What does it take to hit #1 on Amazon

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Let’s qualify– #1 in a major genre.  Today my book Area 51 is the #1 science fiction bestseller on Kindle.  It’s #48 overall.  As the gold rush wanes in indie publishing, I want to lay out what it took to achieve that, and remember, it is fleeting but it does set a solid base. Writing [...]

Indie Epublished Authors: Here is a List of Go-To Sites for Epublishing Industry News

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TGIF, WG2E-Land! Many of you have emailed me to ask how I stay “in-the-know” about our Epublishing and Indie Epublishing Industry. So, here is my list of The Top 10 Epublishing Industry News Sites: 1. The WG2E ***I learn sooo much from all of my fellow WG2E Team Members as well as from all of you [...]

Aggressive versus Obnoxious in the Land of Publishing

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When I give presentations to writers I joke that the difference between being aggressive and obnoxious is that the aggressive writer has a good manuscript and the obnoxious one has a bad manuscript.  For over a decade that’s always gotten a good laugh. The only problem was, I wasn’t following my own advice. I’ve grown [...]

“Reader Behavior is in flux”…According to Digital Book World’s Discoverability and Marketing Conference in NYC

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Happy Weekend, WG2E-Land! This past week, in New York City, Digital Book World‘s (DBW) Discoverability and Marketing Conference was held, and WG2E Team Members Bob Mayer and Jen Talty were there! In fact, you can read about Bob’s first day impressions here: Day One Recap After reading Bob’s scoop and all of the other articles [...]