36. Amazon Book Review Policies - Can We Give a Book for Free for Reviews?
Book Marketing Show Podcast with Dave Chesson
Release Date: 07/03/2018
64: Book Launch to Consistent Sales Case Study
Book Marketing Show Podcast with Dave Chesson
You’ve written your book and the hard work is done, right? Nope! As an author, you’re not just looking to write a book, but hoping to sell that book, too.
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63. Marketers & Coffee: Publishing Companies and Deals with Anna David
Book Marketing Show Podcast with Dave Chesson
Authors are finding themselves questioning if they are better suited for going with a traditional publisher vs. going the self-publishing route.
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62. Best Writing Tools for Authors
Book Marketing Show Podcast with Dave Chesson
Book writing software. There are a lot of options. In today’s episode, we’ll talk about three of the most common ones: Microsoft Word, Google Docs, and Scrivener. Microsoft Word is familiar to many and may already be on your computer. Google Docs is free and cloud-based, meaning you can access it from anywhere. Scrivener has the most bells and whistles, though, and is designed with authors in mind. Each one has pros and cons, and depending on your style of writing, you may prefer one over the others. For more information, visit the show notes at
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61. What Publishing Companies Are Really Like (Insider Story)
Book Marketing Show Podcast with Dave Chesson
I’ve had the pleasure of working with publishing companies as an author and consultant. I’ve also seen plenty of interesting things that have a profound effect on authors both self-published as well as those working to become published by one of these companies.
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60. Marketers & Coffee: Facebook Pages for Authors
Book Marketing Show Podcast with Dave Chesson
Facebook can seem like an intimidating place to put yourself out there as an author if you’re not used to it. You may wonder how to navigate between using it for personal reasons versus using it as a marketing arm of your books. But it can be a powerful tool and, used correctly, can help your readers connect with you more.
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59. How to Get Paid Writing Other People’s Books
Book Marketing Show Podcast with Dave Chesson
When you first start out as a writer, you may be looking to supplement your income. One great way of doing this is to become a ghostwriter. A ghostwriter is an author who is paid to write a book for someone else. It may not seem like it carries the same weight as authoring your own book and seeing your name on the cover, but there are a lot of reasons not to discount ghostwriting.
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58. Reviving a Dead Book (Case Study #4)
Book Marketing Show Podcast with Dave Chesson
Writing a book is hard. Sometimes when we find our books aren’t selling well, we may have to make the choice between reviving it or letting it go. In this Reviving a Dead Book case study, we look at an author who decided not to revive his first book, but instead tried reviving his second. Then, he was able to look at both to see the difference a revive can make.
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57. How to Make a Children’s Book
Book Marketing Show Podcast with Dave Chesson
Writing a children’s book is not something to go into lightly. Sure, it may sound like less work because they’re typically fewer words, but there are things to think about you may not be prepared for. But if you have ever thought about it, it’s a great market to get into. About 40 million children’s books are sold online every year. Eevi Jones has written more than a dozen children’s books of her own and uses her knowledge to teach others the skills needed to write, publish and market their own children’s books. The tips she shares in this episode will help you think about the...
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56. Using AMS Ads to Increase Your Sales (CASE STUDY)
Book Marketing Show Podcast with Dave Chesson
Michael Knight who went from doing OK with sales of his book to seeing some major changes after taking my free AMS course and using KDP Rocket. One of the things I talk about in the KDP Rocket course is that you may find keywords to use for your book you may not have immediately thought of before. Michael is still learning what keywords work best with his book for AMS ads, which he talks about in the episode and gets ideas for even more keywords that may attract his ideal reader to his book. For more information, visit the show notes at
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55. Book Price Hack that will Make You More Money
Book Marketing Show Podcast with Dave Chesson
If you’re using CreateSpace to create and market your book, you won’t want to miss this ingenious way you can price your book higher, sell it for a lower price, and still get the royalties that come from the higher price. While you may not necessarily use this tactic, I do encourage authors to test different prices for their books anyway to see what works best for them. Former guest Derek Doepker stumbled upon this hack and talks with me today about how it works and how we can use it ethically. This is within CreateSpace’s terms of service, but when you use this hack, you want to make...
info_outlineWe all know reviews can be instrumental in giving our books some clout when it comes to people on Amazon browsing and looking to see what others thought. One question that causes some confusion among authors is, Can I give copies of my book away for free in exchange for a review? And the answer is yes, but also no. Amazon has specific rules regarding how authors can get fair reviews from readers.
This episode, I talk to Craig Tuch, the owner of Hidden Gems Books, which is a review site. While you can’t pay for reviews, Hidden Gems works within the rules of Amazon to help authors get reviews using specific email lists to send Advance Review Copies (ARCs) to those interested in reading them.
For more information, visit the show notes at http://kindlepreneur.com/e36