The Creative Penn

JANUARY 6, 2023

How can you use paid advertising as part of your book marketing strategy? In the intro, publishing trends for 2023 [ Written Word Media ]; Apple AI narration ; ChatGPT into Bing [ The Verge ]; Comments on Audible [ Brandon Sanderson , Audiblegate ]; TikTok ban and problems [ Reuters , Rolling Stone ]; my Pilgrimage Kickstarter.

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The Creative Penn

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

With its detailed reports on how to improve your writing and integration with Scrivener, ProWritingAid will help you improve your book before you send it to an editor, agent or publisher. I was so scared of publishing it and when I was about to hit Launch on the Kickstarter back in February, my heart was hammering.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 30, 2022

I launched the book direct on my Shopify store, CreativePennBooks.com and sold it exclusively direct for a month before publishing it wide. Yes, creatively, because I am much happier about advertising the early books in the series now. I also wrote and published two short stories. Click here to buy it direct from me.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 24, 2023

Why is publicity still useful in an age of pay-per-click direct advertising? So I didn't know anything about self-publishing. I kind of stumbled upon this whole amazing world of self-publishing, and how you can actually be in charge of your career and your author career. Halima Khatun shares her valuable tips and experience.

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