The (pen) name game

Posted on 04/05/2019 at 09:09 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Once you’ve decided you need a pen name — or need another one — you’re left to the tougher task...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Marketing

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 Ma...

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

What writers can learn from Margaret Atwood

Posted on 03/11/2019 at 10:35 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Margaret Atwood is the woman of the literary hour right now, and Dave Chesson wants other writers to take inspiration fr...

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Tagged As: Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Writing advice

What authors should know about contracts and forming companies

Posted on 02/26/2019 at 11:25 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’ve stumbled upon a couple of legal-ish advice posts for authors in the past few days, so here’s a quick r...

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Tagged As: Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Jane Friedman, The business of writing

The author name game

Posted on 02/20/2019 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Very few of us are immune to the allure of a quick fix, while also understanding how rare a truly effective one is. So,...

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Tagged As: Cover design, Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur)

Get good use out of Goodreads as an author

Posted on 02/17/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Dave Chesson is a huge fan of Goodreads, but with its great power comes great responsibility. If you haven’t set u...

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Tagged As: Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Reader reviews, Social media and websites

Take a look at Scrivener 3.0

Posted on 01/29/2019 at 03:07 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

For many authors, a basic word-processing program like Word is sufficient to get their works out into the world and into...

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Tagged As: Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Technology

How to start and maintain an author Facebook page

Posted on 01/22/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Maybe the thought of managing a business Facebook page in addition to dealing with your personal one makes you cringe. W...

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Tagged As: Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Social media and websites

Think of ghostwriting as free training

Posted on 01/15/2019 at 10:48 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Dave Chesson has a hilarious take on ghostwriting: that it’s essentially free training or, better yet, compensated...

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Tagged As: Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur)

When to save a book and when to let it sink

Posted on 01/08/2019 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Kindlepreneur hosts author Stuart Thaman in a case study about reviving a “dead” book. Thaman learned no...

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Tagged As: Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), The business of writing