Rebelious rules by Kristina Gallo

Indie authors have a small budget. If you are indie, it means you probably have a regular work. That pays your bills, and you will be careful how to spend money on your book release. You have no agent , it means all work is on you. What you need is money for editor, cover creator and formatting book. Then you need money for advertisement and promotion for your book. If you want your paperback, you will buy it from Amazon, with your money. Considering all this, many indie authors ask for a cheaper choice or free options.  Here are mistakes what they do: Doing own covers with a help of Kindle creator . They will pick up patterns from Kindle or free pages and make own covers. It is not a good move because many readers are picky and choose book captured by the cover. If your cover looks amateurish, your book will not sell as you wish. Editing books by their own . Unless you are professional editor, it will not work out well. Editing by Grammarly or other similar pages will fix basic mi...

A horror suspense is my favorite genre. This Friday is my new book release by Red Cape Publishing, a British publisher. It is a story about Alex, a woman who has a brain tumor.  Committing a crime, she will escape and hide in Cornwall.  Meeting a rich businessman, she got an opportunity to change her life.  A generous offer has a price. Alex has only one choice, to be the hunter or the prey. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CV17HRLP

Many times you will hear in social media about how indie authors are supportive to each other. This is only partly true and behind that statement is a false background. As an author, I have many followers in social media, but my interaction is not big. If I post a personal photo I will get some likes, less likes for my book covers and even less for my review notifications or book blurbs. Sometimes, when someone follows me, I got a personal message to support that person. This message is in the form "vote for me", or "can you review my book." Such people don't even read about me section to see that I am author who needs readers. Sometimes, authors are rude to each other. Once author asked me in public can I read his books. When I said I am busy he called me an arrogant person.  It is not rarity that authors offer their editing services when they hear on how I am not a native English speaker.  So, if you are doing all the things above, you consider me as your comp...

Did you read my contemporary romance and mystery? The blurb: Karolina and Filip are a childless couple in a marriage full of daily conflicts and frustrations. Karolina eases her loneliness in a fantasy world of internet chat rooms with strangers while Filip remains blind to her pain. Filip wonders if any of the cyberspace connections Karolina finds mean actual betrayal or could something totally different be going on? His search for answers leads him on an unconventional life-altering journey that includes the mysterious Blanka, an obsessive woman addicted to love. https://www.amazon.com/Seller-Sins-Kristina-Gallo-ebook/dp/B07ZWJYH55/ref=sr_1_11?qid=1704888109&refinements=p_27%3AKristina+Gallo&s=books&sr=1-11   If you still did not check my book series, do it now. T he reviewer said: The Seller of Sins is one of those books that draws you in from the very beginning and doesn't ever let you go. It has been a few days since I finished the book but I am still thinking abou...

When you are an indie author, you will need editing. That means you will hire an editor who should be professional, American or British. Sending your book to editing doesn't mean your job is over. If you take edited book for granted, you might be unpleasantly surprised. If you look on Amazon shelves, every second book has a comment about "bad editing". It happens even to successful writers.  What is important is to spend your money for editing in smart way. If you pay, you need to get edited book in return. The way how some editors work is various, and some of them might disappoint you. What kind of editors you can meet? Slow editor . You submitted your book for editing before two months, it still did not arrive. When you impatiently wait to publish your book, time is precious. Fast editor . This editor will bring you back your book for 24 hours. It is not serious work. Even if English is your mother tongue, there are still mistakes you might not seen. It looks like someo...

Newsletter is one of author's tools for the promotion. Here you can find out about news related to books. I prefer to send short emails, once in two months, to notify what is going on with my books. I love to post my reviews, because it means much to me. Also I use to notify my readers about discounts. If you want to find out something about my content, new books, reviews or book recommendations, check out my newsletter and subscribe. More subscribers I get, I will put links on other author's books, too. You can simply fill the form and my mails will be send.  https://kristina-gallo.mailchimpsites.com/

Reviews are very important promotional material for authors. Like in a movie, when you read opinions of audience, the book should have reviews. When you want to pick awesome book between millions of other books, you will look for reviews. It doesn't matter are these reviews good or bad, something in the book should intricate readers. " The biggest shit I ever read. " "Find an editor." "Don't spend your money." Or: " This book chills me out." "An adrenaline booster. " " Masterpiece." The background of review should be various, a personal admiration for authors or support from friends. If reviews are objective, it talks about a book.  Now, what happens if the book is without reviews? This is blank area. New books will be without reviews, but for a short time. As soon as reader is receiving a book, first reviews will jump fast. If the book is a long time on Amazon, but without reviews, it means few things: The book is not...