Use this concise how-to-guide by M.K. Williams to bring your self-published books beyond the Amazon ecosystem Everyone is going wide... here's how: The buzzy term in the self-publishing space right now is, "wide." I was doing this before it was a thing. As more authors hear about the benefits of self-publishing on multiple platforms, I find myself on the receiving end of many panicked emails. While the concept is easy to understand the execution requires planning and patience. For those who want to get their book out to as many readers and retailers as possible, I have the tools you need to create than plan. I've condensed my years of experience and best advice into this short and actionable book to help you go from Amazon-Only to Wide Author. This book will cover strategy, platforms, opting out of exclusivity, and marketing for success. Get your free planners throughout the book to help you make and stick to your plan. Ready to go wide?

Learn what selling wide means for ebooks, print books, audiobooks, translations, and subsidiary rights.In this book, you'll find:-- The five main strategies for going wide and how authors decide: Starting Wide, Moving Wide Cold Turkey, Partial Catalog Wide, Exclusive, Then Wide, and Wide, Then Exclusive-- All the places you can go wide across multiple formats-print, ebook, audiobook, and more-and the benefits and downsides of each-- The general strategies authors use to make money while having their books wide (and why they work or don't work on various platforms)This book also covers the book industry as a whole from the perspective of an independent author. It answers questions like:-- What are the market factors that matter amongst some of the biggest players in the industry-Amazon, Google, Apple, Rakuten (Kobo), and more?-- What devices are important to pay attention to and how do those affect the ebook, print, and audiobook markets?-- How does global ecommerce play a role in shaping the future of the book industry?This book is meant to be a detailed overview of what going wide really means as an independent career author. Subsequent books in this series dive deeper into various platforms and how to better market your books on them.

Not loaded with theory, Skip's invaluable book contains concise, easily understood and applied advice for both writing and marketing any kind of book, article, story, play, screen-play, report, proposal or anything else you can think of.How to Write What You Want and Sell What You Write is for every writer or wannabe who needs to sort out his or her desires, capabilities and strengths and, even more importantly, learn the particular formats for the kind of writing in which he or she is interested.

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Written for an author, by an author, this is an unofficial definitive guide to increasing your book sales at Barnes and Noble. It covers: How the Barnes and Noble algorithms work on both the storefront and the app How to get the promotions tab at Barnes and Noble plus specific uses of it that work Important metadata changes that help feed Barnes and Noble’s visibility algorithms How to optimize Barnes and Noble’s underutilized print-on-demand arm and the specific settings that help you get into stores more easily Special programs at Barnes and Noble that can help get you visibility in the store