Monthly Archives: January 2013

Bittorrent Book Marketing – the way of the future?

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Robert Worstell

How to Market a Book via Bittorrent – the Tim Ferriss Way [Update:  Here’s the how to make your own BitTorrent bundle to promote your ebooks. http://goo.gl/7KmdJg] These days, a book isn’t just about the words you used to craft … Continue reading →

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How to Leave a Nicely Walled Garden – Through the Cracks…

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Robert Worstell

Beating Amazon at their own Game (or: how to game Amazon…) Studies show that Amazon isn’t what it used to be. Statistics are doing their usual song-and-dance, but tell that the big box giant may be around (or even below) … Continue reading →

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New Authors Publish Best on iBookstore? How Come?

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Robert Worstell

How to Sell Your Book on the iBookstore – why does this work? My own experience strays from conventional “wisdom”. iBookstore outsells every other outlet by 4-1. And I’ll get into this below – the key questions are 1) How … Continue reading →

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Beginning of a New Book Series

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Robert Worstell

How to Write, Publish, and Sell Your Books Online That’s the general area we’ll be covering. Research is pretty much wrapped up now, and it just has to be laid out and edited. Best way to do this is by … Continue reading →

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How to Get Your Self-Published Book Discovered (Legacy Publishers: Hints…)

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Robert Worstell

(graphic from http://paidcontent.org/2013/01/17/why-online-book-discovery-is-broken-and-how-to-fix-it/) While legacy publishers are having a hard time of getting their book discovered, indie self-publishers don’t have to. A quote from the paidContent.org review of a Digital Book World presentation (graphic above): Sixty-one percent of book purchases by frequent … Continue reading →

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Book III Outline – “How to Sell a Book Online”

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Robert Worstell

(Just to make a note of things. Yes, I also have some outlines for Book I and II, but this came together today, so I thought to make a record of it. Feel free to ask me questions about this … Continue reading →

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How Amazon “Review-Addiction” is Wasting Your Time

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Robert Worstell

photocredit: “bastique” from Flickr Getting a grip on Amazon’s multiplying sock-puppet problem. I’ve been doing some research today on Amazon’s review scene. This is because it’s become clear that the conventional wisdom  is “if you want to make a decent … Continue reading →

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J’APE – the parody of self-publishing – first draft

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Robert Worstell

Well, you’re either going to be amused or offended.I didn’t originally plan for the book to come out this way – it was going to be a “serious” piece. But here’s the first draft. The parody part has to be … Continue reading →

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2nd Draft Arrived today. New title, new cover.

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Robert Worstell

–>Well, it’s a new approach to this, but the content is proofed based on the first. One suggestion ( +Rob Gol ) pointed out the parody error. So I lost it. Did the keyword research I needed and came up with … Continue reading →

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Closing Chapter just arrived…

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Robert Worstell

Chapter 5 – Your Book As I mentioned in the beginning, there is probably a book in you, working to get out. Most of us have a story there. One report has this at 70% – which would include you. … Continue reading →

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