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3 Reasons You Should Make Your Book Interactive

September 20, 2016 By Shelley Hitz Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

make your book interactive

Are you planning on publishing a new book? Why not consider making it interactive? In this blog post, I am going to share with you three reasons why you should make your book interactive.

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How to Set a Realistic Publishing Goal

September 12, 2016 By Shelley Hitz Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

realistic publishing goal

When you are starting a new publishing project, how do you set your goals? Here are a few tips to help you set a realistic publishing goal when writing a book.

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7 Ways to Find Beta Readers and Reviewers for Your book

August 23, 2016 By Shelley Hitz Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

find beta readers

When you are publishing a new book, creating a Beta Group can be a great idea. But where do you find beta readers and reviewers for your book? In today’s training, I’m going to share with you 7 ways to find beta readers and reviewers for your book.

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3 Ways to Use a Beta Group When Publishing a Book

August 15, 2016 By Shelley Hitz Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

beta group when publishing a book

Do you know what a Beta Group is and how it can help you when writing and publishing a new book? In today’s training, I will share with you three ways on how you can use a Beta Group when publishing a book.

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How to Create a 90-Day Publishing Plan for Your Next Book or Project

July 18, 2016 By Shelley Hitz Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

90-day Publishing plan for you book or project

What are your plans and goals for the next 90 days? Have you set a third quarter goal for this year? In this post, I share with you my 90-day publishing plan to help you in your next project.

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How to Change the Price of Your Kindle Book in KDP

July 2, 2016 By Shelley Hitz Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

change price kindle book

Are you having difficulty changing the price of your Kindle book on Amazon? This tutorial will walk you through the simple and easy steps on how to change the price of your kindle book in KDP.

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5 Signs It May Be Time to Publish a Print Book from a Kindle Version

April 18, 2016 By Shelley Hitz Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

publish a print book

When is it the right time to publish a print book from a Kindle version? When you publish a book I typically recommend you publish a Kindle book first. Why? Because it is so much easier. It’s an easier process, it’s less expensive, and it just simply gets you used to the process of publishing, […]

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Self-Publishing: Vervante vs CreateSpace

February 10, 2016 By Shelley Hitz 3 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

vervante vs createspace

As a followup to my podcast episode on how to publish spiral bound workbooks, Vervante has offered to share some insight in this guest post on the royalties you can make when publishing paperback bound books through Vervante vs Createspace.

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How Beth Jones Used Facebook to Help Her Publish a Best-Selling Book

January 5, 2016 By Shelley Hitz Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Publish a best-selling book

In this Behind the Scenes interview with Beth Jones, learn how she got her Facebook friends involved in the publishing process which helped build buzz for her book. You’ll also learn how Beth took her speech and turned it into a book. Listen Below:

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The ONE Strategy I Recommend to Publish a Book

November 10, 2015 By Shelley Hitz Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

I’ve had several people contact me and ask me the strategy I recommend to publish a book and I always have the same advice. Therefore I wanted to share this advice with you in this podcast episode. Listen Below:

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