PUBLISHED JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2022 by David Wogahn, President, AuthorImprints.com — Think of A+ Content as a sales tool for your book as well as for you, the author. Amazon’s A+ Content for paperback and Kindle eBooks published via KDP is a powerful book marketing feature every self-publisher should consider using. Originally released in 2016 as A+ …

PUBLISHED MARCH/APRIL 2018 by David Wogahn, President, AuthorImprints.com — Book bloggers continue to offer one of the best returns on your time investment. Why? Because you get a two-fer: a review, often posted in multiple places, and promotion when the blogger shares their review on their website and via social media. Two more reasons to …

PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 2017 by David Wogahn, President, AuthorImprints.com – A five-point checklist for metadata maintenance and a case study using a two-year-old book. The days of releasing a book and never revisiting or monitoring its metadata are long gone. Instead of being a one-time task in the pre-launch countdown, ongoing sales success will increasingly rely …

PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 2017 by David Wogahn, President, AuthorImprints.com How many books can you sell if the people you are marketing to are the people you currently know? Unless you are Beyoncé or Steph Curry, probably not many. So, if you don’t know many people, how do you meet new friends—especially those that are well-connected—and make …

PUBLISHED APRIL 2015 by David Wogahn, digital publishing consultant In an increasingly online world, metadata best practices go beyond fields in an ONIX record and pertain to how we create, present, and maintain information about ourselves as authors and publishers. Accordingly, I believe we need to define metadata more broadly and develop new habits to ensure …

When people shop on the virtual shelves of Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple, or Kobo, chances are that they are looking for books within a specific category. Categories constitute one the most important metadata elements for every book, and using the appropriate categories is critical for discoverability of e-books in online stores. Because major online …

As the rules of publishing continue to be rewritten, selling digital products directly to consumers can offer a chance to improve margins, generate additional revenue through upselling, and learn more about your customers. And depending on the type of e-books you sell, it may give you more control over pricing. I often see publishers recoil …