One of the best success strategies of independent authors is "writing to market" that is writing in a genre or subgenre that is currently selling very well and not just writing what you love to write about. To find out these genre, study Amazon "best seller" list.

Writing a great book is the most important book marketing strategy!

Do you want to know how you can easily market your books, then check out this thread on "Goodreads" to see what experienced independent authors are saying about book sales and marketing! https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2233200-sales-and-marketing

As an independent author just starting off, one thing you need to know and work with is that you have to be prolific in writing. This is because the more books you published, the better for visibility and sales.

As a writer/author, having a great and unique writing skills is a good idea that leads to passionate followers!

Marketing my e-book is also another thing i need to carry out right? Marketing has always been stressful and eats u my time in vain. Is there another way around this?

kristian98:
Marketing my e-book is also another thing i need to carry out right? Marketing has always been stressful and eats u my time in vain. Is there another way around this?

You just have to market them. But the other way round is writing more books that in inline with the previous ones or if possible a series book such that the new titles will help to market the previous ones.

Using pen names as an independent author is a good strategy, most especially as a Nigerian author who publishes through International eBook platforms.

As an author, it is good never to reply to reviews of your book no matter how negative you think the review. This is because a reply to any review can result to more bad reviews for the book from other readers.

It is good you carry out research on Amazon best selling books and genre so that you can write to market demand and fast track your independent publishing success.

Now is the time to take that bold step and launch your publishing career. This is because you can not know all you need to know about independent publishing before you finally or reluctantly take that step.

The basic required skills are Writing, and Editing. This is because if you can at least do the first editing and proofreading of your manuscript, it greatly reduces your publishing expenses. In fact, you can fully do the complete editing of your manuscript if your writing is good from the start.

So, now is the time to take the bull by the horns and fulfill your dream of becoming a published author.

If you want to know what Plotting is in writing, read what authors are saying about it on KBoards.
http://www.kboards.com/index.php/topic,249980.0.html

Always properly edit and proofread your manuscript before you publish it. This will give it better a performance in sales and reviews.

At a time like this, eBook publishing through Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing pays.

As a writer who is about to publish your first book , it is always better to publish it exclusively through Amazon for greater visibility through its Kindle Select Program.

HOW TO BECOME AN EBOOK AUTHOR SUPERSTAR!

According to an article published by theguardian, there are ten methods writers and self-published authors can use to translate their aspirations and passion into success.

These methods are listed below:
1. Choose the right book, the right genre
and the right title.
2. Don't just rely on Twitter or Facebook.
3. Crowd-source some help.
4. Go high-risk.
5. Give it away. Now!
6. Use social media in a clever way.
7. Talk, don't spam.
8. Be ready to slave away.
9. Take it to a bookshop.
10. Aim higher.

Read the entire article here: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jun/06/become-an-ebook-superstar

There is one great secret to being a good and successful author. This secret has to do with having a good knowledge of the genre you write. You need to know the expectations of readers of that genre, the plot styles of successful books in that genre, and cover design that appeals more to readers of the genre.

To be able to get a first hand knowledge of these important factors, find out who are the best selling authors in that genre on Amazon! Get and read at least five books by these authors. Learn their approach to all the factors listed earlier and then create your own writing style from what you learned from these authors books.

If you do this well, your writing will be good, top notch, and meet the expectations of readers of the genre and hence you will get sales and good following early enough.

When publishing your ebooks, placing them in the right categories and also using appropriate keywords is very important. This will ensure your books gets to the right audience some of which can become your faithful fans!

If you are a writer who is about to launch a Self-publishing career through Amazon, it is advisable you first write and publish short stories in at least three different genres to see which of the genres works better for you with respect to sales!

Once you get this important information, you can now concentrate your effort on writing and publishing full length novels in that genre.

If any of your published eBook is not performing well with respect to sales, it can probably be the cover design. So, go ahead and rebrand it with a more suitable and appealing cover!

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15 Top Writing Guides for Novelists

Here are fifteen great and important guides for a novelist/writer to get the best results from his/her writing:
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/15-top-writing-guides-for-novelists/

98 Book Marketing Ideas That Can Help Authors Increase Sales:

One aspects of the independent author publishing career is marketing of your books. Here are 98 basic marketing ideas to help you get more sales.
https://insights.bookbub.com/book-marketing-ideas/

There are three most important factors that guarantee a successful eBook publishing career. These factors are:

1. The book most be good, has a target audience, and well edited.
2. The eBook cover design most also be genre specific and professional.
3. The marketing/promotion most be strategic.

How to Write a Novel: Advice for New Writers

Writer's Digest, one of the best book blogs ever advised new writers on how to write a good novel. Get the full gist here: http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/how-to-write-a-novel-7-tips-everyone-can-use

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As a Nigerian independent author, it is very important you make use of pen names as your author names in your books. The pen names should be predominantly western names because they are the target market and they mostly don't like buying books published by African authors.

Note that you must use your real names to create your Amazon KDP account because you will have problems getting your royalties if you use fake identity to create the publishing account. The good thing is that nobody knows the real names of the publisher since it is only the author names that readers can see. It is therefore advisable to leave the publisher field blank during publishing of your books and never make the mistake of putting your real names there!

You can take advantage of eBook publishing through Amazon KDP and create an additional stream of income for yourself.

As an Independent author, you have to exercise patience! This is because the more by books you have published, the greater the chances of sales and a successful publishing career.

So, never give up if your first published book did not performed up to your expectations or did not even get traction at all. You learn and improve your writing, packaging, branding, and marketing in the process, and these will eventually lead to greater productivity and success.

It will interest you to know that publishing your titles as eBooks through Amazon KDP do not require you to buy ISBN catalog numbers has Amazon will assign it their own ASIN catalog numbers for free during the publishing process.

Note that the assigned ASIN catalog number does not in anyway contest the copyright of your book. You own the copyright of your titles 100%.

Am interestd in this epublishing biz but don't know how to write articles/ebooks. Is there anyway and method of outsourcing all my writing jobs and how much will it cost me for outsourcing and proofreading?