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Write for Magazines to Promote Your Book

Write for Magazines to Promote Your Book

You’ve written or you’re writing a book. When it comes to promoting your work, you feel lost. Did you know that when you write for magazines, you increase your visibility and may have greater book sales? And if you feel stalled about completing your book, sliding in...

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Writing Tips for “All About” Books

Writing Tips for “All About” Books

  Are you looking for writing tips for a general “all about book? "The first thing you need to know is that it can’t be too general.  Actually, the worst mistake you could make would be presenting a generic overview and leaving it at that. I have a colleague who...

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The Fear of Never Finishing Your Book

The Fear of Never Finishing Your Book

The fear of never finishing your book is more common than you may realize. This can happen to any writer, and it can occur at any stage of your writing. If you feel that you can’t get through it, the most important thing to realize is that you’ve joined a...

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How to Price Your Kindle Book

How to Price Your Kindle Book

What is the best Kindle pricing range?  To answer how to price your Kindle book, first ask yourself, "Am I more interested cash sales or gaining exposure/subscribers?" When to Offer Your Book for Free If your goal is to use your Kindle eBook to attract subscribers to...

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Short Books, Short Reads – Easy to Complete

Short Books, Short Reads – Easy to Complete

What is a short book? And how long should it be? Thirty years ago, you would have had no trouble answering that question. A book was an oblong physical object that had either hard covers and a dust jacket or was a paperback. You turned the pages with your hand. That...

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How to Define the Benefits of Your How To Book

How to Define the Benefits of Your How To Book

"What will my reader get from my how to book?" Don’t begin writing your book without answering this question. If you’re writing a how-to nonfiction book, you’re not writing to entertain your readers. They’re looking for information. They want answers to their...

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Write With Your Own Voice

Write With Your Own Voice

Many beginning writers make one mistake that dooms their books to failure. The don't write with their own voice. They avoid putting themselves into their writing, thinking that an objective, personality-free tone will make them sound more professional. Instead, they...

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