Ninety days ago I began posting to social media every day to improve my book sales. Turns out, selling books on social media isn’t that simple. From there I started to revamp my entire marketing strategy, from how my book’s sales pages looked to how I planned to market them online. Along the way, I’ve…
The books for my closed door romance pen name haven’t been selling, so I completely changed my book marketing strategy. Today I’m sharing with you what changes I made and how it’s affected my book sales. I’ve been consistently posting on social media for 60 days, so it’s time to share the results. I’ll be…
My books haven’t been selling, so I’ve been working to redo my social media book marketing strategy. The first step was to start posting on social media every day. The second step was to redo my book’s blurbs, back matter, and sales pages. Now we’re moving on to step three, which is to write new…
My pen name books haven’t been selling, so I’ve been doing a social media experiment to get more book sales. In the last episode of this video series, I posted every day for 30 days, and well…things didn’t go as well as I wanted them to. So today I’m going back to the basics to…
I re-vamped my social media strategy for my pen name and I posted every day for 30 days to see if it helped my book sales. Now it’s time to share the results…Welcome to my 30-day social media experiment. I have a new fully fleshed-out posting strategy for my reader-focused Instagram account. In this week’s…
How much money did I make in 2025? I make this video almost every year, so let’s discuss what my income is looking like as an author. We’ll be going over what types of income streams I have, what income streams make me the most money, and how book sales are going. Which books are…
Get the annotated deluxe hardcover mentioned in this video: My tutorial on how to upload your book to BookVault: I used BookVault for the first time to print special editions of my book, Sparks in Iceland. I've tested a lot of their amazing features, printed the books, and sent them out to customers. The real…
Follow my book on Kickstarter: When you're trying to sell your book on social media, what is the best way to sell your novel to readers? Everyone has attention spans shorter than ever. If you don't instantly hook readers in with one sentence, you're not selling your book. The market of self-published authors is getting…
KDP has always paid its authors 60% royalty rates. On June 10th, it changed to 50% if you have your book priced at $9.98 or lower. This change stirred up a lot of commotion and even confusion. For example, when the change went into effect, my $11.99 book was flagged for having the 50% royalty…
The Best Print on Demand Company in 2025 for Paperback Books – Comparing Self-Publishing with Amazon KDP, IngramSpark & more // Two years ago I released a video comparing the most popular print on demand companies available to indie authors. Since then, a few things have changed in the self-publishing industry, so it was time…