Unlike publishers who can handle most of the work on your behalf, self-publishing requires you, the author, to be in charge of everything. Your work does not end by the time you complete your book. Rather, you have to jump into book marketing. It is nevertheless not always easy for beginners. To help you get the best results for your self-publishing work, here are the three important tips for writing a book you can apply.
Key #1 - Keep Writing
Most beginners of self-publishing have mistakenly thought that once they write a book they will get wealthy straightaway. Meanwhile, they can only gain more audience if they publish more. It works much better if they write books in series, just like what Tom Clancy, Sir Artur Conan Dolye, and Sue Grafton did. They have been well known for the 'Jack Ryan' series, 'Sherlock Holmes', and Sue 'alphabet series' in respectively. However, fiction writers are not the only one who benefit from this approach. Nonfiction like 'Chicken Soup' volumes has been existing over the years.
Once people are in love with one book in a series, they are more likely to read the continuances. This takes us to the next key.
Secret #2 - Internal Linking
This tactic has been utilized by traditional publishers for years. They insert to every book they publish a list of 'Other Books by This Author.' The more books you have published open you wider opportunity to connect with a new reader. If you put a list of your other books inside everything you publish, satisfied readers will trace your other books.
One of the benefits of publishing books on the Kindle Direct Publishing platform is that you can update a book after it has been published. It allows you to trace back your older books and refresh your list of other available books whenever you publish your new book.
Secret #3 - Craft Your Amazon Sales Page
When promoting your books as a self-published Kindle author, you have a main sales tool namely the Amazon listing for your book. Even though its content is considered to be an afterthought by most authors, it remains your single best marketing tool. To win the readers’ hand so that they would take a look and order your book, you must craft your listing carefully.
The Amazon website is a marketing machine. It works for you by getting you book onto a large number of bestseller lists. Making use of the 3 keys made clear in this article will open you greater opportunities getting your Kindle eBook into the bestsellers list.
