How to express your personality throughout a book

Posted on 06/24/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Dave Chesson doesn’t want you to miss a single chance to promote your author brand. In addition to an amazing stor...

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Tagged As: Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Marketing

Anatomy 101: The book edition

Posted on 06/18/2019 at 10:42 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Think a book is made up of a story sandwiched between two covers? Think again! Dave Chesson provides a thorough book-ana...

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Tagged As: Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Design

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 Amazon, you...

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

Is NetGalley worth it? The Kindlepreneur takes a look

Posted on 05/16/2019 at 03:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We of course believe in our newsletters’ power to bring in new readers and new reviews for you. That said, we also...

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Tagged As: Dave Chesson (the Kindlepreneur), Marketing, Reader reviews

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...

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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, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, 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