by Courtney Damji | Jul 31, 2024 | Author How-To & Mindset
Self-publishing should never break the bank. While it’s possible to invest thousands of dollars to publish a book—or get scammed into spending thousands more by fraudulent vanity presses—it’s equally feasible to produce high-quality work on a shoestring budget....
by Jim Azevedo | Jan 26, 2024 | Author How-To & Mindset
Opportunity knocked. Did you answer? Here at D2D we pride ourselves on enhancing the discoverability of our authors and their books. It’s quite literally our reason for being. And the best way for you to help readers discover you and your books, is to put your books...
by Ali Bumbarger | Jan 24, 2024 | Author How-To & Mindset
The foundation of every story, from heart-wrenching romances to suspenseful thrillers, is conflict. Without it, stories would have a beginning and an ending, but nothing in between. If your characters aren’t working to overcome something, there is no story. Conflict...
by Mark Coker | Jan 17, 2024 | Author How-To & Mindset
This week, the founder of Smashwords, Mark Coker, has some advice for authors looking to get the most out of their marketing with preorders! In last week’s episode of Self Publishing Insiders, I joined a distinguished panel of indie oracles – Orna Ross, Joana Penn,...
by Lexi Greene | Dec 8, 2023 | Author How-To & Mindset
Last week, Mark had a message to share with authors who didn’t “win” this year’s NaNoWriMo. It is an important reminder that there is no way to “lose” the NaNoWriMo challenge because you can always take what you worked on and continue building toward the book you want...
by Lexi Greene | Dec 1, 2023 | Author How-To & Mindset
A letter from our own Mark Leslie Lefebvre for everyone who didn’t hit 50K this NaNoWriMo. So it’s December 1st, and NaNoWriMo is over. And everywhere around you, fellow author friends are posting on social media that they made it, they...
