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Barnes & Noble Banner Ad for The Asset

Earlier in the day I went to the Barnes & Noble website to see if my  CIA thriller, The Asset was there (it is but…

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Spring Cleaning Twitter

Check out Tweepi. You can easily clean up your Twitter account for free. I don’t use automated follow/unfollow stuff on my Twitter, so for the…

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Book Pricing According to Smashwords Survey

Mark Coker, the founder and CEO of Smashwords, has posted the results of a survey and in-depth analysis based on data-crunching to come up with…

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Twitter for Authors

“How do I use Twitter?” That’s one of the most common questions I get by indie authors, so I’m excited to share a great video…

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Amazon Also Bought Visualization

Cool video collage of other books bought on Amazon by readers who ordered my book. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qackABVBB0k[/youtube] You can do it for any Amazon product on…

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Progress Report
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Progress Report Sales & WIP

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted a progress report or blogged, but I’ve been busy writing. To paraphrase successful indie authors CJ Lyons and JA Konrath, the…

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Facebook Ads to Promote Your Fiction Book

Marketing Your Book with Facebook Ads (Part Two of Four). As I mentioned in part one of my Facebook Ads case study, I suggest you…

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Facebook Ads for Indie Authors

I’ve been wanting to learn how to use Facebook Ads to promote my book, The Asset. Facebook Ads are paid messages. You’ve probably seen those little…

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I’m in Print… Things are Going to Start Happening to me Now

I received my proof copy for the paperback version of my book, The Asset, from CreateSpace yesterday. I must admit, I was” Navin R. Johnson”…

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When Book Launch Goes Bad
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When Book Launch Plans Go Bust

Last week my book, The Asset, was finally live on Amazon. I began to go through my book launch checklist to begin to promote it,…

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