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...
by kobowritinglife | Jan 25, 2022 | KWL Podcast, The Business of Writing, The Craft of Writing
KWL – 282 – Making NaNoWriMo Work for You with Sara Whitney Journalism professor and romance author Sara Whitney joins us on the podcast this week to discuss her journey to publishing and why she recently took her catalogue wide. We discussed her...
by kobowritinglife | Jun 22, 2021 | Author Takeover, Kobo News, KWL Community, Self-Publishing, The Business of Writing
The Kobo Writing Life team is excited to announce our latest Live Q&A on Thursday June 24th. From 12:00 PM-1:00 PM EST, we’ll be answering all your questions on the Kobo Writing Life Facebook and YouTube pages. If you can’t make the takeover, feel free to...
by kobowritinglife | Dec 5, 2019 | The Business of Writing, Tips
by Noah Steele Hi! I’m Noah Steele, indie author of gay romance, and I’m about to hit you with two words so powerful they make pre-debut indie authors quake. Are you ready for this? Market research. Okay. Hydrate. Take a deep breath. I’m here to help! I’m a 2019 indie...
