Read Change of Flight for free:
Follow the project on Kickstarter:
Read Marketing for Authors:
I'm giving away a free ebook to restart my author career. I've invested $700 into a novella that I wrote, edited, and designed a cover for, just to give it away. This isn't to lose money. Instead, it's going to help my author career by growing my readership.. In this video, I tell you why I started my author career over, how I'm giving it a fresh start, and why in the world I think I'm going to make money giving away a book for free as a part of a new book marketing strategy I'm trying out.
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0:00 – Intro
0:48 – Why I'm starting over
4:03 – How I'm starting over
5:35 – Marketing the free
9:28 – Getting the most out of the free book
10:45 – Why this works
→Book Cover Design Courses:
→Book Formatting Course (print & ebook formatting):
→Writing Stickers:
→Merch & signed books:
→Newsletter:
PLANNERS – – – – – – – – – –
→My Writing Planner:
→My Novel Outline Planner:
→My Book Launch Planner:
→2025 Writing Planner (paperback):
→2025 Writing Planner (printable):
NON-FICTION BOOKS – – – – – – – – – –
→How Your Book Sells Itself:
→Grow Your Author Platform:
→Book Sales That Multiply:
→Secrets to Selling Books on Social Media:
→Plan a Profitable Book Launch:
FICTION BOOKS – – – – – – – – – –
→Meet Me at the Summit:
→Let the Rubble Fall:
→The Trail to You & Me:
→Essence:
→I am Mercy:
→She's Not Here:
→Mr. Moon's Big Move:
FIND ME ONLINE- – – – – – – – – –
Content for writers: @mandilynnwrites
Content for readers: @authormandilynnbell
MY FAVORITE TOOLS- – – – – – – – – –
→Find KDP keywords and categories, PublisherRocket:
→eBook Formatting, Kotobee Author:
→Social media graphics, Canva:
→Music in videos, Epidemic Sound:
→Email software, Kit:
Mandi Lynn published her first novel when she was seventeen. The author of multiple books, Mandi spends her days continuing to write and creating YouTube videos to help other writers achieve their dreams of seeing their books published. Mandi is the owner of Stone Ridge Books, a company that works to help authors bring their books to life through cover design and digital book marketing. She is also the creator of The Book Launch Planner, a planner designed to help authors publish and market their books. When she’s not creating, you can find Mandi exploring her backyard or getting lost in the woods.
DISCLAIMER: This video and description contain affiliate links. By purchasing a linked product or service, Mandi Lynn will receive a small commission at no additional fee to you.
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Title: Book Marketing Strategy: Why a Free eBook Download Will Skyrocket My Author Career
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You teach well, Mandi Lynn Bell!
Thank you 💕
As one of your beta/alpha readers, totally downloaded and going to read the final version! I don’t know if you are in KU, but could you have your novella there? So you can still get reviews but go along with the ‘free incentive’ idea?
I don’t think so, because it’s not “exclusive” to Amazon. It’s a grey area and I don’t want to get my account suspended because I give the novella out for free
I’m starting over too! I haven’t published anything since Feb 2018 and I’m getting ready to come back. It’s nerve-wracking and the game has definitely changed, but there’s still nothing else I’d want to do to be honest!