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Forged in Fire

Using Wattpad to Market Your Books

October 17, 2011 by Edie Ramer 20 Comments

Huge congrats to new indie author Trish McCallan. Her debut book, FORGED IN FIRE, has been barely out for a month and, as I type this, it’s 3,099 on the paid Kindle bestseller list. She credits part of her success to Wattpad. Having a great cover, book and blurb is always a given. But why … [Read more…]

Posted in: Marketing, Writing Business Tagged: Amazon, book marketing, Forged in Fire, indie publishing, Jolyn Palliata, Kindle, publishing, self-publishing, social media, Trish McCallan, Wattpad

Promoting your e-books on Amazon and Yahoo forums

August 15, 2011 by Edie Ramer 30 Comments
how to get your book published

In How I Sold 1 Million Books in 5 Months! by John Locke, he talks about targeting your reader audience and reaching them with blog articles. I know someone who’s gone beyond blogs and is using Amazon and Yahoo forums to reach her reader audience. Trish McCallan isn’t even published but she’s already getting emails … [Read more…]

Posted in: Marketing, Writing Business Tagged: Amazon forums, Black Dagger Brotherhood, Forged in Fire, Galaxy Girls, indie publishing, J.R. Ward, John Locke, Magical Musings, Trish McCallan, Yahoo forums

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