Posts Tagged With: Amazon
Book Bundling ~ Ensuring that All Roads Lead to YOUR Book!
This IS my actual bundled-book cover! Link: Ghost Stories and The Unexplained: Book One and Book Two I signed up for a workshop a couple of months ago, the purpose of which was to introduce new packaging and promotion ideas to authors. The workshop facilitator, whose own book is a play on the slogan, All … Continue reading
Looking Back at 2012 . . .A Very Good Year!
I am sitting here, a few days in front of 2013, looking back on the thrills (and chills) of publishing in 2012. First of all I would like to begin my 2012 wrap-up with a Thank You to the team of talented, dedicated people who brought this little Edmonds-based company to the international stage this … Continue reading
Author Beware!! The Sweetened kdp Amazon Global Fund
Jeff Bezos (Amazon innovator) has Sweetened, for the second time in recent weeks, the pot of money available to authors who sign an exclusive agreement to sell their ebooks ONLY through his eCommerce store front. I’m kind of a cause-and-effect gal, so let me entertain you with the causality, and effect, of his move to … Continue reading
Open Letter to Jeff Bezos ~ Amazon
Dear Mr. Bezos, Well, on occasion the Mountain travels to Mohammed. As a publishing coach and micro-publisher who has enthusiastically steered hundreds of workshop attendees and clients to Amazon CreateSpace and kdp Amazon, this is one of those occasions. I travel to Mohammed to say that I am woefully disheartened and disappointed over recent ‘Glitches’ … Continue reading
Amazon Mum On Authors Fears of Book Sales Skimming
A canned reply is all that Amazon brass is handing the literary community on why thousands of high-performing authors book-sales dashboards have frozen. In the past month over 22,000 Amazon.com eBook authors have scrambled to the giant online retailer’s kdp Amazon Community Board to catch up on complaints about the appearance of lost book sales … Continue reading
“The Ghost Chaser’s Daughter” Supernatural, With A Dash of Depravity.
A.V. Harrison Publishing is pleased to announce the release of The Ghost Chaser’s Daughter, by Emily Hill. This is Ms. Hill’s fifth title written for fans of the supernatural, and folklore. She has written eight books in total, including her debut novel, Jenkins: Confederate Blockade Runner. For inspiration for her supernatural series Ms. Hill draws … Continue reading
A.V. Harrison Publishing To Offer French Translations
A.V. Harrison Publishing is pleased to announce its upcoming entry into Amazon’s French translation market. This business-forward move is made in association with French-English translator, Catherine Bedeski, who has joined the Edmonds, Washington micro-publisher as a consultant. Catherine Bedeski is a professional editor and translator in English, French, Japanese and Chinese with over ten years … Continue reading
News. Flash. Ready to Welcome The India eReader Crowd?
Dateline: 12:50PM – Thursday, 23 August BUDAPEST, HUNGARY This news is WAY TO IMPORTANT – and exciting – for me to stay in ‘Vacation’ mode. This morning trend watchers in the publishing sector were treated to the break-out news that Amazon has opened its Kindle market to consumers in India. India! An English-speaking country! Get … Continue reading
Gifts, GiveAways, and Games and How They Sell Books
It seems that I am seeing more and more blog posts about ‘engaging’ one’s readers and TweetMates. Make true friendships. ‘Encouraging customer loyalty’ is what authors should be engaged in as they construct their platform veteran book marketers advise. “Be pithy!” “Show a little of your personal side!” ”Keep your readers entertained, have fun, and … Continue reading
