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Book Review & Contest Insights from Real Reviews and Submissions
What separates great books from the rest? Below are articles with insights from real reviews and contest submissions—what works, what doesn’t, and how to improve your book. You’ll also find a wide range of articles covering writing, publishing, marketing, and more. Each article has a Comments section so you can read advice from other authors and leave your own.
Why Some Books Win Awards (And Most Don’t) — Insights From Real Contest Submissions New!
What separates award-winning books from the rest? After evaluating contest submissions across a wide range of genres, certain patterns become clear. Some books consistently rise to the top. Others, even with strong ideas and clear effort behind them, fall short. The difference is rarely dramatic—it...
What We’ve Learned From Reviewing Hundreds of Thousands of Books (And Why Most Don’t Stand Out) New!
After reviewing and evaluating books across thousands of submissions over the past two decades, certain patterns become impossible to ignore. Some books immediately stand out to reviewers. Others—even well-intentioned ones—fade into the middle or fall short. The difference is rarely luck. It comes down to...
Create a Kindle Version of Your Print Book and Increase Your Income
Your book is great and you know it has the potential to become a best seller. You have done everything to promote it. You have been to the local bookstores to do book signings. You have promoted the book to all your relatives, friends and acquaintances. Still, the sales are not what your book deserves. Try to create a Kindle version of your print book and increase your income.
How?
Creating a Kindle version is very easy. Go to their website and register. The step-by-step instructions are very easy to follow, even by a not-so-expert computer user as you may be. And don’t worry, it’s free. Just be ready with the details of your book – the title, description about you, the copyrights that you prefer and other minor details. Then be ready to upload your book cover and whole file. And that’s just about it.
Why?
As a writer, your utmost priority is to write and finish a book. That would be the ultimate dream come true. However, when that is done, you want to see your book in people's hands and of course, the accompanying financial gains in your pocket. So if you want this to happen, the Kindle version can help you. It can put your book in all the computers (that’s the same as hands) of people.
Why the Kindle platform? First, because when you want the book to sell, you need buyers. And Kindle boasts the highest share in terms of the market. They have around 65% of the buying market.
Kindle can also help you improve your book and make it more salable. They have services and tools. Some of these services are for free while others come with minimal charges.
Kindle is readable on almost all devices. This is a great advantage for you. More devices mean more potential buyers.
Kindle has also revolutionized ebook marketing. They have so many strategies. Your book has more chance of being discovered by readers. Some of these strategies include the lending e-library. The reader can borrow from 4-5 books within a specified time. Sometimes, this is where the buyer will decide on his/her purchase, upon the actual reading of your book.
Kindle’s payment scheme is so user-friendly that buyers would not encounter any problem at all in buying your books. It is actually so easy that in less than a minute, they can avail themselves of your book.
Kindle is a good source of review as well. When your sales hit a specific amount, Kindle will place it on a best seller list, attracting the interest of your readers and buyers as well.
And why Kindle? Because they have been in this industry for a decade now and they have established their integrity and reliability in this industry. With a partner like that, you can expect to have increased book sales.