Rebelious rules by Kristina Gallo

Using Amazon advertising as a way of promoting books can get you sales. But, in the end of the promoting month, you will not get a profit. Probably, you will get less money than you invest. That is a reason why I am calculating with this way of promotion. When I advertised books in Amazon Germany, I paid eight euro for targeting my product. I got over 5000 impressions and many clicks. The unpleasant surprise was when I saw additional taxes for advertising, 8 euros bonus.  Who can get profit with this? It happens, when someone buy your book, Amazon advertising will do everything to get you as much money they can. First, they will count additional taxes. Then, Kindle will get their part of your royalties. After this, a national bank will get their part. What you get from this are remains. So, when I got 27 dollars of book sales, what was left was 16 dollars. For indie authors, Amazon ads are way of harrasing our wallet. We are not Emily Henry or Freida Mc Fadden to get a profit. If I...

I saw an article about the influencer who read 200 books last year. Many people want viral post, and talking about reading books became a popular way to gain followers in social media. While authors post links in hope to sell their books and get reviews, scammers are using ways to get noticed by huge engagement. If we think realistic, it is impossible to read  a huge amount of books in a short time. To read you must have a good eyesight and plenty of free hours. Most of the people don't have this luxury. We have 40 hours working week, housework, and all this make us tired. If you can't sleep enough you will not have will to read. For reading books, you must be focused. When you have notifications in social media, that steals your focus. To be honest, I read 15 books last year. The rest of my To Be Read list I will finish this year. We are not robots, we can't stare at our phones 24 hours a day.  If you need to choose between walking in nature or reading, you will choose fre...

Recently I asked for a featured Bookbub deal for one of my books. I got response that my book should be free priced and my expense would be 230 dollars. This is really funny, because I could expect people grab my book for free and give me one star (as it happens when books are available for everyone). To pay such amount of money would be waste and without a purpose. I am mix of traditional and indie author. Having a publisher, but not bestseller books, I am looking for ways to increase my book sales. Promo sites like Bookbub are very expensive and they offer their deals for 25% books from authors who applied for this. I had an insight to author's books who grabbed Bookbub deals. It works will authors who are already selling a good amount of their books. In general, promo sites are not working for favor of indie authors. These are five myths about promo sites: Promo sites give many readers. It is not true, because you will get visibility and many trolls, but not readers. Promo sites...

Lorraine Carey is not only a paranormal enthusiast but has had many unexplained events in her lifetime and has used these as a focal point in her fiction novels. Most of Carey’s books were written during the course of nine years while living in the Caymans with her husband. The island was the perfect inspiration for her. As a veteran Reading Specialist in elementary schools, Lorraine began to write for Young Adults hoping to inspire young readers. Her students always loved hearing her spooky tales. Jonathan’s Locket was a finalist in the Wind Dancer Film Contest back in 2014. Lorraine currently resides in St. Petersburg, Florida where she is a private tutor for young children. She continues to write and is planning on joining up with a paranormal investigative team. Her empathic abilities seem to attract the spirits giving her even more motivation to continue writing. My favorite book from the author: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Night-Mistress-Paradise-Palms-Lorraine/dp/1087989906?ref_=as...

  A British author writes horror stories with a psychological effect.  Born in Essex, UK, in 1978 Rob currently resides in Thurrock, Essex, UK. Rob's books include: - My Girl - Semianimus - Deadders - The Caretaker - Friends Like Us and more. Rob has featured alongside such legends as Graham Masterton and Jack Ketchum in Terror Tract's October Ezine horror anthologies. Rob has also appeared in several other anthologies including Dark light 2 (by S.J. Davis), Liphar - Short Stories Vol.1, Unleash The Undead (Collated & Edited by Samie Sands), Kevin Hall's Thirteen 2: The Horror Continues & Thirteen vol.3 to name a few. One of my favorites is his horror novel The Caretaker . https://a.co/d/g3bGwtU When young couple rent an apartment,  everything seems good. But secrets will reveal and nothing will be the same. A scary and brutal horror novel will take you into the world of a psychopath Caretaker. Caring about occupants in the building, Caretaker hides a horrified se...

  My new book is getting reviews. Join to my readers and share your opinion.  My book is free with Kindle unlimited.  Opinion of readers matters. It depends how much I will be motivated to write. It is important to write a honest review.  Talking about my book characters make me happy.   A video review for one of my books. Check it out: My book link: https://a.co/d/0zideZ1

  An interesting British author is familiar for horror stories with a touch of psychological drama.  Like he said : " I was dragged into the world in 1965 - when TV was black&white and nobody swore before nine o'clock in the evening. From the start, I was obsessed with monsters, with the things in the dark, with the thing that would bite you if you let them. I left it very, very late to become a writer - I had a "proper" job with just made me miserable for nineteen years - but I'm here now. And I will bite. If you let me. " Recently I read his book that is amazing work. Here is my review. The author approaches to his characters with a doze of humor and sarcasm, which leads into adrenaline plot. Paul is a fifty years old divorcee man who flirts with his colleague, a younger woman, while remembering his life tragedies. He lost a little son a long time ago, his marriage broke and his daughter Sonia is his only comfort. His real-life tragedies mix with his a...