by kobowritinglife | Mar 24, 2023 | Blog, KWL Community
First of all – what is “going wide?” When an author goes wide, it means they offer their books on more than just one self-publishing platform. Some platforms require exclusivity from their authors, meaning that they can only sell through their platform. This can be a...
by kobowritinglife | Dec 20, 2022 | KWL Podcast
#307 – How to Boost Your Backlist Sales In this episode, we’re showcasing a live event that we held earlier this year on the KWL Facebook page and on our YouTube channel. Kobo Writing Life director Tara and author relations manager Joni got together to...
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 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 | Jun 29, 2016 | Self-Promotion, Self-Publishing, The Business of Writing, Tips
By Adam Croft December 2015 seems like a lifetime ago to me now. At the beginning of that month I was earning somewhere in the region of $50 a day through my books. I was pretty happy; my books were earning money, were just about covering the bills and things...