by Troy Lambert | Jun 27, 2024 | Advice for Authors, Authorpreneur
Introduction SEO for authors isn’t just a fancy buzzword; it’s the secret sauce to getting your books noticed online. Imagine your book as a needle in a haystack. SEO—or Search Engine Optimization—helps readers find that needle with ease. It’s all...
by Guest Author | Aug 12, 2018 | Advice for Authors, Authorpreneur, Business
There is a good reason behind the recent trend of quitting regular jobs to go freelance. People started to realize that nobody is forcing them to choose jobs that dictate the tempo of their lives in a way that makes them feel stressed or even depressed. Millions of...
by Troy Lambert | Oct 3, 2017 | Advice for Authors, Authorpreneur, Business Advice, Writing as a Business Series
Now that we have talked about the Amazon exclusive vs. wide distribution options, we need to talk about the options besides Amazon. What do we mean, exactly by wide distribution? How do you get your books on all of those different channels? It sounds like a daunting...
by Troy Lambert | Jun 13, 2017 | Advice for Authors, Authorpreneur, Writing as a Business Series
So far in this series, we have covered a whole lot of ground. You have written the best book you can, revised it, and now you have hired an editor. Currently, they are working on one of the four rounds of editing your book will go through before a proofreader goes...
by Troy Lambert | May 15, 2017 | Advice for Authors, Authorpreneur, Writing as a Business Series
It scares some people that in many parts of the writing industry, artists and writers work without contracts: essentially with no safety net: you have paid someone to perform a service (or they have paid you) with no legal contract in place. However, this is not...
by Troy Lambert | May 8, 2017 | Advice for Authors, Authorpreneur, Business Advice, Writing as a Business Series
Here is the point where you are at the end of your free resources. It’s time to bring in the professionals. You’re going to need to hire several, and we will cover over the next few posts how to do find and choose them, how to hire and pay them, and how to avoid...
