Direct sales are giving self-published authors more ways to build sustainable author businesses. When readers buy through your own store, you can have more control over the customer experience, ...
Every author knows they should be building an email list. It's the one audience no algorithm can take away from you. Platforms change their rules. Ad accounts get shut down. Reach comes and goes...
Check out this quick recap of Kindle Unlimited royalties trends and how this is affecting authors’ earnings.
A+ Content lets you add rich graphics, formatted text, and comparison tables to your book's Amazon product page, going well beyond the standard description box. It's free for all KDP authors, and i...
Every social media platform seems to promise the same thing: more visibility, more readers, and more book sales. One expert tells you to master TikTok. Another swears by Instagram. Meanwhile, someo...
At Written Word Media, we believe that supporting authors starts with understanding them. That's why, for the second year in a row, we conducted a Mid-Year Author Sentiment Survey to take the pulse...
Most authors know the core ingredients of a successful book marketing strategy: build an email list, consistently promote your books, run ads, and keep readers moving through your catalog. And f...
If you've written multiple books in a series, one of the easiest ways to improve discoverability on Kobo is by creating a dedicated series page. A well-organized series page helps Kobo readers d...
For indie authors, Amazon KDP can be one of the most powerful publishing platforms in the world. But it is also a platform with rules, automated reviews, human enforcement, and serious consequences...
Amazon has always evolved, but the latest shift is more meaningful than most. In the past, algorithm updates tended to tweak visibility, changing how books ranked or surfaced in search. But the ...
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