To make
sure your book competes with all the books published every year you need an eye - catching cover, well - edited and error - free book that looks professional.
Not exact matches
Like them, Arsenal still can not really
compete with our big rivals when it comes to transfer fees and wages so perhaps we need to take a leaf out of their
book and make
sure that we have a keeper that will earn us vital points when maybe we don't deserve them or to make the difference in the really big games against the likes of United.
Bonus tip: Do your homework on Amazon to get a real feel for cover design in your genre, and make
sure your
book can
compete visually.
, if you want to
compete effectively with other
books out there, make
sure you have enough reviews to help push this
book higher on your readers» radar screens.
The pitfall to avoid: When studying
competing titles, make
sure you don't look at old titles or just titles by a favorite author; look at recent releases by a range of authors in your genre to determine how to publish a
book that can
compete in that particular genre.
Use this checklist to make
sure you've done everything you can to create a quality
book that
competes with
books produced in the traditional publishing houses.
Well first, it's a good idea to make
sure their message aligns with yours and that they don't have a
competing book of their own.
I'm
sure some still are stuck in the old paradigm that somehow publishing «
competing» material will drain off
book sales.
We've both used professional editors,
book cover designers, and formatters to make
sure our
books can
compete with any traditionally published
book out there.
One final thought on this: I'm not
sure that Barefoot has really acknowledged the fact that they are now going to be
competing against Amazon, since third - party sellers are still going to be able to sell their
books in the Amazon marketplace even when Barefoot isn't sending
books to Amazon anymore.
I work with them to make
sure their indie
books don't
compete with their «traditional»
books in terms of publication months.
I'm not
sure why, if it was because I didn't publicize enough, or the covers were a factor, or if there were other reasons (one I do know is that JA Konrath offered all his
books for free at the same time so I was
competing against him and Blake Crouch — lesson learned there), but I'm happy with that.
Keep a close eye on fares over the coming months as I'd expect to see some very good deals around as the airlines
compete for passengers... but make
sure you do your research before you
book.