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Options for Self-Publishing Your Book: Printing and Distribution Services
Self-publishing is a growing industry and there are more options for self-publishing your book every day it seems. But not all of these options are equal in terms of quality and reliability. If you’re new to publishing it can become confusing. If you simply...
Including A Book Trailer in Your Marketing Collateral
As you may have noticed, videos get a lot of attention online. There are whole platforms dedicated to the format. Because of this, you may want to consider including a book trailer in your marketing collateral. There are a lot of ways you can use book trailers to...
Comparable Book Covers Explained
Part of the book cover design process requires collaborating with your designer to get a cover that will work best for your book while keeping your vision in mind. One of the things you’ll be asked to do is come up with your comparable book covers. We’ll go over what...
Do’s and Don’t of Creating Your Own Book Cover
Here at Monkey C Media, cover design is just one of the many services we offer to authors of all types. And we love what we do. We also, as you may expect, always recommend you hire professionals to design your book cover. But we understand it’s inevitable that some...
Choosing the Color Scheme of Your Website
When choosing the color scheme for your website, it’s important to know a little bit about color psychology. Because these colors will represent your brand, it’s less about what your personal favorite colors are and more about what you want these colors to say about...
6 Ways to Improve Your Writing When You’re New to It
There’s a standard piece of advice out there that tells you that you can improve your writing by writing more. But the flaw in this advice is that if you aren’t writing well to begin with and doing nothing to improve it, then writing more, by itself, isn't going to...
Five Tactics that Can Help Boost Book Sales
There are many tactics that can help boost book sales. Some of these require spending money, and some require spending time. Some of these will be done long before you publish and some will rely on the momentum of your book’s release. This is why having a solid book...
DIY Website Maintenance: Yes, You Can Do These Things!
We’ve covered the subject of website maintenance before, but we haven’t delved into DIY website maintenance too much, so we thought we’d create a little checklist for you. These tips will help you feel empowered to help keep your WordPress website up to date,...
Free Image Sources for Your Blog: Suggestions and Tips
Adding images to your online content helps boost engagement and SEO. But where do you get these images? There are plenty of free image sources available online, but lately, less and less of them offer images that are actually free. Some of these sources are better...
Print Book Options: Choosing How Your Book Will Look and Feel
Between finding an editor, working with a cover designer, and navigating your book marketing strategy, you may not have considered what you want your book to look and feel like. But it’s important to get it right. And when it comes time to publish, you have print book...
Amazon Book Marketing Copy vs Back Cover Copy
Before you promote and publish your book, among the other things you’ll need to do, you need to have your back cover copy ready and polished. You’ll also need your Amazon book marketing copy if you want to sell through the platform. What’s the difference, you ask? We...
Your Nonfiction Author Book Page: Five Things to Include
When it comes to your nonfiction author Book page, you’re selling yourself as much as you are your book. Your book is your business card, so you’re selling your brand and your expertise along with it. We all know fiction authors are expected to tell a good story and...
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