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Bookworms – You don’t need a Kindle device to enjoy Kindle ebooks

Posted: February 18, 2014 in Books in general, Morcan Books & Films
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Calling all bookworms… Just because you don’t own a Kindle device doesn’t mean you can’t download and read Kindle ebooks.

You can download Amazon’s FREE Kindle app for your smartphone, tablet and computer.

Here’s what Amazon has to say about it:

  • Buy Once, Read Everywhere: You don’t need to own a Kindle device to enjoy Kindle books. Download one of our free Kindle apps to start reading Kindle books on all your devices. The Kindle app is available for every major smartphone, tablet, and computer. That means with our free Kindle reading apps, you can buy a Kindle book once, and read it on any device with the Kindle app installed. And of course, you can also read that same Kindle book on a Kindle device if you own one.
  • With Amazon’s Whispersync technology, you can automatically save and synchronize your furthest page read, bookmarks, notes, and highlights across all your devices. That means you can start reading a book on one device, and pick up where you left off on another device.
  • Shop the Kindle Store for over one million Kindle books, including new releases and New York Times® best sellers. If you are a non-U.S. customer, book pricing and availability may vary.
  • Read the first chapter of a book before you decide whether to buy it.
  • Read thousands of free books with a Kindle app, including popular classics like The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Pride and Prejudice, and Treasure Island.
  • Go into your local library to check out an eBook, and have it delivered wirelessly to your Kindle app.
  • Adjust a book’s text size to your desired comfort level for easier reading.

For more info go to: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=pe_390220_112582420_sa_menu_karl?ie=UTF8&docId=1000493771

And here’s a shameless plug for our novels – all available now as Kindle ebooks!

 

Happy reading! –Lance & James

 

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Marketing vs. Writing: the author’s dilemma

Posted: March 10, 2013 in Books in general, Morcan Books & Films
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Up to your ears in marketing, social media, tweeting, blogging, networking etc. etc. when what you really want to be doing is write? Tell me about it!

I’ve found an excellent article online – at http://bookpromotion.weebly.com – that may help you and me both. Its author rightly points out that “Authors who don’t plan their pre & post-launch marketing can end up spending a lot of time and money trying to play catch up after publishing their books”.

The author also estimates authors spend 70 per cent of their time marketing, leaving only 30% for writing.

Here’s the (abridged) article:

The 10 Tools Every Self-Published Author Needs To Save Time

Authors who don’t plan their pre- and post-launch marketing can end up spending a lot of time and money trying to play catch up after publishing their books.  If you don’t plan properly, marketing can take twice as long as the writing and publishing process.  Feeling late to the game?  Don’t fret. The following list of resources will help save yourself from considerable frustration that most authors encounter along their literary journeys.  Both new and veteran authors alike can benefit from these online marketing platform building techniques.
The article lays out a list of marketing strategies for authors to follow. It offers “a set of goals to achieve when building out your online marketing platform.  This is not meant to be an exhaustive list.  However, we have focused on the channels that most authors pursue in their journey.”

The 10 tools offered cover the gamut of marketing options at you disposal, ranging from social media, website and email to traffic, press releases and book clubs. They allow for the pre-launch of your book, pre/post launch and post launch.

An excellent article! Again, here’s the link:  http://bookpromotion.weebly.com -Lance

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