How patience will pay off -- literally -- for authors

Posted on July 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM by Jeffrey Bruner

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Growth is rarely instant, but it almost always builds on itself. So authors should be patient – and persistent – to give their books the time they need to succeed.

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Marketing / promotion, The business of writing

Check out Fussy's seven new bargain newsletters

Posted on February 6, 2025 at 8:19 AM by Jeffrey Bruner

Headers from The Fussy Librarian's new bargain newsletters just for Nook, Apple Books, Kobo, and Google Play users.

I’m happy to announce The Fussy Librarian has launched seven more newsletters that will give your bargain ebooks additional promotion....

Categories: Library Updates

Tagged As: Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble / Nook, E-reader, Google, Kobo

About Fussy's blurb generator

Posted on June 3, 2024 at 11:09 AM by Jeffrey Bruner

If you’re looking for Fussy's recently announced blurb generator, I’m sorry but we’ve decided to discontinue this service. If you...

Categories: Library Updates

Tagged As: Artificial intelligence (AI), Blurbs, Technology

Introducing The Fussy Librarian-Freebooksy bundle

Posted on March 22, 2023 at 9:00 AM by Jeffrey Bruner

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The Fussy Librarian and Freebooksy have teamed up to offer a joint product that will let your free ebook reach...

Categories: Library Updates

Website update: How to book promotions right now

Posted on February 24, 2023 at 3:25 PM by Jeffrey Bruner

We think we've fixed our problems with our PayPal integration. If you submitted a bargain ebook to us on Thursday...

Categories: Library Updates

Average cost per click in Fussy's free newsletter: May 2021

Posted on May 17, 2021 at 9:48 AM by Jeffrey Bruner

Here is the average cost per click, by genre, for books promoted in The Fussy Librarian's free-ebook newsletter in May...

Categories: Library Updates

Average cost per click in Fussy's free newsletter: April 1-10, 2021

Posted on April 13, 2021 at 4:11 PM by Jeffrey Bruner

Here is the average cost per click, by genre, for books promoted in The Fussy Librarian's free-ebook newsletter from April...

Categories: Library Updates

Average cost per click in Fussy's free newsletter: March 1-10, 2021

Posted on March 17, 2021 at 3:10 PM by Jeffrey Bruner

Here is the average cost per click, by genre, for books promoted in The Fussy Librarian's free-ebook newsletter from March...

Categories: Library Updates

Average cost per click in Fussy's free newsletter: January 1-15, 2021

Posted on January 18, 2021 at 11:50 AM by Jeffrey Bruner

Here is the average cost per click, by genre, for books promoted in The Fussy Librarian's free-ebook newsletter from January...

Categories: Library Updates

Without borders: Why you need to sell global

Posted on January 12, 2021 at 12:57 PM by Jeffrey Bruner

Amazon is such a dominant force in U.S. e-commerce (and e-books) that it’s easy for American authors to assume it’s...

Categories: Library Updates

Tagged As: Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble / Nook, Kobo, Marketing / promotion