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Kindle Unlimited Page Reads BY Derek Murphy

If your Kindle Unlimited page reads suddenly tanked, it’s probably because of this… In several groups this week, a lot of my author friends started reporting worst-ever months and a drastic drop in income due to a sudden drop in page reads. For authors in Kindle Unlimited, page reads could often be as much as half the income generated from Amazon Kindle. Today, I saw a *hypothetical* explanation that seems on-point. Amy Hopkins posted in the Nanowrimo Facebook group: PSA: the new page flip

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Oct
The Importance Of Reviews

The Importance of Reviews Reviews are important to all authors. They can make or break a book. That’s why we all need them, and try our utmost to get them any way we can. However, they are anomalies in them, and because a lot of potential customers take so much notice of them, is it only fair that there should be some sort of regulation of them. Amazon will say they do regulate, and maybe they do – for instance, abusive ones are removed, but there are still a lot they don’t do. In my

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Oct
The Authorpreneur: 3 Paths to a Lifetime of Success

FROM KALLEN DIGGS Do you want to be an author? Many people still desire to author a book. Yet, more people are questioning the profitability of an author’s careernowadays. The truth is that most authors will not sell more than 500 books. Typically, their book stops selling after their family and friends have already bought it. The reality is that many authors do not have a following, which will halt the sales of their book. An engaged following is crucial to the success of an author’s book.

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Sep
There Is Hope For Us Indies

Self-Published Book Beats the Odds By Making New York Times Bestseller List BY Eva Lesko Natiello When I self-published my book, admittedly, it was the last resort. It was the backup plan if I had failed to sell it to a trade publisher. I promised myself that if I couldn’t sell it, or find an agent to represent me, I would not tuck it in a drawer and forget about it. No. I worked too hard. If that happened, I would self-publish. That promise reassured me during the querying and submissions.

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Sep

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