A veteran's 14 content ideas for your newsletter

Posted on 06/13/2019 at 10:42 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amid all the mandates to share content, it’s nice to find advice on what kind of content you can use. Nate Hoffeld...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Author newsletter, Marketing, The Book Designer, The Digital Reader

How to set up an Instagram marketing campaign

Posted on 06/12/2019 at 11:14 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If you’ve already mastered the art of one-off, daily Instagram posts, you may be wondering about longer-term, bigg...

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Tagged As: Marketing, Social media and websites, The Digital Reader

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...

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

Nine ways your author newsletter can boost your books

Posted on 05/15/2019 at 11:21 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Nate Hoffelder is launching a course, of sorts, on author newsletters. He plans to cover a variety of topics in a series...

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Tagged As: Author newsletter, Marketing, The Book Designer, The Digital Reader, Email newsletter

The Digital Reader's favorite free-photo sites

Posted on 05/08/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Our go-to free-image site is Unsplash, but it’s far from the only one out there. Nate Hoffelder at The Digital Rea...

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Tagged As: Social media and websites, The Digital Reader

Make the most out of writing in Google Docs

Posted on 05/02/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Free is great; powerful and free is even better. Nate Hoffelder at The Digital Reader is a huge fan of writing and editi...

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Tagged As: Technology, The Digital Reader, Video

Advice on selling ebooks at events

Posted on 04/08/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s almost as if Nate Hoffelder was watching our adventures the past two weekends — he’s posted tips...

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Tagged As: Marketing, The Digital Reader

What hackers taught The Digital Reader

Posted on 04/02/2019 at 09:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

This is a no-shame zone — if you’ve been hacked or scammed, we’re here to help, by way of sharing The...

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Tagged As: Social media and websites, Technology, The Digital Reader

Authors can now give out Nook coupon codes

Posted on 04/01/2019 at 09:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

B&N Press has added new features for authors, including ebook coupon codes and better formatting control over book d...

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Tagged As: Marketing, The Digital Reader, Barnes & Noble / Nook

Should we say goodbye to the Author Earnings Report?

Posted on 03/29/2019 at 12:22 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

At least two bloggers are ready to declare the Author Earnings Report officially dead. It’s been fourteen months s...

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Tagged As: The business of writing, The Digital Reader