by Karen Brown | Jan 8, 2024 | Author Platform, Social media
If you’re a self-publishing author, mastering social media engagement is key to developing and nurturing your author platform. At the heart of this is delivering consistent value and keeping your followers hooked on your every post. In this post, discover 10...
by Karen Brown | Jan 1, 2024 | Author Platform, Social media
In this post about planning your social media strategy for non-fiction authors, we’ll look at how you can build your author platform using social media. As a non-fiction author, your book is the cornerstone of your expertise and a powerful tool for growing your...
by Karen Brown | Oct 2, 2023 | Formatting, Formatting images, Formatting text, Publish your book, Self-publishing
Each year, I order a planner from a specific author. It’s quirky, colourful and fun, and yet one year, I received a copy, and it was just black and white. When I contacted the author, I found out they’d had trouble uploading it onto Amazon, and so had gone...
by Karen Brown | Sep 26, 2023 | Amazon KDP, Author Platform, Launch your book, Market your book, Publish your book, Self-publishing
This was a question that came up on Quora: is it enough to have an author page on Amazon? Let’s start by clarifying what an author page is. What is an author page on Amazon? Have you ever bought a book on Amazon and noticed that the author’s name is a...
by Karen Brown | Jul 25, 2023 | Amazon KDP, Formatting, Formatting text, Publish your book, Self-publishing, Using MS Word
As a seasoned author, I find immense joy in formatting books for authors, and preparing them for upload onto Amazon KDP. If you’re familiar with MS Word, you’ll be delighted to know that achieving a professional finish is a breeze with just a few simple...
