We are extremely proud to announce that Author Outbreak is now a member of the AllTop.com family in the ‘books’ section.
What is AllTop
AllTop is ranked #2,777 currently in the world by Alexa and is #1,292 in the United States. The site describes itself as the ‘online magazine rack’ of the internet. The site lists or ‘aggregates’ top stories and then disseminates those headlines under their main categories.
Currently AllTop is the brain trust of Guy Kawasaki. You may be familiar...
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For a lot of readers, finding a cheap kindle book is like winning the lottery. But can a self-published author or indie author survive in the market place without knowing the market itself?
Cheap VS Good
The study of price points is something that a lot of the more involved self-published authors pursue. They search for a price that attracts the highest numbers of readers while garnering the author the highest returns.
The most successful authors are now pricing between $.99 and $2.99. The...
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Have you ever wondered where your writing is going? Have you ever hoped you could pick brains of truly creative people and know that the ideas you got were worth your time and effort? Have you ever wondered what you need to be truly great writer, and will that software you just saw actually help? Today we are highlighting some blogs that speak to those needs.
The Creative Penn
This site is run by Joanna Penn. TheCreativePenn.com is aimed at people who are interested in writing, publishing of...
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This post was originally posted on the blog of fiction author and Parsec Award Finalist Brand Gamblin. We hope you find it useful in your Amazon marketing analysis.
I just discovered something cool about Amazon sales rank. We already know that your rank is based on current sales from that day, week, and month, but did you know that all books by an author have the same boost in rank?
Check this out: I have three books available on Kindle. My bestseller “Tumbler” was released a year...
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Today’s resource for Authors is the GoodReads Author Program. For a lot of authors, this program is not common knowledge. However, if you have an ISBN or are listed on Amazon, you may already be on the site.
The program is free and is a service provided by the GoodReads site to help authors reach an audience and run promotions for their books.
Eligibility for GoodReads Program
The Author Program is aimed at people with published books or those working on publishing a book. It is easiest...
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