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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...

Making Money with Affiliate Marketing – Part 1

Affiliate marketing is just one of the ways that you can make some cash online, especially if you already have a website or a blog. Affiliate marketers will promote services, websites or products in return for a commission or a percentage of the sales. Take...

Being A Writer Is Not Enough

You may believe that good writing should sell itself. Many writers do. In an ideal world, this should be how the world works.The best writers should get hired. The best scripts should get sold. There’s an old saying you may know that goes like this: “Write something...

Making Money with Affiliate Marketing – Part 4

For the final part of our series on affiliate marketing, we look at the last two ways that you can build up your business and your business relationships before we move on to what you can expect in your bid to become an affiliate marketer....

A New And Innovative Method To Promote Your Book

I have discovered some very interesting marketing information today that I would like to share with you. If you have already listed your book on Amazon, then this method can increase your book sales drastically. Whether you have published a book before or you are...

How to Write a Guest Post to Promote Your Book

Lots of authors have trouble marketing their books, especially if they are an indie author without a traditional publisher behind them. One simple and relatively easy way to promote your book is through guest posting. It is a common tactic that both independent and traditionally...

How To Send A Query Letter Submision

When you are happy with your log line, query letter, and a good database of contacts for agents and publishers, you are ready to start submitting query letters. There are basically two ways of delivering your query letter; email and regular mail. When I first began contacting...

How To Design An Eye Catching Book Cover

Designing a book cover that will grab the attention of a reader is paramount. When choosing a design for the cover, there are a few things to keep in mind. Remember that a good book cover is as important as the synopsis and logline because...

How To Promote Your Book

1. Make a Twitter account and begin to follow other writers you admire. Build a following of your own and begin to promote your book. Tweet small excerpts or reviews you have received.  2. Do a book promotion. Give a few copies of your book away...

6 Tips for Making a Better eBook Cover

While indie authors are often advised to hire professional book cover designers, the truth is that sometimes budget does not allow for hiring a professional. In some cases, the author may not even have the budget to purchase a pre-made cover, or may prefer to...

When to Pay to Advertise and When to Save Your Money

There are heading for a million books published every year in the USA alone, so competition worldwide in all genres is fierce, especially when you remember bestsellers go on selling. To Kill a Mockingbird has sold forty million copies since it was published in 1960,...