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  • My #Marketing Ideas

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    I have been an independently published author now for nearly four years, and not until 2010 did I really do any kind of promoting/marketing for my novels, mostly because I had no idea where to start. Since about late 2009, there have been all sorts of assorted experts in the field all over the internet…

  • Interview on 1st Author Interviews

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    Premium Interview with Cliff Ball Author of ‘The Usurper’   Brief summary: Gary Jackson is raised to hate. Hate the United States, and everything it has ever stood for. His mission is to destroy the United States from within, allying himself with America’s enemies to accomplish the deed. He stops at nothing, and a small…

  • My sales for year so far

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    When I started self-publishing in 2008, I didn’t really have any kind of goals on how big of a number I wanted to reach. When I hit 100 sold by the end of 2009 without any promoting except for Facebook, I thought that was cool. When I managed to get a little over 500 sold…

  • Sales numbers for February and $.99 ebook sale

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    First off, I have reduced the prices to all 4 of my novels to $.99 on all ebook formats for the month of March, Smashwords, B&N Nook, and Amazon US, and Amazon UK. I’m also happy to report that I’m nearing the 1000 sold overall mark, which, as of right this minute, I’m one away.…

  • 18 Ways to Help a Book Author You Love

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    Reposted from http://hipriestess.com/writers-resources/ 18 Ways to Help a Book Author You Love Eileen Flanagan, author of The Wisdom to Know the Difference, wrote a blog post about a year ago telling friends of book authors how they could help the author sell more books. You can read her blog post here: http://bit.ly/9v5TgA. I thought I’d…

  • January’s sales numbers

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    Here are my sales numbers for the month of January. Thanks to being on Kindle Nation Daily at the beginning of January, I surpassed my goals for the month. I sold 197 copies altogether of my three novels, and I was only expecting to sell maybe 100. Here are the stats from Amazon and B&N:…

  • Character interview from The Usurper

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    Syria Evans asked authors to submit interview questions for their characters. I chose Gary Jackson, and he gave the following interview (re-posted from Syriasays.com) Syria Says: How did you first meet your writer? Gary: He was very persistent, I’ll give him that. He popped up in all sorts of places, and I kept refusing to…

  • Moment With Mystee Interview

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    This is today’s post from the blog Moment With Mystee. It’s an interview I did with her: As a child, what did you want to do when you grew up? Baseball player, track star, or writer. I lack athletic skills, having had asthma, so I went with writer. What inspired you to write your first…

  • December sales numbers

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    I did this last month, so I figured I would do it again this month for December. This is for Smashwords itself, Nook, Kindle, and a couple of paperbacks. This is all without much in the way of paying for ads, or being on blog tours, just mostly from word of mouth across Facebook, Amazon,…

  • Heroes & Villains – Part 5 – Article from Red Adept Reviews

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    This was posted on Red Adept Reviews site. Since I’m included in this particular post, I thought I’d share it on my blog, even though it was from a few days ago. From the site: For this article series, I asked authors the following questions: Does your book contain a “Hero” and a “Villain”? Are…