients. Stopping to look

at your recipe frequently can cost you

about five minutes of time.

 

10. If an item you’re slicing over your dish

is messy such as a red beet, wipe off your

knife and the hand you’re using to hold the

item as you go, so you have more ease

pushing off slices that hang onto your knife

and so that the item you’re still cutting up

doesn’t fall into your dish. If you can’t

efficiently slice the beet over your pot and

you’re afraid you may cut yourself on any

given day, start chopping up the beet on a

cutting board.

 

11. The 11th step of 19 easy ways to create

author time is to unsubscribe from emails

which don’t usually provide helpful

content and those which feature large

popup boxes which block your view of

content you want to read and don’t give

you the option of closing them out or

moving them out of the way.

 

12. If you choose to lightly cook blueberries

and carrot slices for your dog, separate these

from what you’re cooking for yourself, so you

don’t spend many minutes trying to fish out

these items from your cookware.

 

13. Take meats and any fresh vegetables

you choose to freeze such as leafy greens,

radishes and zucchini that’s for tonight’s

dinner plus any food you have frozen for

your dog out of the freezer at least a few

hours before you plan to cook so you

don’t waste at least 10 minutes defrosting

this stuff in the microwave before

preparing your meal or serving your dog

supper. Double check to make sure you

have taken out everything you need.

 

14. Whenever you’re in the middle of

writing a book, try to spend at least 10

minutes adding to your book at the

beginning of your first computer session

daily. If you spend too much time looking

at email, surfing, doing paid surveys and

other things during your first one or two

sessions, you will likely go to bed without

having done any writing, especially if you

must go to work upon waking up.

 

15. If you have a less than fully

house-trained dog consistently hovering

or pacing around you, let or take it

outside now and wait for it to potty,

which shouldn’t take more than a few

minutes. This will save you time from

having to constantly watch your dog to

make sure he doesn’t potty in the house

or having to let her urinate in the house

then change her dog pee pads and clean

the floor where she relieved herself with

Pine-Sol.

 

16. Stand up while you’re thinking of

what to write when working on your books,

letters and email submissions. You may be

surprised how easily it is to fall asleep and

sleep up to an hour while gathering your

thoughts at your computer.

 

17. If you plan to bake something such as

a pot pie whose baking time is about an

hour, immediately put this in the oven for

your supper upon arriving home from work

then do all you need to do while baking

your item then letting it cool for up to 25

minutes. You’ll surely avoid napping to

prevent a catastrophe in the event your dish

was to burn and you were too sleepy to wake

up to your smoke detector going off.

 

18. Follow the 20-20 rule. Looking at

objects located 20 feet away from your

computer every 20 minutes can help

reduce drowsiness by easing the strain

on your eyes that comes from the light

your computer emits.

 

19. If you’ve been coughing or sneezing a

lot or your nose has run a lot for more than

a day, strongly consider buying Mucinex

from a nearby Dollar General store. The

more time you spend covering your mouth

or nose and blowing your nose, the more

time you lose to work on your books.

 

Heeding the instruction on 19 easy ways to

create author time you received from this

post should strongly help you create more

author time through simpler everyday

habits. Though I have a long way to go in

consistently doing everything I just

covered and adhering to my own advice

on 19 easy ways to create author time, I

have made decent inroads in giving myself

more time to work on my books.

 

Now that you have read 19 easy ways to

create author time, there’s more to learn.

To view my page which covers a lot more

general tips for authors, click here. To visit

my home page, click here.

 

19 Easy Ways to create Author Time

12 Easy Ways to gain Book Writing Time

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12 easy ways to gain book writing time

The Importance of 12 Easy Ways to gain

Book Writing Time

If you think you’re not maximizing the

amount of time you can devote to writing

your books to inform/entertain your readers,

I can relate to your dilemma. Although I still

have a long way to go before I’m fully

time-efficient as a content producer, I have

learned a lot and will share that with you.

Here are 12 easy ways to gain book writing

time.

 

More efficient bathing

• I recommend taking showers instead of

baths. It takes awhile for bath water to run,

it’s hard to wash your hair in a bath, you

must rinse out the tub afterwards and it’s a

waste of water, leading to a higher water bill.

Instead of taking a shower/bath every day,

consider taking one every three days and just

washing up your private area on the days in

between.

• The best thing you can do for quicker

showers is to have a good shower head and a

good bathtub valve. After I replaced the

shower head I inherited upon moving into

my new house four years ago, I immediately

began having warmer shower water but the

water still wasn’t fully as hot as I would have

liked and my tub faucet soon began leaking

nonstop.

• A few years ago, I had to have a plumber

replace the cartridge in my valve once I was

no longer able to run any shower or bath

water. This has already paid dividends on

my time in which my faucet water is now so

warm that I don’t have to waste a minute or

two letting the water warm up before

commencing my shower.

 

Searching for Items around your Home

and Elsewhere less

• It drives me crazy to waste vast time

searching for something. Besides being

organized regarding the placement of

everything in your home, it helps to

visualize or verbally tell yourself where

you’re putting something you may not use

immediately or often such as paint or

insect spray.

• Stay aware of what’s on your person at

all times. While mowing my dad’s lawn

once, I had a small book I brought along

tucked inside my partially buttoned shirt.

At one point, I realized the book was missing;

subsequently, I spent several minutes looking

for it around the front yard and back yard

before finding it on the western side yard

behind a hedge. If I had constantly felt my

body for my book, I could have avoided this

predicament.

 

Making your Socks last longer

Long toenails puncture socks. By always

keeping your toenails short, you should

rarely have to go to the store or conduct an

online search to buy new socks.

 

Consuming Organic Milk

• Buy organic milk instead of regular

milk which generally spoils or turns

completely watery before the former.

Refrigerate your milk immediately upon

returning home and make sure it’s the

first item you put away – adding a pinch

of salt to it can help. In the event it comes

out a little watery while pouring it into a

bowl, shake it up and it should be okay

for staying in good condition for at least

two weeks.

• Before I began buying organic milk over

a year ago, the regular milk I was buying

in recent times would always turn watery

within a few days and stay watery, no

matter how much I shook the jug and no

matter its expiration date which I paid

attention to before making the purchase.

Now that I’m purchasing organic milk, I

no longer have to waste roughly 20

minutes walking to my nearest

convenience store to buy more milk then

returning home.

 

Fast Internet Speed/Proper Computer

Care

• If your internet speed is always slow,

your productivity can dramatically lag –

for a fast connection, please use Spectrum

or AT&T.

• If you can make all your computers last

close to ten years or longer, imagine how

many more writings you can finish.

• Refrain from eating and drinking

anything at your device which is sticky or

likely to get under your keys, protect your

device from direct sunlight and turn it off

if you’re likely to be away from it for at

least 2 hours, as excessive heat buildup

can shorten the life of your computer.

• Keep your blinds, curtains and shades

closed in the room you keep your

computer in while you’re away from home

or while you’re at home but out of your

computer room while there’s sunlight

coming through the windows there.

 

Having Good TV Reception

• If you usually have to make too much TV

or antenna adjustment upon turning on

your TV set, you’re losing too much time.

If you use a SOLID SIGNAL antenna for

your set like me, place it against the

nearest window for optimal reception.

• Never let your SOLID SIGNAL antenna

be exposed to direct sunlight. Remove it

from your window once you’re done

watching TV for the day.

 

Smarter Yard Work

• The most important thing you can do to

get the most of your lawn care is to spend

at least 400 to 500 bucks on a powerful,

self-propelled lawn mower which will

likely last at least a few years and makes

cutting your grass quicker and less

strenuous upon your squeezing the third

handle which shifts your mowing from

manual mode to automatic mode.

• Don’t mow any part of your lawn when

it’s too short, muddy or saturated – wait

until grass is about 2 to 3 inches tall

before cutting it.

• There should be times when you can

skip mowing your back lawn, your side

lawn or parts of your front lawn for

about a week or two, easily giving you at

least 20 to 30 minutes of extra time in

your day.

• Don’t fill up your mower with gasoline

indoors, as this may cause carbon

monoxide poisoning.

• Always keep a little bit of lawn mower

engine oil inside your mower and check to

see that it’s lubricated before you begin

mowing each day you cut grass.

• Putting in too much oil can lead to

smoke and an overheated mower and thus

make it too hard to resume cutting grass

before you can have a qualified technician

fix your appliance; I found this out the

hard way. 

• A good way to see if you have the right

amount of oil is to pull out your oil cap

stick and check to make sure this stick

only gathers oil for about an inch

starting from the bottom of the stick.

• Never make my mistake of buying an

aluminum shed whose retail cost is about

300 to 400 dollars, as it will probably

break down soon.

• I recommend investing in an expensive,

quality shed like the Woodbridge by

Arrow shed I subsequently bought then

buy a Master Lock for your shed once

you’re done having someone help you

assemble it – using a cordless power drill

will be of major help.

• Anchor down the inside corners of your

shed with heavy bricks and stones so it

won’t be toppled over or blown away by

strong winds.

 

Reducing your Trips to Places like The

Home Depot/Expediting your Store Visit

When I go to The Home Depot to buy

something I’ll have to continue using for

awhile like weed killer, I buy four bottles of

it so I don’t have to return to buy more of it

too soon. If I have come to buy multiple

items and I’m running out of time to get

out of there in time to catch my bus and not

have to wait an hour for the next one, I’ll

settle for just getting up to half the items I

came for then head to the checkout line.

 

Streamlined Grocery Shopping

• Try going grocery shopping every 2

weeks instead of weekly. Besides gaining

more spare time overall, it makes sense to

do this, considering that you can often

make milk and produce last two weeks.

• You’ll get out of the store faster by

bringing a well-written grocery list for

which you have ample space between

each item, you can easily read your

handwriting and you have organized your

list according to where all the items in the

store are located and in what aisles.

• Once you finish making the list, double

check to make sure you haven’t omitted

any items you usually buy and those you

specifically intend to get on your

upcoming trip.

• As you get close to grocery shopping day,

check your cupboards, shelves and food

boxes to see if there’s anything you need to

get now. Cross off any items on your list

which you discover you don’t need to get.

• Check to make sure you got all the cold

items you need before departing the

refrigerated and frozen foods section; it

can be a big hassle to check your list later

in your store visit then discover you must

go all the way back to the other side of the

store to get a cold item you neglected to get

when you were just over there.

• Before buying meats such as steaks and

ribs, make sure they have lots of white

marble – the more marble they contain, the

less tough they will be to cut up and eat.

• If you find it tough to open a clear

produce bag attached to other bags on a

roll in the grocery store, pull the front part

of the bag to the baseline of your hand

then rub the bag in a circular motion with

your other hand – the closer to the center

of your palm that you rub the bag, the

better.

 

How to open Cans and Jars

• To open cans which have a pull tab,

pull the tab back fast then pull it up

hard to reduce the likelihood of the

tab breaking off.

• When encountering tough-to-open

jars, use a bottle opener to pry open

their lids.

 

Reduced cooking time

• Consider cooking two days a week then

having leftovers throughout the week. I

cook on Fridays and Saturdays then have

leftovers from Friday’s meal on Sunday

and Tuesday, eat leftovers from Saturday’s

meal on Monday and Wednesday then

generally microwave or bake a quick meal

on Thursdays – this makes things so much

easier on me, as I work outside my home

full time.

 

Reducing the amount of flies in your home

• If you’re constantly going after flies in

your home, you won’t be able to do much

pertaining to your writings.

• Look for where flies are coming from and

tape up any cracks and gaps you find.

• If a mosquito enters your home but it

gets away as you try to kill it, apply insect

repellent which repels mosquitos all over

your neck, your arms, your legs, your feet

and behind your ears. Spray your pets well.

• I recommend using Zevo Insect Killer.

• Another effective way to get rid of flies in

your home is to hang up Raid fly trap sticks.

 

That’s a wrap on 12 easy ways to gain book

writing time. Because I have taken all these

steps, I have more time to devote to my author

work. You’ll be able to do the same thing once

you incorporate the 12 easy ways to gain book

writing time I just discussed.

 

To get more of my tips for authors, click here.

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11 Key Reasons to create a Great Author Website

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11 key reasons to create a great author website

Want to know why you need

an author website if you

write books? You are about

to find the answer to this

question. Here are 11 key

reasons to create a great

author website.

 

You need it to have one of the most

potent book marketing tools at your

disposal.

This is something you may have a hard

time advancing as an author without.

 

It can help your brand and your books

attract traffic from the search engines.

If you have a website that is written well,

organized, easy to read, easy to navigate and

gives enough detail about yourself and

perhaps your books, this in itself gives

search engines the opportunity and a

legitimate reason to list you in their

rankings.

 

Make sure to create strong keywords

pertinent to your site. I recommend

using Word Press for your site

creation.

 

It holds everything in one spot for you.

For more effectiveness, I suggest you

put the images and titles of all your

books plus the links to them on one page –

peruse my published books page to see

how you can do this well once you finish

reading this article.

 

It makes it so easy to pull in readers from

multiple angles.

• Link to your site through your social

media posts addressed to your friends and

relatives.

• Link to it through social media groups

geared toward authors.

• Link to it through any online professional

profiles you create.

• Link to it on book promotion sites.

• Link to it in emails to friends each time

you publish a new book.

 

It enables you to create a personal

connection with readers.

List your email address. Link to all your

social media account pages if you don’t

mind showing your photo. Taking these

steps helps readers follow you and ask

any questions they may have.

 

It makes it easy to run a reader newsletter

subscription list.

This is the most powerful way to connect to

customers – they read their email every day,

more than they log into their social media

accounts, and they pay attention to online

ads.

• Hook readers into giving you their email

address and signing up by offering a free

content magnet that may be hard to resist

such as a free book or a free chapter from

one of the books you have written.

• Issue newsletter communication for each

book you release and each time you

welcome a new subscriber – the key is to

touch base enough without being a pest.

 

It enables you to facilitate book sales.

You can offer signed editions of your works

plus any merchandise you wish to represent.

 

It lets you showcase your works.

This is your chance to make your books 

stand out through excerpts, reviews, cover

images, synopses and purchase links.

 

It helps you engage with your readers.

Consider offering them behind-the-scenes

and backstory material for some of your

best fiction works.

 

It enables you to build your author brand.

You have the ideal outlet to express your

unique voice, style and vision.

 

The last of the 11 key reasons to create a

great author website is to set the stage for

search engine visibility.

Having a well-organized website enhances

your visibility on search engines. Make sure

to choose the best keywords, make your

content engaging and employ search

engine optimization best practices.

 

These are the 11 key reasons to create a

great author website. Keeping what you

just learned in mind then putting it to

use could greatly enhance your book

sales and author fan base.

 

To visit my current books page in order to

view a great model of how to insert the

images and titles of your books plus the

links to them on one page, click here. To

visit my home page, click here.

11 Key Reasons to Create a Great Author Website

Master 12 Steps to draw Readers Today

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master 12 steps to draw readers today

There are many things you must do

properly to sell your books. Let’s dig

in on how to master 12 steps to draw

readers today.

 

1. Write quality content. Your content

has to be free of typos and grammatical

errors. Also, it must be well-structured

and pleasant to read.

 

2. Ensure clarity. Make sure readers will

understand what’s happening throughout

your book. A great way to do this is to have

a smooth transition between every scene,

particularly if you’re writing a fiction story.

 

3. Proofread. After you finish writing the

book, carefully read over everything you

wrote or have someone else do it. When I

proofread my works, I painstakingly look

for errors, make sure I understand what I

just read in each paragraph, make sure no

paragraph is too long and make sure all

paragraphs are double-spaced.

 

4. Edit. Correct each error you or someone

else finds during the proofreading stage.

 

5. Have a good book cover. Your cover must

look attractive. If you’re self-publishing

your book and want to handle the cover

yourself, please use Pixabay – they provide

quality images you may use for personal or

commercial use.

 

6. Write powerful blurbs for fiction books.

You can write well plus have a solid title and

cover for your fiction book but it likely won’t

do you any good unless you write a powerful

blurb that is sure to prevent readers from

bolting to the next book on sale.

 

Strive to have at least four to five short but

powerful paragraphs that are likely to build

up enough intrigue; pay attention to the

back covers of traditionally published books.

I have learned a lot about writing powerful 

fiction blurbs through ‘Fiction Blurbs: The

Best Page Forward Way’ by Phoebe J.

Ravencraft and Bryan Cohen.

 

7. Keep in mind the probability of a
preview for your book. Amazon provides

a “look inside the book” preview feature

for all books. If I see the book is full of

long, single-spaced paragraphs or I

become confused about what’s happening

in the book while reading the preview, I

won’t buy the book.

 

8. Promote your books rather than letting
the market take care of everything for you.

If you don’t promote or market what you

produce, people can’t find your works.

Participate in online forums and other

outlets relevant to what you write – make

sure not to spam your books or website.

Use social media and book promotion

sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Entire

Web, Robin Reads, Fussy Librarian and

Book Bongo.

 

9. Frequently look at all your author
website pages in their entirety.

• The primary reason you need to do this is

you have to test all your links to make sure

they’re working properly, as broken links

will persuade your visitors to go elsewhere

before they get a chance to look at your

books; plus, having broken links and a high

bounce rate can hurt you in the search

engine rankings.

• The secondary reason you need to go

through your site is you need to see how your

site reads. It may take several visits to catch

whether your paragraphs are too long, you

need more bullets, your font size is too tiny

or huge, you have too many H1 tags on some

of your pages, etc.

 

10. Frequently present fresh content on
your website. Writing new information and

making major or minor changes on your

home page and some of your secondary

pages satisfies the search engines. More

importantly, it signals to visitors that you’re

active and invested; therefore, they’re more

likely to return and eventually make a

purchase.

 
11. Read the reports you get from analytics
services you choose to use such as Monster
Insights, Google Analytics and Rank Math
at least once a week. Studying the analysis

on your visitor site page entrances and

exits, your site search engine optimization

content score and more will reveal the

improvements you must make to attract

more visitors to your site and keep them

there long enough for them to check out

your written works.

 

12. The last component of how to master
12 steps to draw readers today is to read
many books. The more you read, the

better of an author you should become,

which should help you sell more books.

 

The recommendations listed above are key

things to do as an author. Adhere to them to

master 12 steps to draw readers today. To

learn a lot more about having author success,

click here. To visit the home page, click here.

How to Master 12 Steps to Draw Readers Today

3 Easy Ways to make Buyers discover Your Books

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3 easy ways to make buyers discover your books

Why did I create this article to help you

learn 3 easy ways to make buyers discover

your books? Writing is a lot of work. You

put a lot of time and effort into it. You

would surely hate it if nobody ever bought

your book.

 

Creating your own literature is hard enough;

you don’t need the frustration and the

feeling you wasted your time added on to

that. Let’s get started discussing 3 easy ways 

to make buyers discover your books.

 

Hyperlinking Your Works

I have news for you; some people make the

mistake of posting the image and title of

their item on social media but not making

it possible to actually find the book and

buy it. It irritates me to click on the book

image then not being able to find the book

and preview it before perhaps buying it.

 

You may only get one chance to leave a

lasting impression with each potential

reader. Every time you post the title,

image and description of your book, be

sure to hyperlink the purchase link for

your book into the promotion page.

 

Participating in Social Media

It’s important to promote your books

through social media, Facebook writers

groups, book promotion websites and

more online outlets. Not promoting

your works makes it too hard for people

to find them.

 

Featuring Your Literature on Your Own

Website

In my opinion, the most effective way to

help people find the works you have

created is to display them on an author

website you design. In addition to

presenting your books directly to your

target audience, you’re guaranteed of your

book page never falling in the search

results or disappearing altogether – this

can easily happen anytime on social media

and book promotion sites. By running

your own site, you have full control of your

content sticking around and never falling

through the cracks.

 

Also, you’re the captain of the ship in

regard to the amount of traffic and sales

you obtain for your works. If you operate

your author website effectively through

your own experimentation and research,

you can easily bring a ton of people to all

your literature items indefinitely – you

likely won’t attract many readers through

your social media posts and any listings

you make on book promotion sites.

Though it’s not perfect, I recommend you

create your website through WordPress.

 

Keep these points in mind to ensure 3 easy

ways to make buyers discover your books.

To visit my home page, click here.

 

3 Easy Ways to Make Buyers Discover Your Books

Why authors must be patient

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As they say, patience is a virtue. This is

especially true for you as an author.

 

You’re likely to go through ups and

downs on your book sales. There may be

times when you make multiple sales in a

month then go many months without

selling one book.

 

The more books you write and the more

you learn how to be a successful author,

the more rewarding your writing career

should be. The key is to hang in there.

 

You have learned why authors must be

patient. To visit my home page, click here.

Tackling your book in your first daily computer session

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Putting in time, even a few minutes, to

spend writing your book during your

first computer session for the day can

be critical. The earlier in the day or

evening you write, the more

opportunity and will you have to

complete a significant portion of your

book.

 

If you wait until it’s almost time to go to

bed to work on your project, you may

not do any writing for the day at all. The

earlier you add words to your book, the

better.

 

That concludes why you should tackle your

book in your first daily computer session. To

visit the home page, click here.

5 Easy Steps for opting to write a Fiction Book

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Understanding the 5 Easy Steps for Opting to Write a Fiction Book

5 easy steps for opting to write a fiction book

Why did I elect to write a post on 5

easy steps for opting to write a fiction

book? I did this to help you determine if

you’re making the right decision to

begin putting a lot of time and effort into

penning a piece of fiction you have your

heart set on making.

 

It’s easier to generate sales for a

nonfiction item consistently than it is

for a fiction item. This is especially true

if the nonfiction creation is a self-help

book or another book which is likely to

appeal to a lot of people in your niche

market, the people who are likely to buy

your item now.

 

Getting enough people to buy a fiction

work you write is a different animal

altogether. Before you commence writing

it, you should take certain measures to

help ensure you don’t waste weeks or

months of your time writing, proofreading,

editing, publishing and marketing it. Here

are 5 easy steps for opting to write a fiction

book:

 

1. Become a voracious reader of fiction

items if you haven’t already done so.

Reading this genre on a regular basis can

assist you in obtaining then honing the

creative writing skills you need to have a

great shot at making the book you have in

mind a success. More importantly, it

introduces you to the written works that

are either doing well on the market or are

on their way toward that path.

 

2. Conduct a keyword search regarding

what you have in mind on Amazon and

perhaps other book outlets such as

Barnes and Noble. This can help tell you

if the market for what you’re focusing on

is too saturated or if you might be able to

create something that is different from

and better than what’s on the market.

 

3. Spend at least a few minutes at your

computer pondering whether you can

truly make the book into a piece of work

that someone other than perhaps a

dedicated family member of yours will

buy.

• Is it likely to have mass appeal,

something that will probably make its

way to much of your target market?

• Do you believe you can make it very

interesting and entertaining in addition to

making it presentable, memorable and

cohesive?

If your answer to both of these questions is

yes, you’re surely on the right track to start

crafting the project of your dreams, which

might turn out to be a bestseller.

 

4. If you determine it’s worth it to pursue
the project, spend considerable time
coming up with a strong title and think
about how you can begin the item with
an action scene that’s likely to hook
people into buying your story. Adding

emotion and power words to your title in

addition to making its font and size visually

appealing will help make it a lot stronger

and vastly enhance your chances of luring

the readers you’re trying to target.

 

5. Devise a solid book description you
can put into your ‘About the book’ page
and the blurb section of Amazon, Bookrix
or anywhere else you choose to
self-publish your work or submit it to a
literary agent or publishing house for
consideration.

• Your book summary, or blurb, can be

what makes or breaks you for getting your

foot in the door.

• It needs to be concise and effectively

describe your book without giving away too

much detail. Show, don’t tell. For more

guidance on blurbs, check out ‘Fiction Blurbs’.

 

These are 5 easy steps for opting to write a 

fiction book. Adhering to them may be huge 

in delivering a solid return on investment for 

the enormous amount of time you’ll surely

spend on writing your book then doing what

it takes to make it generate a lot of sales. To

visit my home page, click here.

 

How authors need support from you, the reader

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As authors, we can only go so far without

the aid of those we create our books for,

which is you, our precious readers. We

can promote our books on social media

sites and to book promotion sites and

maybe even pick up some sales from it

but without active promotional help from

you the customer, it does us limited good.

 

When you buy our books then read them,

you can help us go a long way by writing a

brief but helpful review and sharing the

links to our works to your friends and on

your social media accounts. Thank you. To

visit my home page, click here.