The 3 Phases of Holiday Book Sales (and How to Win Each One)
Listen & Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube About the Episode: The holiday season isn't just one big shopping rush; it's three distinct marketing windows, and indie au...
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Kindle Unlimited Is Now Kindle+: What Authors Need to Know
Breaking news: Amazon announced today that Kindle Unlimited is being renamed Kindle+ and that eligible audiobooks will now be included in the subscription. We'll continue updating this article as m...
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KDP Global Fund Payouts [Updated September 2026]
Check out this quick recap of Kindle Unlimited royalties trends and how this is affecting authors’ earnings.
Your Book Cover Is Your #1 Marketing Asset: Here’s How to Get It Right with Ricardo Fayet of Reedsy
Listen & Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube About the Episode: Your book cover is the first thing every reader sees, and according to Ricardo Fayet, co-founder and CMO...
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How To Optimize Your Facebook Author Page to Sell Books [Updated October 2026]
How to set up your Facebook author page to connect with more readers and sell more books.
Dungeon Crawler Carl: How Matt Dinniman Built a Self-Publishing Success Story
Dungeon Crawler Carl is not just a breakout LitRPG series. It is a case study in what happens when craft, community, format strategy, and rights control work together. Matt Dinniman did not become ...
14 Million Copies, 7 Years, and No Publisher: What Dungeon Crawler Carl’s Success Teaches Every Indie Author
Listen & Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube About the Episode: What does it actually take to go from two people at your convention booth to 14 million copies sold and ...
How to Publish an Audiobook on Spotify: A Step-by-Step Guide
Publishing an audiobook used to mean navigating distributors, contracts, and a fair amount of industry jargon before your book ever reached listeners. Spotify for Authors gives self-published au...
How to Link Your Audiobook Series on Spotify: Step by Step
If you have multiple audiobooks in a series on Spotify, you want listeners to know exactly what comes next. The good news is that linking a series on Spotify is relatively simple. You don't manu...
How to Get More KDP Reads, Pick a Launch Date, and Handle DRM (Questions Authors Keep Asking)
Listen & Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube About the Episode: This episode is a milestone; the Written Word Media Podcast just hit 10,000 downloads. To celebrate, Ric...