How to Publish an eBook on Amazon’s Kindle Store

Amazon.com is making it easier than ever for writer’s today to be successful. With Amazon’s KDP Program – Kindle Direct Publishing – authors are now able to steer away from the traditional publishing route and expose their work to millions of consumers instantly, and also keep the majority of the profits. Let me start by sharing my own personal success story, and then I’ll explain how you can do...

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How to Market a Book – Kindle eBook Marketing, Blog Tours and More

So… the hardest part is over. You’ve written the book. You’ve edited the book. You’ve released the book. Now what? Needless to say, marketing is the most important part of your book’s success. The first step in how to market a book is to make sure that you have a marketable cover and attention-grabbing book summary. Because once word starts getting out about your book, you want to make sure...

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List of Book Bloggers Who Are Open to Review Requests

Here is a list of book bloggers who are willing to accept review requests. Keep in mind that I primarily write in the romance, new adult, young adult and chick lit genres, so the majority of them are prefer novels of that type. Book reviewer availability also changes periodically, so some of them may temporarily not be open to requests during certain time periods. ...

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Best Websites for Marketing Your Book’s KDP Free Promotion Days

As an author, it can be a bit overwhelming when it comes to learning how to market your books. There is so much information on the internet – lists upon lists of indie book reviewers, paid promotions, free promotions, etc. – that at times it seems like we spend more of our time researching marketing strategies instead of writing the actual books! ...

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Meeting the HarperCollins Team in London!

Greetings from London! I just spent the last three weeks in England and one of the highlights of my trip was meeting my editor, Charlotte Ledger, and getting a tour of the HarperCollins office! Their office is in the London Bridge neighborhood and has some pretty gorgeous views of the city, so I wanted to share some of my favorite photos from the trip. And the coolest part was the book ...

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Survival Radio Network - Author Interview with Rachel Burke

Rachel discusses her novels and upcoming releases on Survival Radio Network with host Klarque Garrison.   ...

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Digital Book Today - Author Interview

DIGITAL BOOK TODAY AUTHOR INTERVIEW WITH RACHEL BURKE 1. What inspired you to write Sound Bites?  I actually started writing the story when I was about fifteen years old, only in the original version, Justine was the main character’s sister, and the original storyline didn’t have a music theme. Around the age of twenty-five I took up writing again and landed a freelance job as a music journalist...

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