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Sophia Knightly

Ads for ebooks – are they worth it?

November 21, 2011 by Edie Ramer 23 Comments
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I’ve always believed money flows to the author, not from her. I tried one ad and didn’t feel I got my money’s worth. I’m frugal and decided to try other ways. I’m a lurker on J.A. Konrath’s blogs, and he’s said that advertising isn’t the way to sell a lot of books. If you write … [Read more…]

Posted in: Featured, Indie Publishing, Writing Business Tagged: Amanda Brice, Amy Atwell, Authors on the Cheap, Bente Gallagher, Bev Patterson, book marketing, Christy Hayes, Digital Books Today, Facebook ads, Frugal eReader, Google Adwords, indiepub, JE Hopkins, Jennifer Lynne, Julianne MacLean, Karin Tabke, Kindle3, Liliana Hart, Marcia Colette, Pixel of Ink, Regina Duke, Renee Pace, Sophia Knightly

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