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Arthur Gutch

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Published On Dec 11, 2014

How to Build A Street Team: An Author's Best Set of Friends!

Whether you've got a contract with one of the Big Five publishing houses or you're an independent or self published author doing it on your own, you're going to have to pay a lot of attention to your book marketing. Even Stephen King has a social...

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Published On Dec 5, 2014

Unique Book Marketing to Increase Revenue: Multi-Author Bundles

Bundles are a hot new trend for self publishing indie writers these days, and multi-author bundles are a great dea for both readers and author marketing. These anthologies of short stories or novellas give readers more of what they're looking for:...

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Published On Dec 2, 2014

Special Gifts for Special Authors: Part II

Notebooks. You know you've got a drawer full. Every well-intentioned person who buys you a gift thinks a notebook is perfect for a writer. Most writers are more likely to use tear-off pads of paper or sticky notes, just because the notes are easy to...

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Published On Nov 26, 2014

3 Ways Authors Gain from Getting Back to Nature

Ten years ago a walk in the woods with our family dog dramatically changed my life. The ten years prior to my dog-walk awakening had been mired in what you might call...non-movement related activies. Too many hours focused on the computer screen...

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Published On Nov 22, 2014

How to Think Like a Publisher To Achieve Market Success

Since the beginning of the printed word, only one thing has been keeping authors from seeing their name on the cover of a book – finding a publisher willing to take a chance on them. Self publishing opens up new avenues for writers looking for that...

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Published On Nov 13, 2014

4 Lessons For Authors From NaNoWriMo to Use All Year Long

Every November writers around the world go through an unusual rite of passage -- NaNoWriMo. Short for National Novel Writing Month, this event (known as NaNo to those who experience it) pits person against machine, daring writers to complete a...

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Published On Nov 13, 2014

Tips For Introverted Self Published Authors To Make How-To Books Shine

For those who derive their living and/or passion from writing it is nothing new to have discovered that you or others are simply shy. Fortunately for the introverted and self published author, the same global internet that serves as a portal for...

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Published On May 26, 2017

5 Ways for Self Published Authors to Earn Multiple Streams of Income

In the business world it's known as double-dipping: getting two or more streams of income from one source of work. Authors, especially those who write  nonfiction books, have similar opportunities after their books have been published. Yes, the best...

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Published On Nov 6, 2014

Bookarma: New Author Marketing Tool that Pays Forward

Social media is one of the most important parts of any author's marketing campaign, but it's limited to the contacts that already exist in that author's circle. Unless your friends share your post or repin your pin, no one else is going to see it....

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