Amazon ends royalties on ACX giveaways

Posted on 03/27/2020 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Authors who distributed their audiobooks through ACX used to receive royalties on those giveaways. The Digital Reader reports that this...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, Audiobook, The Digital Reader

Ready to turn your author blog into an author website?

Posted on 03/24/2020 at 09:40 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If your author blog also serves as your homepage, you may want to consider Nate Hoffelder’s latest website advice. Namely,...

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Tagged As: Social media and websites, The Book Designer, The Digital Reader

What to do if your ebook has been pirated

Posted on 02/18/2020 at 10:09 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You may have taken all the steps you could to prevent your ebook from being pirated … but ne’er-do-wells have...

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Tagged As: Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, The business of writing, The Digital Reader

The Digital Reader's take on graphic design tools Canva and Book Brush

Posted on 02/06/2020 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

At this point, we’d be surprised to know that any of our newswire readers aren’t familiar with Canva. That said,...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Design, The Bookseller, The Digital Reader

Business updates: Amazon ads, print price woes, and OverDrive's sale

Posted on 12/27/2019 at 10:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The holiday week has been full of minor and major business moves, so we’re rounding them all up in one...

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Tagged As: Amazon, E-reader, Libraries, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, The Digital Reader

Amazon UK and Canada reviews are appearing on US listings

Posted on 12/19/2019 at 07:34 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Do you have a “top international reviews” tab on your Amazon books yet? Nate Hoffelder at The Digital Reader has...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, The Digital Reader

Should you trim your email newsletter's subscriber list?

Posted on 12/05/2019 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Most newsletter advice centers on how to add subscribers (or what to share with them). On the flip side of...

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

Make it easy for readers to subscribe to your author newsletter

Posted on 10/31/2019 at 11:04 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Authors looking to grow their email lists need to offer multiple chances to subscribe. They’ll want to put a link...

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Tagged As: Email newsletter, Marketing, The Digital Reader

Authors, are you listed on Hometown Reads?

Posted on 10/15/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Nate Hoffelder recently attended a writing conference and has returned with plenty of information to share with his followers. First...

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Tagged As: Marketing, The Digital Reader

The Digital Reader: Prep yourself or a guest to appear on a podcast

Posted on 10/11/2019 at 02:53 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Authors are frequently told to consider podcasting, either by hosting a show or appearing on someone else’s, as a marketing...

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Tagged As: Podcast, The Digital Reader