15 rules of book advertising that are worth following

Posted on January 28, 2022 at 1:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

David Gaughran comes from a digital marketing background and has made a solid career out of writing and selling books....

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Tagged As: David Gaughran, Marketing / promotion

Choose the right Kindle categories to boost your book sales

Posted on May 7, 2021 at 9:48 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Not to be alarmist, but choosing the wrong categories for your book (or any product) on Amazon can have a...

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Tagged As: Amazon, David Gaughran, Marketing / promotion

Amazon adds serialized-story option called Kindle Vella

Posted on April 13, 2021 at 10:06 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

David Gaughran alerted us to Amazon’s new feature for US-based authors: Kindle Vella. Vella is for stories told one episode...

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Tagged As: Amazon, David Gaughran, Kindle Direct Publishing

The five stages of editing (and why each is important)

Posted on March 4, 2021 at 2:36 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Readers may still pick up your book and even forgive it if it has an odd cover or underwhelming blurb....

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Tagged As: David Gaughran, Editing

David Gaughran: Set your book cover designer up for success

Posted on February 24, 2021 at 11:41 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’ve been pretty emphatic at Fussy that authors are best served by having a professional design their book covers, with...

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Tagged As: Cover design, David Gaughran

The psychology of setting an ebook price

Posted on February 23, 2021 at 9:59 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Choosing a price for your ebook can feel like a no-win situation. Set the price too high and you may...

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Tagged As: David Gaughran, The business of writing

David Gaughran breaks down the market for short stories

Posted on February 4, 2021 at 3:14 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Perhaps you don’t need to be told that making money from short stories is a bit harder than selling novels....

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David Gaughran: 9 ways to draw in new readers with freebies

Posted on February 1, 2021 at 11:14 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

David Gaughran is experiencing a bit of deja vu. Sure, there wasn’t a pandemic in 2010-2011, and sure, people are...

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Take it from an editor: How to edit your own novel

Posted on January 4, 2021 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The first thing you should know about self-editing is that it doesn’t replace a professional editor, says David Gaughran. What...

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David Gaughran debunks the Amazon A9 Algorithm myth

Posted on July 29, 2020 at 1:09 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

How many times have you seen a reference to Amazon’s A9 Algorithm? And how many of those references seemed to...

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Tagged As: Amazon, David Gaughran, Technology