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Reaching for the stars? Prepare for your e-publishing takeoff with these marketing activities before your title is live. Book marketing is an ongoing process, and many authors choose to wait until the title is live to start their marketing efforts. ...

Vook has you covered In our continued effort to make digital publishing easier than ever, we're bringing you a complete package of services. Marketing: the key to more sales It's never too early or too late to start! Vook offers ...

Last week, we introduced the New York Public Library’s new social catalog. Today, we’re talking a little more about the opportunities it offers authors in two crucial areas: connecting with other authors, and building links with readers. There’s a reason ...

As part of Social Media Week, we visited the New York Public Library to learn more about their new social catalog and what it can offer Vook’s authors. The NYPL is one of 40 libraries across the US, Canada, and ...

Vook authors receive a special discount on Authro services. In an effort to help our clients increase customers and drive ebook sales, Vook has partnered with Authro to offer professional, customized author websites and engaging book trailers—essential marketing tools for ...

What are keywords? Although search engines are very good at sifting through millions of pages, they’re still not very good at parsing bundles of text or images to work out what they’re really about. Consequently, search engines rely on human-entered ...

Thought Catalog's Digital Books Division has a bona fide hit on its hands: Not a Match: My True Tales of Online Dating Disasters, by Brian Donovan, is currently the top book in Amazon's Kindle Singles selection. We've been big believers ...

Read the full guide for free today Last week, we wrote about ebook production and marketing mistakes. Now, the full guide to ebook errors is available for free to ensure that you get the perfect ebook. "Ebook Errors: Common Pitfalls ...

Every author needs a Website Every time you use our VookMakers for creation and distribution, we give your eBook a Webpage on our storefront. We know that eBook Webpages are crucial for success in digital publishing. Our free Webpages are ...

You'll have an eBook for sale in days! It’s not too late to get your eBook on sale for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and the December holidays.  Here are the five big steps you'll take along the way.  Remember, Vook ...

Why an Amazon landing page is not enough We're in the process of writing a full report on why authors need their own websites, what these websites should include, and how authors should go about building them. We'll release the ...

It's the 500 year history of Brazil told through Errol Lincoln Uys's riveting novel, Brazil and in turn, Brazil's Twitter feed, @BrazilANovel. Errol has been tweeting the epic story everyday, 140 characters at a time. Brazil currently has 7,760 followers ...

E.E. cummings famously razzed salesmen in a poem, but that kind of attitude is a dangerous prejudice for eBook creators today. Writing is usually the prelude to selling your books. And some of the best sales experts to learn from ...

Unlike the writing process, marketing your book requires more than inspiration and commitment (though both help!). Marketing is tricky—if you want to succeed, look to the leaders. Author and publishing pro Ariane de Bonvoisin is one and she's shared with ...

Goodbye self-publishing. Hello crowd-publishing! Kickstarter has swept the tech and fundraising worlds with its innovative crowd-sourced funding model. And it turns out that authors—especially those who grasp the advantages of self-publishing—are quickly adapting the platform to launch their next eBook ...

Yesterday we directed you to the presentation I gave at LavaCon last week. After three years of helping publishers, authors and media companies create eBooks, I’ve learned that digital has made nothing easier. The mechanical process of printing a book ...

Our new guide will teach you email tips and tricks.  We know how to make the best eBooks at Vook; we also know how to sell them effectively. And email marketing is key. To share what we've learned, we've written  "The ...

Vook has been making best-selling ebooks for years. Our in-house experts and successful authors share five secrets to selling massive amounts of ebooks. Create a killer cover Your ebook needs to stand out in a crowded space and be readable ...

After finishing Richard Ford’s new book Canada, my standards were high for my next read. A number of books sat in my queue, but none of them seemed appetizing after the Ford feast. I Googled the “Booker Prize” and found ...

In celebration of our new features -- your own eBook Webpage! An HTML5 eReader! Professional Grade eBook Creation! -- we're launching a special "Sell with Vook" incentive. Once per week for the rest of 2024, we will randomly pick one ...