Building Your Street Team
Folsom is one of the many indie authors who has the benefit of a secret weapon—a street team of ardent fans who are devoted to her and, perhaps more importantly, to her ongoing success as a writer.
Go Wide, Go Big—Go For It!
KWL is a team of 7 strong women running a major pillar of Kobo’s content catalogue. We LOVE hearing stories about how self-publishing empowers female writers to build booming independent publishing businesses, making enough money through writing to quit their day jobs, and even hire their partners, family members, or friends to support them. Here Julia Kent shares her tips for success.
How Going Wide Helped Me Quit My Day Job
by Tracy Cooper-Posey Here’s a question for you: Why did you get into indie publishing?
Kobo Writing Life Podcast – Episode 099 – BookBub
The episode you can’t miss: how to sell more books with BookBub.
Five things I learned putting together bundles at Bundle Rabbit
By Barbara G. Tarn Have you heard this great marketing tip? Include your book in a multi-author bundle, so that readers can cross-pollinate among various authors.…
Five things I learned at a professional writers workshop
By Barbara G. Tarn As an introvert, marketing one’s own work is a huge challenge. Free advertising seems like a great way to get your name…
Find your next read and promote your books with Helloreads
How do you decide what you’re reading next? Checking various book lists? Asking friends? Browsing endlessly through the bottomless internet? Helloreads has built one platform to…
5 Tips for Compelling Library Programs
By Andra Watkins Are you an author who’s interested in working with libraries? Whether an author has one book or twenty, libraries are still one of…
ATTENTION MARKETING: Packaging Print Books
Standing out in a crowed marketplace is something that smart authors and publishers do. We have raved about it in the past, and here’s another example…
How My Sales on Kobo Topped All Other Vendors
SALES ON KOBO TOPPED ALL OTHER VENDORS DURING MY FIRST GLOBAL DISCOUNT-PRICE PROMOTION By Diana Deverell This result surprised me. I’m an ex-pat American living in…
Attention Marketing: Packaging
In this industry where thousands of new titles are published every week, it’s in a publisher’s and author’s best interest to do everything they can to…
Save Your Readers 50% Off On KWL Titles–On Us!
Attention all Kobo Writing Life Authors! Summer is officially here, and what better way to celebrate than with a 50% off sale–fully supported by Kobo? This…
Kobo Writing Life Podcast – Episode 058 – Insights from Kobo Merchandisers
Episode 58 features an interview with Kobo Merchandisers Liz Hilborn (Manager of Merchandising) and Sarah Smith-Eivemark (Canadian Merchandiser) conducted by Mark Lefebvre, KWL Director. In the…
Save Your Readers 50% Off On KWL Titles–On Us!
Attention all Kobo Writing Life Authors! The first month of 2016 is almost over, and what better way to celebrate than with a 50% off sale–fully supported…
So you want to sign at an event? Here are some things I’ve learned
By Chelle Bliss There’s been a lot of buzz about author events recently and I wanted to throw a couple things out there. There are so many…
Does Your Author Site Convert? —and other questions your website data can answer
By Monique Sherrett Having an author website is one component of your overall marketing mix. In addition to social media, email newsletters, online ads and contests,…
Save Your Readers 50% On KWL Titles–On Us!
Attention all Kobo Writing Life Authors! On the heels of our successful 50% off promotion in August–which was fully supported by us–we’re excited to announce we’ll…
Save Your Readers 50% On KWL Titles—On Us!
Attention all Kobo Writing Life authors! We’re proud to announce that we’ll be supporting a special end-of-summer clearance sale on all titles published through KWL—a 50%…
My Writing Life – Julianne MacLean
When did you first discover a love of writing? I never imagined I would make writing my career when I was young. I didn’t figure that…
Kobo Writing Life Podcast – Episode 036 – Nancy L. Baumann from Bookarma
KWL Director Mark Lefebvre interviews Nancy L. Baumann, CEO of Bookarma, a platform that allows authors to leverage the community in their social media endeavors. In the…
How Kobo Increased My Sales Off KPD Select
by Katie Cross When I decided to go off KDP Select my sales pretty much plummeted and took my ego with it. Just kidding. No I’m not.…
Reader Reviews
Reader reviews are BACK at Kobo! As authors know, reviews definitely help readers decide whether or not they are going to buy a book or download…
How To Kickstart Your Sales
By David Gaughran The sales of every book decay with time, but the great thing about self-publishing is that a book won’t get yanked from the…
Getting Press in a New Era of Publishing
By Brian J. D’Souza Back when I attended a publishing program at a Toronto university, we had a class led by an agent and his assistant…
How To Grab That Coveted Online Audience
By Adam Dreece There’s nothing like finding readers live tweeting your book as they read it, or finding them promoting your book to their friends. It’s…
Announcing the 2013 Kobo Writing Life Scholarship
Hot on the heels of our wildly successful Jeffrey Archer Short Story Challenge, Kobo Writing Life and Curtis Brown Creative are partnering once again – this…