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A Bad Question That Leads to Good Insights

June 9, 2022 by Nic Nelson Leave a Comment

Here’s a common question that came up in a Facebook group earlier this week. It is more profound than it might seem: “Why should people buy your book and not your competitor’s?” My longer answer: This question completely misunderstands the nature of 95% of the book industry. This kind of competition is real and intense […]

Filed Under: Blog, Creative Entrepreneurship, Publish Wisely Tagged With: indie publishing, publish wisely, self-publishing

Kickstarter: Mighty Ally of Indie Authors

May 4, 2022 by Nic Nelson Leave a Comment

Brandon Sanderson's surprise Kickstarter book launch raises $41 million

Brandon Sanderson’s surprise Kickstarter book launch raises $41 million! It passed $4m in the first week… because Brandon did it right. (And he’s already a superstar author, but still, he did it right) Not just indie authors, but everyone in the author community is talking about how to sell directly to readers. After the mind-boggling […]

Filed Under: Blog, Creative Entrepreneurship, Publish Wisely

Print-On-Demand Hardcover Books are Easier Than Ever

September 28, 2021 by Nic Nelson Leave a Comment

As of September 21st, we can now offer our KDP self-published books in hardcover, not just softcover! This is the first major tangible improvement to KDP since they acquired CreateSpace’s best-in-class print-on-demand capabilities, expanding “Kindle Publishing” from ebooks alone to both ebooks and paperbacks… and now, finally, hardcover! Of course, this is still POD, so […]

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AudioBookCup is a piracy ring

August 31, 2021 by Nic Nelson Leave a Comment

Audiobook Cup logo, as of 2021

I don’t spend much time on social media (I might be the only person in America who really should spend more time on it), but I’m glad I was checking notifications this morning. Tom Lennon posted this in a private Facebook group for audiobook narrators about five hours ago. I’ve put Tom’s words in italics […]

Filed Under: Blog, Publish Wisely Tagged With: indie publishing

The Elusive Logline

August 23, 2021 by Nic Nelson Leave a Comment

At a recent PRESS session, an author was trying to hammer their book description down into a proper logline. This can be more challenging than it might seem, especially because a book description and a logline differ in a subtle but fundamental way. A book description is just that: it describes, to a greater or […]

Filed Under: Blog, Publish Wisely, Writing Tagged With: find your fans, marketing

Helpful Questions for Beta Readers

February 18, 2021 by Nic Nelson 2 Comments

I had a great time at Life, The Universe, and Everything last weekend, my first time speaking at this conference! (My first time attending it at all, in fact!) I am very impressed. Definitely coming back next year as an attendee if they don’t want me to teach anything or participate on a panel. My […]

Filed Under: Editing, Publish Wisely

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