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Writers and Social Networking
I’m featured on Rebecca Bradley’s great blog talking about social networking and how writers should use it. In a nutshell, writers should not exclusively use Twitter and Facebook for endless streams of...
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Kindle books: Create a Sizzling Description – Part 1
Along with the cover image, your book description is one of the two main tools you have for selling your book on Amazon. Many authors really neglect their description, either because they don’t...
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The 3 Golden Rules of Social Networking for Writers
Here’s how I think writers should behave when using social media; the golden rules that you should always remember if you want to make friends and influence people – and sell some books along the way!...
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8 Steps to Self-Publishing Success Through Social Networking
There is a lot of talk about how indie writers can or can’t use social networks like Twitter and Facebook to climb the Amazon charts. From my own experience, here are 8 things you should do if you want...
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Karl Vadaszffy Interview Part 1: 35,000 ebook sales and counting
I’m delighted to welcome Karl Vadaszffy to IndieIQ , for my first interview in quite a while. This is Part 1 of a 2-part interview. In the second part, Karl will reveal some of the secrets of his...
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Karl Vadaszffy Interview Part 2: How to Reach the Amazon Top Ten
In the second part of my interview with Karl Vadaszffy, he unveils some of the things he did to help his indie book, The Missing, soar into the Amazon Top 10 and sell 35,000 copies. Read on for some...
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Guest Post: A Book Blogger’s Advice to Writers
Recently, The Guardian published a controversial article by the Booker prize head judge arguing that book bloggers are harming literature. You can read his arguments here. Personally, I’m a big fan of...
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How A Simple Change to My Book Description Doubled Sales in One Hour
When you self-publish your book, there are a few things that you have to get right to have any chance of success. Of course, your book has to be something people want to read. Then you need a great...
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11 Ways to Write a Sizzling Book Description
Sell the sizzle, not the sausage! There are only three things you need to do to become a multi-platinum, world-conquering ebook tycoon with a fleet of yachts and sales figures that would make James...
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Meet Nick Spalding: 400,000 ebook sales and counting…
Nick Spalding is the UK’s most successful indie author of 2012, with incredible sales of his comedies. He’s just announced a traditional deal with Coronet Books and is an example of someone whose life...
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Self-publishing then and now – reflections from a two-time indie bestseller
The ebook charts have changed a lot in the last two years. Last week, I launched my first self-published novel since 2011, The Magpies, and have discovered it’s a lot harder than it used to be. Two...
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Flight of The Magpies
This week has been crazy – after stalling in the thirties, The Magpies has flown into the Amazon UK top ten and is currently sitting at No.7 (although it changes every hour so could well have dropped...
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40,000 For Joy: A Month of Magpies
The Magpies was launched a month ago today and it’s been a pretty phenomenal month. The book has now sold 40,000 copies, which is way beyond my initial expectations (although I am always optimistic)....
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Mark Edwards and Rachel Abbott: Two Kindle Bestsellers in Conversation
Last weekend, to my delight, The Magpies hit No.1 on Amazon.co.uk. It didn’t stay there long – some bloke called Dan Brown brought a book out the next day – but it was a great feeling, not least...
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Announcing my Deal with Thomas & Mercer
I’m excited to announce that I have signed a two-book deal with Amazon Publishing’s crime and thriller imprint, Thomas & Mercer. The first book in the deal is The Magpies, which will be republished...
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Getting LASIK is a big decision for you and your health. Eyes are quite complicated and surgery can be an option if you qualify. I recently read an article about the correct age to get LASIK. “LASIK...
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Many people pick up the sport of bowling for the fun and social environment of the sport. In reality, most of bowlers never ever bowl competitively. Their exposure is limited to a couple of games with...
View ArticlePlay the guitar in five easy steps
How to hold a guitar in 5 simple steps: Tutorial Online Guitar Lessons Testimonial Step 1: Sit Rest the waist of the guitar across your lap. The indent in the bottom of the guitar should rest...
View ArticleHow I Became a Good Salesman
Before I became a journalist, I sold paper for 10 years. Yes that’s right paper, and I wasn’t bad but I wasn’t that great at it. I learned over the years in order to be a good salesman you also had to...
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Solution for Low Testosterone
For most of us men around the age of 40 middle-age syndrome begins to set in and we begin to feel that our best years on the court, in the boardroom and in the bedroom are behind us. Some of us begin...
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