Writers Tricks of the Trade Volume 5, Issue 6

PRESS “CONTROL” THEN CLICK “BUY” TO PURCHASE ANY BOOK HOW TO PUBLISH AN EBOOK (CONT’D) BOOKS BY JANE FRIEDMAN PRODUCING A SOLID PRODUCT                    Writing Your Book’s Back Cover Copy (Jessi Rita Hoffman) The Importance of Categories, Keywords, and Tags (M. Louisa Locke) How to Improve Your Amazon Book Description and Metadata (Penny Sansevieri) How to Self-Publish Children’s Books Successfully (Darcy Pattison) SALES, MARKETING, AND PROMOTION Book Promotional Sites & Tools for Authors (Martin Crosbie) How Authors Can Find Their Ideal Reading Audience (Angela Ackerman) The Strategic Use of Book Giveaways (Jane Friedman) Should You Join KDP Select? (Lindsay Buroker) Hit the eBook Bestseller Lists with Preorders (Mark Coker) Why (Many) Publicists Don’t Work With Self-Published Authors (Dana Kaye) Top 5 Money Wasters in Book Publicity (Dana Kaye) The Perfect Book Sales Page (Tom Morkes) Social Media Marketing That Reaches Your Audience How to Sell Books With BookBub (Skipjack Publishing) BUY GETTING REVIEWS Author Tools and Promo Sites (Martin Crosbie) The Ultimate Guide to Goodreads for Authors (The Creative Penn, Mayor A. Lan) 10 Ways to Find Reviewers for Your Self-Published Book (Empty Mirror) The Indie Reviewers List (The Indie View) 7 Strategies and 110 Tools to Help Indie Authors Find Readers and Reviewers (Digital Pubbing) TOOLS FOR CREATING & FORMATTING E-BOOKS          Scrivener: this writing software is not free, but it can export EPUB files Calibre: free formatting and conversion software for ebooks StreetLib: free web-based tool that can also handle distribution and sales if you want EasyEdit: easy-to-use software for PC users that generates ebooks for Kindle (trial version is free) Jutoh: free software for creating e-books, paid version available with more functionality PressBooks: free formatting tool (up until a point), WordPress-based Apple Pages (can export EPUB files) Vellum: easy-to-use software for Mac users only to produce EPUB files Here’s a list of educational resources and tools if you want to learn about ebook formatting BUY and development. WRITERS’ TRICKS OF THE TRADE PAGE 9 NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2015

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