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Finding your literary voice with a working class accent. Dec 05, 20 we wrote for our own sites and blogs like copyblogger for years about business, entrepreneurship, marketing, you name it. May 11, 2015 author websites, blogs, and book sales pages by joel friedlander on may 11, 2015 28 comments last week stephanie chandler invited me to do a presentation for the nonfiction writers conference, an online event featuring lots of speakers on topics of interest to selfpublishers and nonfiction authors. This means more than one person is going to buy your book at the same time. Now that youre an author, book sales are your business.
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The standard amazon account wont work, so youll need to sign up for the kindle publishing account if you dont already have one. Imagine if one company held all the power over your income every month. How book publishers use digital printing to sell books more. We wrote for our own sites and blogs like copyblogger for years about business, entrepreneurship, marketing, you name it. Sure, the harry potter books have been counterfeited and are selling across asia. Includes over 15 hours of incredible book marketing content in audio.
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