by kobowritinglife | Sep 2, 2022 | Blog, KWL Community
I don’t know about you, but whenever September comes around, I’m reminded of the library. Maybe it has to do with my years at school: from preschool to post-secondary, the return to classes in September (in Canada, at least) was synonymous with more frequent trips to...
by kobowritinglife | Aug 26, 2022 | Blog, KWL Community, Read Like a Writer, The Craft of Writing, Writer Reads
Earlier, we featured a series on how to read for writing – but what if you’re experiencing a reading slump? Do you notice your lack of energy for reading leeching into your ability to write? This advice might help you get back into a reading rhythm that will...
by kobowritinglife | Aug 22, 2022 | Blog, marketing, Self-Publishing, The Business of Writing
Free and exclusive content can do the work for you on the occasions it is offered – but how do you really make offering a free eBook or bonus content beneficial to your career as an author? How do you make the most of these offerings? Remember: free content is an...
by kobowritinglife | Aug 19, 2022 | Blog, KWL Community, Self-Publishing, The Business of Writing, Tips
You’ve heard about readers clearing out their bookshelves or reorganizing (and archiving) their digital libraries, but what is the author’s equivalent? Cleaning up your backlist, of course! While the book sales boom is declining somewhat (as this report for the first...
by kobowritinglife | Aug 15, 2022 | Blog, KWL Community, Resources, Self-Publishing, The Business of Writing, Tips
Boxed sets are a sure-fire way to increase your sales year-round. What’s better than getting an entire series, with no worries about where the next instalment is coming from? Readers often choose to grab an entire collection at once, especially if it comes to them at...
by kobowritinglife | Aug 8, 2022 | Blog, KWL Community, Resources, Self-Publishing, The Business of Writing, Tips
Wordsrated recently published research findings that bestselling books are getting shorter over time. After analyzing over 3,400 New York Times bestselling titles, the decrease in length between 2011 and 2021 is very noticeable: “Bestsellers are getting shorter – the...
