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Arthur Gutch

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Published On Oct 15, 2016

3 Ways to Create FOMO to Boost Your Book Sales

FO·MO 

ˈfōmō/

noun

informal

  1. anxiety that an exciting or interesting event may currently be happening elsewhere, often aroused by posts seen on a social media website aka FEAR OF MISSING OUT.  

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Published On Oct 12, 2016

How to Leverage Your Beta Readers to Help with Social Media When Your Book Launches

You've been scrambling to finish your book and the time is finally here. Now that it's about to go live for sale, have you put your social media plan into place? Many authors think they can handle it all, but why not divide and conquer if you can?...

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Published On Oct 5, 2016

7 Tips to Creating a City-Guide Audio Book - Extra Author Income?

You know the feeling of visiting a new city- you want to see it all, tour everywhere, but you don't want to look or feel like a tourist. Guided tours exist, but those offer that touristy feel. Why not create an audio tour to help travelers feel like

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Published On Sep 27, 2016

2 Simple Tips for Authors to Automate Book Marketing and Save Time!

Twitter, Instagram, blogs, videos, Facebook... and the list goes on. Now that you have published your print, eBook or audio indie book are you confused about how much time to allocate to marketing or too busy working on your author platform for...

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Published On Sep 23, 2016

4 Ways to Let Instagram Stories Sell Your Book For You

You are about to or almost ready to publish your print, eBook or audio book, feels good right? Now what? Have you decided on how you'll get your book out there in front of all the others? With so many book marketing tools out there it can be tricky...

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Published On Sep 19, 2016

5 Examples of Bad Writing Advice from Great Authors

Most authors can never get enough writing advice from the greats, those classic bestsellers whose works fill our library shelves. That's not always a good thing, though. Authors are human, just like everybody else. And like the rest of us, great...

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Published On Sep 14, 2016

6 Ways to Hook Your Reader From the Very First Sentence

Even the most avid reader won't slog through a book if it won't hold her interest. Traditionally, authors were told they needed to grab their readers' attention in the first fifty pages. Today, it's more like ten or twelve. Readers have so many...

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Published On Sep 8, 2016

10 Things Great Characters Need, According to Author Chuck Wendig

Chuck Wendig is a well-known author of speculative and science fiction. What authors know and like him better for, though, is his blog. Known for his long list posts designed to help authors write better books, he's successfully published multiple...

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Published On Aug 30, 2016

7 Tips on Writing for Teens Without Sounding Like an Adult

Young adult novels are hot right now, but the hardest part of writing them is nailing that voice. Teen readers are very savvy -- they'll catch on right away if there's anything false or forced in the dialog. Developing your teenage voice is mostly a...

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