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If You’re Considering Self-Publishing, These Specific Tips Could Help

Self-Publishing is very possible and plenty of writers are using it to get paid to write today.

Hopefully, these specific ideas that self-publishing authors are using will help you make more money as a self-publisher.

Try StoryOrigin and Lulu

Don’t limit yourself and your book to just Amazon. There is more than just one way to self-publish these days and statistically you give yourself and your story more of a chance if you put it out there as much as possible.

Storyorigin is free to use and can help you build up a list of subscribers that will be potential readers primed and ready to read your books when you have them ready for them.

Some authors have also had success with Lulu. It may be the right platform for you as they have different tools and another audience compared to just publishing on Amazon.

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Using Amazon ads

Ads help starting writers build traction faster than just waiting on organic results.

They can build revenue and get many more eyes on your book. You could spend 100, reach 1 million impressions, and sell around 40 copies. These are realistic numbers based on a real anonymous author’s testimony.

That won’t be a positive return on your first book, but it will most likely start your review section growing and start some traction that can grow organically.

Think of ads as fuel on a fire. Once you shut them down the fire will subside a little bit you’ll get a real sustaining fire much faster with some ads.

It has worked for some but be careful with the hype in FB ads and Reddit ads.

Facebook groups

Some groups are just a bunch of chatter, but there are some golden gems out there.

Try 20booksto50k and another one mentioned to investigate would be Bryan Cohens AMS ad School.

They have worked with others, so hopefully, they will be a huge benefit to you!

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Give copies for free in exchange for a review.

This can be huge for starting your book off on the right foot.

Give away a copy in exchange for a sincere review.

You don’t have much to lose here as it won’t cost you much, but those first 20 reviews can mean the difference between organic buys and nothing, zilch, notta.

People are hesitant to buy things on Amazon with no reviews. It’s a normal part of marketing these days to give free products for reviews because it works and it helps.

Out of all the tips here I would personally recommend this one the most.

Build a loyal beta reading group.

You can pay beta readers. You can also ask friends and family. You can even reach out to a colleague or two. If you’re really bold you can join a FB group and ask if anyone is willing to read your story and provide feedback. (Be careful with copyrights. Wouldn’t want anyone stealing your book.)

But it is so helpful and almost absurd to put out a book without putting some extra eyes and thoughts on it.

Try to get readers that make sense for your target audience. Choose readers that you know will give you real feedback. Not, “yeah, it was great…”

Look for people that enjoy reading in your genre already as they will be more naturally inclined to finish it and have more experience with that genre.

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Things to beware of because of popular hype.

These might work for you, but for this post, they fall into the category of, commonly given advice that doesn’t ALWAYS work out well.

FB ads
Focusing on social media (it can be nice to build a following and get likes and nice comments, but it probably won’t add up to many readers and sales for the amount of time spent building the following)
Reddit ads
Paid promo support on certain sites and cheap promos
Being available on KindleUnlimited (can vary depending on country)

There it is. I hope these specific tips help you with your self-publishing.

Bonus tips:

Self-publishing is realistically a long term success goal.

Having one book out won’t likely get the majority very far, but having 20 books out will most likely make a difference. So don’t expect overnight success. Instead, make a plan. Work hard. And keep making content as if your life depended on it.

Publishing one book a year is probably not enough.

At least not at first. If you decide to be a writer and self-publisher full time you really have to be dedicated. It takes years to build up significant traction. The more books you can put out a year the better.

Think in long terms like, “I want to write 20 books in the next ten years.” That’s a modest goal. For some, it takes 3 years to write their first book, but once you get a feel for the entire process, you will see ways to make it more streamlined.

If you wanted to be really ambitious starting out you can think 4 books a year. But really the best idea is just to focus extremely on the first one and then make more plans from there.

The real point here is in the long term if your goal or dream is to be a self-published author full time, one book just isn’t going to solve that problem for you.

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Help yourself by adding extra income.

Get paid to be a beta reader. Get paid to do some editing on the side. Start a blog. Get paid to do some freelance writing.

These types of side incomes will not only bring in extra cash they will snowball your writing skills.

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