How Can I Publish My eBook?
The short answer: Grab a copy of Publish Your eBook!. That’s where I’ve collected everything I know about getting your ebook to market. How to write and what to write I leave to the wealth of guidance out there on authoring and storytelling. This book is geared to authors who have a finished or almost finished work and just want to know how to get it out there. The preview on Amazon should include the table of contents, which doubles as a top-level checklist. Just click through to it from the link above.
How Can I Market My eBook?
Near the end of Publish Your eBook!, I describe the foundation to lay for your marketing activities, which includes what was called a purchase funnel when the concept was first recorded in the 19th Century and is now more commonly known as a sales funnel, or just funnel in the vernacular. At the hub of this funnel is your author website such as the WordPress website you’re browsing now, which starts right here at Epub Guru. To get an author website up and running quickly, you can start with Author Websites by BookBub, such as the one I built at author.ePubGuru.com. Here is a good discussion of the pros and cons of WordPress vs. Author Websites by BookBub.
How Can I Protect My Hard Work from Data Loss?
This is the one that brings down many an aspiring author in no time flat. We seldom hear about data loss events for the same reason we seldom hear about gambling losses in Las Vegas. The victims in both cases just don’t want to talk about it. Avert that catastrophe just waiting to happen by acting on the guidance in Back Up Your Data!
How does affiliate marketing relate to eBook authoring and publishing?
Affiliate marketing, an activity that authors formerly relied upon traditional publishers to perform, is the process of finding, building and warming up a market — a following or readership in the case of books — into which new books are launched. It’s like placing an ad for a new book on dog grooming in a magazine about dog grooming. Traditional publishers didn’t just print and distribute books and hope for the best. They built up anticipation and demand at book fairs, in print advertising, with radio and television interviews, at book signing events and with eye-catching bookstore window displays. All that’s your job now, in case you were wondering why some of your books haven’t been selling as well as you thought they would. The good news is that the tools at your fingertips today are vastly superior to those used by traditional publishers in the Dark Ages of the publishing industry before the advent of the Internet changed everything.
What’s your return policy?
At this early stage, this site serves as a marketing relay and business journal. It is not yet used for e-commerce. The return policy for any product will be set by the e-commerce point of sale.
Do you ship oversees and to P.O. boxes?
Not applicable. For the present, our digital products are sold through third-party platforms and our services are provided through affiliate channels. This is our Grand Central Station from which you can access any of them.
Do you have customer service?
Of course! We are happy to address any questions you may think to post under Contact Us.
