Category Archives: bestseller

Learning to write by studying bestseller fiction books. Novel? No – classics.

(photocredit: Amusafija) So begins yet another writing adventure. Found a great book, via Feedbooks, of a classic – “The Technique of the Mystery Story.” This gave me a complete inspiration to help writers learn to write better. This came up earlier … Continue reading

Posted in bestseller, books, Crime fiction, ebooks, feedbooks, fiction, Goodreads, public domain, Stephen King, writing | 1 Comment

Notes on Book Publishing

Some collected tips, hints, and tricks to get your book written & published. I just published yet another book, this one a collection of interviews and writings on writing I had laying around, or had published earlier in some other … Continue reading

Posted in amazon, Amazon Kindle, b&n, bestseller, iTunes, kobo, LibreOffice, lulu, Onlywire, Scribd, smashwords, Storify, synnd, writing | Leave a comment

Publishing 30 books in 5 hours on Amazon

It is possible to publish over 2 dozen ebooks to Amazon in an afternoon. (photo: Alan Hudson) Of course, there’s a great deal of work to get to that point. Over 2 months of preps. And you should see how … Continue reading

Posted in bestseller, book, book sales, E-book, Ebook Publishing, Free content, kindle, Lowest common denominator, Print on demand, publishing | Leave a comment

Another distributor for self-published authors – Feedbooks

Found this outlet for new authors (again) – original works can publish on Feedbooks Strictly speaking, it looks like almost anyone can publish there, since I see that there are many public domain books published at various prices. Why don’t … Continue reading

Posted in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, bestseller, feedbooks, freebie, Goodreads, Lewis Carroll, public domain, self-publishing | Leave a comment

Secret to starting big projects? Finish what you’ve started.

It’s hit me again, just as I predicted: Incomplete (self-publishing) projects will haunt and distract you from anything else you want to start. (Photo credit: unknown…) This includes small projects as well as (and very definitely) any big projects. If … Continue reading

Posted in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, bestseller, napoleon hill, passive income, self-publishing, SOHO, think and grow rich | Leave a comment

How to Create a Popular Non-Fiction Amazon Bestseller

Who wants to be the next Steve Scott? You and I are still trying to routinely crack the bestseller ranks on Amazon. Steve has done this several times. How he did it takes some sleuthing. How you could do it … Continue reading

Posted in bestseller, books, idea, non-fiction, readers, sell, steve scott, story, subject, work, writer, writing | Leave a comment