Surprisingly, in terms of new book discovery, Facebook and Twitter are much less influential
than author websites.
For authors today, no «piece of digital real estate» is more important
than the author Website: It gets your message to a busy visitor fast.
Once readers look for topics that are related to your book, your website would come up higher in the search results
than author websites with no fresh content.
Because they can handle significant volumes more easily
than an author website usually could, some bestselling authors use them.
Also sales don't usually come directly from an author's website, they come from purchases on Kindle or iBooks, so the actual book page matters much more
than the author website (which is why most authors don't spend as much time on their website as they should, because they know it's not primarily where sales come from).
Not exact matches
Because list post
authors have already organized the key points of information for their readers,
website visitors find this type of post less intimidating and more easily accessible
than other content formats.
Advantage charges $ 25,000 to $ 30,000 for its Authority Marketing System, a comprehensive and aggressive marketing strategy meant to create a «larger -
than - life brand» for
authors and make them seem «omnipresent,» according to its
website.
From Michael Greger, M.D., FACLM, the physician behind the trusted and wildly popular
website Nutritionfacts.org, and
author of the New York Times bestselling book How Not to Die, comes a beautifully - designed, comprehensive cookbook complete with more
than 120 recipes for delicious, life - saving, plant - based meals, snacks, and beverages.
Rob Neyer began his career with legendary baseball
author Bill James, and later worked for STATS, Inc. and ESPN.com, writing more words for that
website than anyone else.
Could a PUBLICLY posted
website becoming more public
than the poster intended create stress on the
author?
Such archives, however, mostly contain the
authors» final version of the manuscript rather
than the published, version of record available on the publisher's
website.
Science Buddies is best known for its award - winning, 15,000 - page
website (www.sciencebuddies.org) and its library of more
than 1,000 Project Ideas (scientist -
authored outlines that guide students in doing hands - on science projects).
Authors will benefit from the robust journal activities including very rapid review (average time to decision is less
than 23 days, 14 days to online publication), high visibility and impact (papers publicized on journal
website, monthly newsletters, Facebook, Twitter, 2011 impact factor 3.368,), and
author services (connection to nomenclature services, pre-publication annotation of data for submission to data resources and repositories, as well as video and other alternative content as part of the embedded content).
A similar question was posed to bestselling
author Andrew Weil, MD. «We don't have any evidence suggesting that coconut oil is better for you
than other saturated fats,» he states on his
website.
Authors Michelle Tam and Henry Fong, creators of the acclaimed Nom Nom Paleo
website, have cooked up a visual feast, with more
than 100 fool - proof Paleo and gluten - free recipes, and over 900 step - by - step photographs and cartoons.
The
author suggests that you need to be choosey, trying out more
than one site and taking advantage of the free membership which all these over 40 dating
websites seem to offer.
Any use of Russian Brides Cyber Guide's images or images of its
website, except the photos of the Press Kit, or the use of the quotes that are
authored by someone else
than Elena Petrova, requires prior authorization.
To date, the series of four books by
author Jeff Kinney has sold more
than 25 million copies worldwide, and his
website receives more
than 100,000 hits per day.
This summer «Legacy» will be revised by the
author and re-issued as an AmazonEncore edition in print on Amazon
websites around the world, in physical bookstores, as a digital download from the Kindle Store in less
than 60 seconds, and via spoken - word audio download on Audible.com.
Of course attracting readers to your
website is more difficult today,
than it has been in the past, but there is still far more value in a
website than a Facebook page for an
author.
Don't let the name fool you, this is more
than just some video training, The
Author Academy has everything you need to succeed as an author, from professional book covers, a stock photo database, website templates, interior book layout templates to just name
Author Academy has everything you need to succeed as an
author, from professional book covers, a stock photo database, website templates, interior book layout templates to just name
author, from professional book covers, a stock photo database,
website templates, interior book layout templates to just name a few.
I plan to make this a series of posts on the easiest / fastest / cheapest ways to create a modern - looking
author website even if you are less
than technical right now (as many of the best writers I know are).
> Map out your writing empire, including all the things you love to do > Start setting up and implementing the systems and structures you need to support your empire (including an
author website, if you don't already have one) > Overhaul your writing life so you're aligned with and set up for the success you want to create > Get your nonfiction eBook written and published (at least one, but possibly more
than one, if you're up for it) > Grow your following > Sell more books
Just as self - published
authors were accused of slapping poorly - written tripe onto Amazon in order to make a quick buck, more
than a few companies launched a
website and lured in
authors in order to capitalize off of their lack of know how.
Paulette Ensign — Radial Diagram Paulette Ensign — Convert Your Content to Cash Tai Goodwin — Build a Business Around Your Book Mike Loomis — Your Brand is More Important
Than Your Book Bailey Davis — Building Your Business on Solid Rock Tina Dietz — Opt - in at her
website to get How Successful
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Best Strategies for Getting Lots of Great Reviews 111 Tips to Get FREE Book Reviews provides
authors with more
than 1,200 direct links to book bloggers and reviewers - clickable links to each
website!
111 Tips to Get FREE Book Reviews provides
authors with more
than 1,200 direct links to book bloggers and reviewers - clickable links to each
website!
This simple widget allows
authors and publishers to increase views of their books and potentially increase their sales by placing a sample of the book directly onto their
website rather
than having potential readers go to the Amazon page to read a sample of the book.
If you're self - publishing a book and you'd like more
than an
author webpage, we can design a whole
website for you (completely separate from your webpage on our site), and we're one of the only self - publishing companies that does this!
Creating an
author website might seem intimidating, but with the availability and ease of web technology, it is a lot easier and less costly
than years past.
I write a once - a-month newsletter through Writerspace which brings more people to my
author website than anything I've done so far.
Nothing worse to the media
than an unattractive
website with no book information and no way to contact the
author.
«When I first started blogging I didn't have an audience other
than my cousins and I still went for the expense of having a
website professionally done,» said Erica Lucke Dean,
author of the upcoming To Katie, With Love (Redadept Publishing).
According to the course
website, the purpose of such as a degree is broader
than just being an individual
author who wants to publish his own books, but rather is looking to further the dynamic change already at work in the industry.
Elegant Book Design does not provide
website updating, troubleshooting or tech support to
author websites created by anyone other
than Elegant Book Design.
An «
author website» goes for between $ 1000 and $ 5000 bucks, but a business
website can cost much more
than that (I have friends making around $ 25K per project).
Even worse
than an
author who can't spell is a professional editor who has a
website and social media presence riddled with errors.
After many years of helping writers build their
author platforms and decades of being plugged into the publishing industry through Writer's Relief, we've certainly seen more
than our fair share of
author websites — the good, the bad, and the not - so - pretty.
For the less -
than - tech - savvy
author, deciding on the best one for an
author website can be daunting... and a bit intimidating.
In this case your
author website may have more longevity
than a
website that focuses on a single book.
You can do more
than this on your
author website.
It will be better
than 90 % of the indie
author websites out there.
However, if you want to take it up a level, you could ask them to send you a signed copy to include in the prize you're offering, but that's unlikely if you only have a
website selling your own book — which is why it's much better marketing to build up a genre - specific platform, rather
than just an
author website.
Most
websites of traditionally published
authors do carry longer bio material on their «about the
author» page - more at least
than usually appears in a print book.
Rather
than listing a bunch of forums threads,
websites and anecdotes from individuals, I've summed up the main features readers are looking for from
author websites they visit.
Authors find few pieces of marketing advice repeated more often
than this: Get thee to a
website!
For my
author website and blog, Majanka Verstraete (which is weird to say because it's my name), I wanted to design a different front page
than the rest of the pages.
I've heard other
authors mention that not only were they «going wide», that is, selling on platforms other
than Amazon, they were also selling from their own
websites.
Let's face it, a lot of
authors are using Facebook rather
than bothering with a
website.
The royalty program for the Direct to
Author program is fairly solid, giving more
than most other
websites distributing ebooks.