Marketing for Romance Writers Newsletter April, 2017 Volume # 10, Issue 4* | Page 28

February Release By: Mary Calesto Turn Your Blog into a Bookstore February 18, 2017 The Plot: Tired of relying on paid services to deliver your free book? Thinking there must be a way to sell books to avoid costly vendor discounts and hassles with returns? When you sell your books directly from your website, you take control of the distribu- tion process. Sure, you won’t be able to eliminate outside vendors like Amazon, and you don’t want to! What you do want is an easy-to-set-up, simple-to-maintain system for selling books direct to your readers and offering free downloads and gifts. Your own webstore provides this. This book discusses the ins and outs of setting up your own webstore complete with step-by-step tutorials. Written by an author who has worked in IT for over a decade, you’ll find rock-solid, real-world proven knowledge to start selling your books directly. Today! Reviews Welcome. Biography: If you’d asked Mary Caelsto what she wanted to be when she grew up, she would have told you that she’d write romance novels and work on a horse farm. Well, today Mary is the author of over fifty romance novels, lives on her homestead in the Ozarks with her horses, chickens, cats, and family. She loves spending her days helping authors bring their works to life through Unscramblet Author Services, where she offers website, newslet- ter, eBook, transcription, and other services designed specifically for today’s authors. She began My Author Home to offer free websites to authors as well as a variety of promotional services. Her goal is to make the technology and systems side of your writing career as easy as cracking an egg. (And then she’s got some great recipes for you, too.) 28 06