Marketing might not sound like the most exciting part of being an author, but we think it can be a lot of fun. Mark our words, we’re book marketing nerds, and soon you’ll be one too.
Dungeon Crawler Carl is not just a breakout LitRPG series. It is a case study in what happens when craft, community, format strategy, and rights control work together. Matt Dinniman did not beco...
Publishing an audiobook used to mean navigating distributors, contracts, and a fair amount of industry jargon before your book ever reached listeners. Spotify for Authors gives self-published au...
If you have multiple audiobooks in a series on Spotify, you want listeners to know exactly what comes next. The good news is that linking a series on Spotify is relatively simple. You don't manu...
Check out this quick recap of Kindle Unlimited royalties trends and how this is affecting authors’ earnings.
Listen & Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube About the Episode: This episode is a milestone; the Written Word Media Podcast just hit 10,000 downloads. To celebrate, Ric...
If you’ve spent any time researching author marketing, you’ve probably encountered the terms reader magnet and lead magnet. Sometimes they’re used interchangeably. But there’s a useful distinction ...
Listen & Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube About the Episode: Your email list is your most valuable asset as an author, but how do you actually grow it beyond people ...
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...
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...
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