Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Indie Publishing

  • My Experience with KDP Select

    This week, we’ve been talking about the strategy of taking a book free to increase its visibility and subsequently its sales. Today, I’m going to talk about the Amazon program KDP Select which is how I took my book, THE COUNTESS, free. First a little background. Twelve to eighteen months ago, a number of authors…

  • The Challenges of “Free”

    Yesterday, we talked about the strategy of making a book free and how/why that strategy can make the book sell better. There are, of course, some issues and considerations about making books free. 1. The idea that all books should be free. This is a notion that has strong currency in some circles, and obviously…

  • Why “Free” Works

    Last Friday, I promised to explain the marketing strategy being used by so many indie authors of making books free for a limited period of time. To many, it seems counter-intuitive that giving books away could help to sell books immediately afterward, but it actually does. There are two reasons why “free” works. The first…

  • Back Covers

    One of the things that’s a bit frustrating right now at my end is that there are so many wonderful things in the works – but I can’t tell you all about them just yet. So, hold tight, and I’ll share news as I can. Today, I thought I’d show you the back covers of…

  • More on Printed Editions

    If you’ve been looking to buy the new printed editions of my backlist titles, I apologize for any delays you might have experienced lately. I’ve been changing the files and the books can’t be produced so long as the content file is being modified. The change involves adding the publishing history on the copyright page…