Training #253 – Selling Books with Pre-Orders
Please note: this training has since been updated. A few years ago, Amazon offered it’s published authors the ability to offer pre-orders for your new…
Dedicated Trainings
Training #245 – Book Image Optimization
One topic we are frequently asked about is how to manage images in our books. What size should they be? What resolution? What’s a bleed?…
Training #237 – 12 Ways to Profit from Giving Away Free Books
Is it possible to make money by giving away free books? Surprisingly, yes! It is. In this training session, we go over the different types…
Training #233 – Book Promotion Websites
If you wanted to promote your book, where would you go, and why would you go there? The obvious advantage of promoting your book is…
Training #225 – Ingram Spark: Non-Amazon Print-on-Demand
When Amazon’s printing capability has reached it’s limit, where do they go to print copies of their books after making a sale? If you said…
Training #217 – Book Launches
You can upload your book to Amazon and then forget about it, and hope that it starts making sales on it’s own. In fact, until…
Training #213 – Audiobook Creation and Distribution
What are audiobooks and why would you want to spend the money to create them? What are the different kinds of audiobooks, and where can…
2018 Smarter Artist Summit
In this training, Blaine summarizes what he learned from each of the sessions at the 2018 Smarter Artist Summit. Training #209
Training #178 – Ins and Outs of KDP Select
KDP Select…the best thing ever or the worst thing to happen to publishing, depending upon who you ask. KDP Select is Amazon’s “special club” for…
Training #172 – Niche Research and Unique Value Proposition
Who is your ideal reader? What are the big problems that they are currently experiencing? What sort of conversation are they having with themselves right…
Training #170 – Book Pricing Brain Dump
How do you decide how much to sell your book for? In this training session, we will cover the basics of pricing your books, including:…
Training #165 – The Reader Journey
At the 2017 Smarter Artist Summit, David Gaughran got up in front of a few hundred people and laid out the road map for how…
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