Author Archives: brian

How your Kindle edition can get you more reviews on Amazon

Posted on May 15, 2012 by brian

Do you have as many Amazon reviews for your book as you’d like?  As a publisher of over 50 books on Amazon, I can share first hand that there is indeed a direct correlation between the number of reviews a title has … Continue reading →

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Wondering whether or not you should signup for KDP Select?

Posted on March 5, 2012 by brian

Dear Author friends, I received several emails shortly after Amazon announced the KDP Select program.   Everyone was asking me what I thought they should do.  I honestly couldn’t answer because I didn’t know the answer!  But today, I can. … Continue reading →

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Two titles that have broken into the Kindle top 5000!

Posted on February 29, 2012 by brian

I wanted to send out a quick update… this unusual to say the least, but two of the books I just finished converting to Kindle are now among the top .5% of all Kindle books sold. In other words, they’ve … Continue reading →

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Take advantage of Amazon’s little known short URL (amzn.com) capability

Posted on January 31, 2012 by brian

Do you post links directly to your own book or kindle book on Amazon? If not, you should! But if you are, do your readers a favor and use the Amazon short URL to it. Amazon has the highest consumer … Continue reading →

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How to link directly to your ebook in the iBookstore

Posted on January 27, 2012 by brian

Would you like to add a link directly to your ebook in the iBookstore? Chances are, if you’ve hired us to do your ebook conversion, you’ve now got your ebook on iTunes in the iBookstore.  So now you want to … Continue reading →

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