Mike Shatzkin on what's next for B&N, Amazon, the climate ... and you

Posted on 08/26/2019 at 03:50 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Mike Shatzkin is neither a lawyer nor a fortune-teller, but with nearly fifty years in the book industry, he at...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, Audiobook, Barnes & Noble / Nook, Joanna Penn

Have you tried the KDP royalties estimator yet?

Posted on 05/31/2019 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Digital Reader shared news right before the holiday weekend that Kindle Direct Publishing’s reports dashboard has added a royalties...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, Kindle Direct Publishing, The Digital Reader

Use these tools to convert EPUB book files into MOBI ones

Posted on 05/30/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Love it or loathe it, Amazon owns 85 percent of the ebook market. So if your books aren’t available on...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Technology

Tales from the trenches: The Amazon reviews edition

Posted on 03/31/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Book Designer is keeping its focus on the ever changing world of acquiring and keeping reviews. This month’s Do...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, Reader reviews, The Book Designer

Amazon's review rules, as of March 2019

Posted on 03/21/2019 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’re not aware of any dramatic changes in Amazon’s review rules, but it never hurts to share primers on this...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, Reader reviews, The Book Designer

Amazon Ads has new features to accompany new name

Posted on 03/18/2019 at 04:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s been a few months since Amazon announced some changes to its ad program (including the name — Amazon Marketing...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Jane Friedman, Marketing

Pick your Amazon price

Posted on 03/10/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Recently we shared advice on how to choose the file size and royalty rate for image-heavy Kindle books. We’re backing...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, The business of writing

Boost your book sales by adding a preorder option

Posted on 03/08/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

So maybe your novel doesn’t have the anticipation of the Robert Mueller report, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, Marketing, The business of writing

Find the right Amazon KDP royalty rate for your image-heavy book

Posted on 03/03/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Most fiction ebooks don’t rely heavily on images on the inside pages, but quite a few nonfiction ones do —...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, The business of writing

How authors can make their Amazon pages more alluring

Posted on 02/21/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Many readers will either find you for the first time on Amazon or find you there frequently as they come...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, Joanna Penn, Marketing