Another year has gone by. I would say I’m another year older, but I don’t feel like I am. In fact, my brain still thinks I’m 15 years old. My body issues sharp reminders on an hourly basis that I’m not. Time is relative. Or maybe the perception of time is relative. I remember as…
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A few weeks ago we explored the forums on KBoards. This week we’re taking a look at the forums on Amazon’s KDP Community. Once you’re in your KDP account, you can click on the Community tab and you’ll find a refreshingly clean list of forum topic categories. Clicking on any category will bring you to…
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Did you know you could publish your blog to Kindle? (And your podcasts, by the way.) Well, you can and it’s easy-peasy. I was at Podfest, listening to a talk on putting your podcast on Kindle (transcripts of podcasts, if you want the short story), and the speaker asked who in the room had published…
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Amazon’s Author Central is where you create your author page. You can join Author Central if you have a book available on Amazon or if you have one in pre-release. Just go to the page and follow the registration instructions. Author Central is an area set up specifically for authors. Once you sign in, your Author…
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I have spent hours over the past few days going through KBoards, a forum for Kindle users. Here’s the first thing you need to know: The forums are basically for readers, not authors. But the Authors’ area has some useful information so I’m going to concentrate on that. Why? Because most of the other stuff…
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I’m in the business of helping people write their business books. So, when I say just about everyone who runs their own business should have a book, it’s pretty self-serving. It’s also not true. Not everyone in business is at the level where they should have their own book, or at least not a signature…
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If you missed Part 1 of Finding the Right Topic for Your Book, you can find it here. What Do You Want Your Book to Do For Your Readers? Once you have established what you want your book to do for you, you need to address the more important question of what you want your…
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You would think finding the right topic for your book would be obvious, right? In most cases, you’re going to be writing about what you do for a living, more specifically, how what you do for a living can help your potential clients, whether it is live better lives, make more money, or master a…
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I work in a field that is rather niche – writing and editing business books for entrepreneurs, as well as coaching people through writing a book. I care about the end product which always creates a certain amount of insecurity—is my writing strong enough? Did I capture the client’s voice? Is this good enough? (And…
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It’s easy to publish an eBook on Kindle. Publishing a really great looking eBook on Kindle is a smidge harder. That takes a little graphic design and a trained eye. Fortunately, in the nonfiction world, our audience is looking for solutions to their problems more than a stunning layout. eBooks with numerous charts, graphs, and…
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