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Arthur Gutch

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Published On Jul 18, 2016

How to Create a Fiction or Non-fiction Reader Magnet with Free Books

Selling more books by giving away books for free might not sound like a smart policy, but it's the best way to start a solid career as a constantly-selling author. The key to continuous book sales is finding a group of loyal readers, and that means...

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Published On Jul 14, 2016

Build Your Book Marketing Plan 5 Minutes at a Time

Marketing is a never-ending task for authors that can fill hours each day if you let it. Effective marketing is the key to getting more sales, but you can't afford to let it cut into your writing time. Here are a dozen marketing tasks that will...

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Published On Jul 6, 2016

4 Ways Authors Can Increase Website Income

Your author platform begins with your website. This is your home online, the space where you can let your fans gather and enjoy your work together. It begins by being a static online address, but you can make your website so much more. Here are ways...

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Published On Jul 1, 2016

Hugh Howey's Best Advice for Writers & Authors

Hugh Howey has gone from writing books in his spare time to sailing around the world in his multi-million dollar outrigger yacht, all on the success of his best-selling self publishing career. He's spent years helping out other authors, secure in...

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Published On Jun 30, 2016

8 Tips for Authors to Avoid Over-Plotting - Too Much Story in Your Story?

Every best-selling book's plot can be narrowed down to one simple sentence or two. An ordinary boy finds out he's really a wizard. A family goes to be caretakers at a haunted hotel, and the father goes crazy. A woman falls through time, goes back...

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Published On Jun 26, 2016

4 Tips On Non-Fiction Booklets: Do Fewer Words Mean More Money?

Publishing a handful of non-fiction titles can be an impressive feat, but if you're writing books in hopes of supporting yourself, those thick volumes are costing you money. What if there was a way to entice readers to pay two or three times the...

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Published On Jun 21, 2016

Are Coloring Books in Your Self Publishing Future?

One of the hottest trends in self publishing and tradtional publishing right now isn't steamy romance or smart science fiction, it's a market that most authors have never even considered -- coloring books for adults. Of the top 10 books sold in...

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Published On Jun 16, 2016

6 Ways to Make Your Historical Novel Come Alive

Any author who writes historical novels knows that it takes an unbelievable amount of research to get the details right for their era. The hard part is translating all those details you learned into a story set in a believable world that's true to...

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Published On Jun 14, 2016

4 Tips on How to Write the Ultimate Beach Read

We've all seen them: those thick books with colorful covers that everyone's reading on planes, at bus stops, and especially everywhere on vacation. Beach reads are not literary classics; they're fun and breezy stories that people love to read when...

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