Creating Books - Three Things To Say

November 29, 2025November 29, 2025Promoting books, Book review, Building websites and blogs, Creating Books

Introducing SFR Book Review Showcase: Display Amazon Reviews That Drive Sales

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I’m excited to announce the release of my latest WordPress plugin: SFR Book Review Showcase – now available free on WordPress.org! As someone who’s built WordPress solutions for years, I’ve always been frustrated by the disconnect between content creation and measurable results. Authors spend hours crafting book reviews for their websites, but have no way to know if those reviews are actually working. That changes today. What […]

October 15, 2021August 15, 2024Business, Book review, Creating Books, Earning money

Three Cool Ways to Monitor and Check your KDP Sales, Reviews, and More for Free

If you are like me, you like to keep a tab on how many books you sell and the reviews you get. Many of you will check your sales through the basic KDP report page and maybe view your books on Amazon UK and USA for reviews and ratings. This is fine, but there are three great ways to make this easier and a more […]

August 31, 2021September 1, 2021Promoting books, Building websites and blogs, Creating Books, Earning money

Three Ways to Promote Your KDP Paperback book (and ebook)

Self-publishing via Amazon KDP is a great low-cost way to place your book in the world’s biggest bookshop, but the story does not end there if you want sales to grow. Here are three ways to promote your book. But before we start, you need to make sure that you have optimised your KDP listing. Add lots of keywords – not just one per line. […]

February 6, 2021August 28, 2021Creating Books

Three writing tools I use to create books (and blog posts).

I use three writing tools/apps to go from research all the way through to publication via EnergyBook. To set out my thoughts, collate my research, set out my book, I use Scrivener. I find it a great tool and with a one-off purchase price, it’s great value for money. Using a simple word processor does not give you the flexibility to make drafts, move things […]