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Promoting your memoir/biography book on social media: a newbie’s guide
By Amanda Miller Congratulations! You’ve completed your book—a remarkable achievement that deserves a celebration. But before you think about taking a well-deserved break, it's crucial to pivot your focus to the marketing of your book. In this ongoing blog series,...
Promoting your mystery book on social media: a newbie’s guide
By Amanda Miller Congratulations! You’ve completed your book—a remarkable achievement that deserves a celebration. But before you think about taking a well-deserved break, it's crucial to pivot your focus to the marketing of your book. In this ongoing blog series,...
Unearthing Forgotten Indie Masterworks, Part Four: Fantasy Novels
By Paul Goat Allen Continuing our mission to highlight some of the all-time best self-published and indie releases, the fourth part of our Unearthing Masterworks series focuses on a much-maligned segment of self-publishing: fantasy! As someone who has bought...
Promoting your children’s book on social media: a newbie’s guide
By Amanda Miller Congratulations! You’ve completed your book—a remarkable achievement that deserves a celebration. But before you think about taking a well-deserved break, it's crucial to pivot your focus to the marketing of your book. In this ongoing blog series,...
Unearthing Forgotten Indie Masterworks, Part Three: Zombie Fiction Novels
By Paul Goat Allen After weeks of being inundated by one egregious political commercial after another—one local ad has a candidate claiming his adversary called constituents “ignorant sheep”—I realized it would be fitting to dig up some of the very best indie zombie...
Promoting your poetry book on social media: a newbie’s guide
By Amanda Miller Congratulations! You’ve completed your book—a remarkable achievement that deserves a celebration. But before you think about taking a well-deserved break, it's crucial to pivot your focus to the marketing of your book. In this ongoing blog series,...
Unearthing Forgotten Indie Masterworks, Part Two: Horror Novels
By Paul Goat Allen As part of BlueInk’s ongoing Unearthing Forgotten Masterworks series, we’ve reached the point in our search through the thousands of titles our reviewers have read and picked the very best indie horror releases. And just to clarify—these aren’t just...
Unearthing Forgotten Indie Masterworks, Part One: Apocalyptic Fiction Novels
By Paul Goat Allen As a reviewer for many premier websites/publications, including BlueInk Review, I get asked all the time for recommendations. With so many self-published and indie reviews under my belt, I thought it would be a great idea to do a series of blogs...
Why Mis-Categorizing Your Novel Can Be the Kiss of Death — For Your Sales and Your Career
By Paul Goat Allen I’ve worked in the publishing industry for almost 30 years—as an editor, book critic, publicist, and publisher, to name a few positions—and all of those jobs have essentially revolved around discovering and promoting noteworthy titles. That said, I...
Five New Year’s Resolutions Every Writer Should Embrace
By Paul Goat Allen A new year is the perfect time to set some new goals, or establish better habits that will improve and enrich your life. Writers, in particular, are very much goal-oriented, self-motivated people who thrive on setting lofty goals and striving to...