So even if you are making a few sales without an email list by way of ads or social media, I can tell you that the comparison is far to none when it comes to having your own personal go to list of readers.
In todays self-publishing market, with everyone and their cousins publishing a book, the likelihood that your eBook will go unnoticed is a virtual certainty.
An email list is the ultimate direct advertisement, a personal indication to your readers that your book, in the sea of millions of others available, is the one that they want. So basically it’s a personal invitation.
An ISBN, or International Standard Book Number, is a special type of identification number for books that is issued by the company R. R. Bowker. A book’s hardcover, paperback, and ebook format will all need their own ISBN numbers, as will each subsequent edition of that book, which can get expensive. It’s no wonder that many authors are wondering if it’s necessary for them to buy their own.
Although ISBNs aren’t currently required for eBooks, you do still need on in order to sell on many online platforms or to make physical copies available in a bookstore. Some publishers will offer to issue an ISBN for you and include the price with your publishing package, and with websites like Amazon or Barnes and Noble issuing their own types of identification numbers on top of it, an ISBN can seem like an unneeded expense.
How do you start a successful blog?
For starters, it doesn’t happen overnight. It takes effort and time. It’s a journey, an uphill battle at times. Many writers want to be that next blogging success, but few are willing to do the necessary steps to actually make that happen. Blogging is tough, time consuming and most of the time comes with little to no praise from the readers you pump out content day in and day out for. So you ask yourself, what do I need to do to lay the groundwork that will eventually open the flood gates to success in Blogging.