Rebelious rules by Kristina Gallo

Getting an Amazon review is the biggest accomplishment for an indie author. Your book will get noticed as many as you get, especially if these reviews are from successful authors. Here is a catch: you need to spend 50 dollars a year on books to be a reviewer. Also, you must be careful what you post as a review. Your review is under conditions. You can't insult the author. You can't abuse the author. You can't be an author's friend to praise his work, you must be objective. Your review can't be a tool for revenge, to ruin the reputation of other's writers. If you don't follow the rules, you will be reported and Amazon might delete your account. Also, if you beg other authors for a swap, Amazon can forbid you to review. So, many readers will not spend 50 dollars on books. They will not have terms to leave reviews. Amazon is cleaning reviews once a year, their algorithm checking eligibility.  Also, some readers expect you will pay for their reviews. Some don

Many authors will give their books for free for the purpose of promotion.  Their expectations are: Many KENP readers, because the book is free. Many reviews, because the book is free. With many ratings, the book is free. Reality is not so dazzling. People will grab a free book, but many will not read this. Some of them will give bad ratings or bad reviews, and the minority will give a read. When you see something free, your first thought might be: well, this is not worthy it. If this is a quality, it will be priced. Giving your book free might give a wrong impression : This is an author I never heard about. This is a low budget. This is a trashy read. When you give your book for free, it should be targeting the audience.  You expect a reader's circle, so the blurb must be well described, the cover must be professional and the story must be edited. Also, if you have more books, let other books have a price.  You are offering a free book but as a representative pattern of your work.

Imagine you must represent your work in public. Thousand people stare at you and watch your every move. Suddenly, phobia made power, and you freeze in the place. Your voice is trembling, your body is shaking and now you have a panic attack. Now it is getting worse. You will see mocking in their faces, you will hear laughter and insults. This is not a movie, this is something that happens to you. Spending years fighting the fear of public appearance, I learned some tricks to relax. Focus. Remember what is your primary purpose, why you come here. Practice. Have a public appearance when you get the opportunity. It means workdays, seminars, and interviews.  Choose a small step. Zoom that happens in your room is a good intro. If you can't stand up in front of hundred people, you can open a camera in your room.  Remember, ignorance prevails. Many people who come to listen to you are not listening. They just want to be anywhere to kill their boredom. Pick your role models. Some people kno

Let's assume people want to support your books. There are some genuine souls who really want your success and they would love to help you. Good intentions are not enough, you need to know are those people are your readers or this support is only formal. What kind of readers you can meet? Some people will share your book links but never open them. There is no use, they do it automatically. People will congrats you, but they are not interested in what are you doing. This is a usual phenomenon, people want to support you for some reasons, but your books are not interesting them. Maybe a guy wants to approach you to flirt, maybe your friend wishes to support you, but their real intention is to be close to you, not to read your books. People will support you expecting you to do the same. "Read my book I will read yours" is a common deal, but not always recommended. You read his book, he never returned. Or he pretended to read, but you can see from the review it is only formal.

  Today I am introducing awesome author Eva Pasco. She is the author of romance, drama, and contemporary women's fiction. Midlife restlessness prompted a retired elementary education teacher to rekindle her passion for storytelling. Although Eva Pasco has published Nonfiction, she prefers writing in the genre of Contemporary Women’s Fiction. Het award-winning “lit with grit” is distinguished for its character -driven plots featuring female protagonists propelled by the nuances of their human condition . Whenever Eva can break away, she enjoys day tripping along Rhode Island’s coastline where her favorite pastime is walking the shore at any season or time of day. In particular, scavenging for sea glass on pebbly beaches with lots of rocks. CONTEMPORARY WOMEN’S FICTION: UNDERLYING NOTES: https://amzn.com/B00HX364DY AN ENLIGHTENING QUICHE: https://amzn.com/B01LX9UXWV MR. WIZARDO: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SGZ63ZF   NONFICTION COLLECTION:   100 WILD MUSHROOMS: 

Hello authors. I bet this is the question you ask yourself very often? What is wrong with my book and why is not selling? Why others are selling books and I can't manage it? Now is a year since I am selling my books. Croatian bank was not in the American bank system so I had to wait 3 years to get my money from Kindle. So, there are worse things than passive readers, agree? I will not lie, it is not an ideal position, and I am not Stephen King or John Grisham.  I learned a few things and I want to share them with you. The cover. What is the first thing that attracts the reader? Your book cover. If you want to buy the book in the library, I am sure you will take the one with an interesting cover. The same is with e-books, you will pick a book by the cover. Professional covers are expensive, but sure you can invest some money and find a suitable price.  The blurb. Now, you want to know what is a book about, before you buy it, isn't it? That is similar to a movie, you will read

Do you want to write in the English language, but that is not your native language? Is it possible, to touch the magic stick and your imagination turn into reality? This is not fiction, nor a start of a fairy tale. This is a true story, about me and my books. In the year 2017, I got an email from my blog follower. She asked for a review on Amazon, for her first self-published book. I did not know that is possible to publish books on Amazon with a help of Kindle. She inspired me to try my idea, so I made a collection of my blog stories and published my first short book guide, "Lost in the virtual world." That is how my story begins. Since that, more than three years have passed, and I have 12 published books on Amazon. What I did do? I hired the editor. I paid for some covers. I found a reader's community. I got about 160 reviews on Amazon. I have read 100 books from indie authors for three years. I am a writer from Croatia. Writing in a language that is not my native lang