Until 2012, ebooks were new. Indie authors sold because in many popular categories and genres, the cupboard was bare, so to speak. Readers had few choices, so indies made sales by pricing low, and publishing frequently in those popular categories/ genres. Some authors scored enormous paydays; millions of dollars annually.
That got the attention of mainstream publishers, naturally enough.
Those mainstream publishers have now had over three years to take indie authors’ strategies and make them their own. Many indies have left self-publishing because they can’t cope. Simple marketing strategies like “free” and 99 cent ebooks stopped working years ago.
Today, the challenges for indie authors are enormous.
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Angela Booth: Short Fiction Secrets: How To Write And Sell Short Stories (Selling Writer Strategies Book 2)
Writing short stories is a fun and easy way to get started writing fiction — you can get paid to write, in your spare time. If you're new to writing fiction, you can learn the elements of writing fiction — short stories are much easier to control than longer fiction.Angela Booth: Master Fiction Writing: Craft A Novel in 31 Days: Selling Writer Strategies 4
This program began as a 30-day challenge which I organized in 2010. Hundreds of writers joined the challenge; they wrote novels. You can write a novel in 31 days too.Angela Booth: Step By Step To Fiction Which Sells: Plotting And Scene Magic
What if you could leave boring fiction forever behind you, so that the story in your head becomes the story on the page? You CAN, when you discover the magic of story, plotting, and scenes.
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Angela Booth: Write AND Sell in Just 8 Hours: Create Top-Selling Ebooks FAST
Create and sell; that's a writer's life. If you've been procrastinating, it's time to be inspired.Angela Booth: The Journaling Habit: Achieve Your Goals And Change Your Life In Just Ten Minutes A Day
Just ten minutes a day: change your life. You can do it, starting today.Angela Booth: Map It: For Writing Success - Fiction And Nonfiction Outlines Made Easy: Fun, Powerful Outlining Strategies For Writers Who Hate Outlines
These practical and powerful methods of outlining will work for you, even if you think you "can't outline."Angela Booth: Blurbs Sell Your Books: Craft Irresistible Blurbs, And Sell More Fiction And Nonfiction Today
Master blurbs. They're advertisements, a tease; they'll increase your sales.Angela Booth: Nonfiction Ebooks Goldmine: Write and Sell Nonfiction Ebooks In 24 Hours Or Less (Selling Writer Strategies Book 5)
You're a writer. You need to make money from your words. What if you could create AND sell a nonfiction book in just a day?Angela Booth: Angela Booth's Easy-Write Process: Write The EASY WAY... Like a Professional Writer
If you've ever dreaded writing, or felt that writing was too hard, you'll love the Easy-Write Process.Angela Booth: Planning And Writing A Hot-Selling Series: Selling Writer Strategies, Book 7
Want to sell more fiction with every book you write? You can, when you write series fiction.Angela Booth: Plan, Write, And Publish Serial Fiction In Four Weeks: Selling Writer Strategies, Book 6
You've heard that authors are successfully publishing their fiction as serials, and are curious. Get started writing serial fiction today.
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