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July 3, 2026 Custom and Special Edition Products for Indie Authors

The most defensible direct sales products are the ones that don't exist anywhere else. A signed copy can become a personalized inscription. A standard hardcover can become a special edition with sprayed edges and foil. A mass-market ebook can become a collector's box set that a reader displays on their shelf. This article covers the custom and special edition product layer — what it costs, how it's produced, how personalization works at checkout, and how these products fit into a direct sales business that's already selling books.

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July 3, 2026 How to Publish on Blurb

Blurb is the print-on-demand platform built for visually driven books — photo books, art books, cookbooks, magazines, and illustrated content that standard POD platforms handle poorly. This guide covers every step: BookWright installation, template selection, the cost calculator, distribution options, and pricing your book correctly.

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June 24, 2026 Pricing Strategy for Wide Authors

Price is one of the most powerful tools a wide author has. This guide covers permafree strategy, platform-specific price promotions, global pricing by country, series pricing logic, and how to use ScribeCount's data to make smarter pricing decisions.

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June 22, 2026 audiobook-marketing-strategy

Most audiobook guides explain where to distribute. This one explains how to actually sell. Chirp deal applications, Audible promotional programs, cross-promotion from your ebook audience, launch sequencing, backlist promotions, and the analytics that show you what's working — this is the marketing layer that turns distribution into revenue.

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June 22, 2026 Audiobook Pricing Strategy for Indie Authors

Audiobook pricing is more complicated than ebook pricing because most platforms set or heavily influence retail prices rather than taking your price and paying a percentage. This guide breaks down exactly what you control on each platform, how to calculate break-even across three production scenarios under Audible's evolving royalty model, and where direct sales pricing creates the most significant income advantage.

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June 20, 2026 Pricing Strategy for Your Author Direct Store

Pricing in a direct store is different from pricing on retail platforms. You're not constrained by royalty tier thresholds, you're not competing in the same browse context as Amazon, and you have products — signed copies, bundles, special editions — with no retail equivalent and no comparison price. This article covers how to price each product type in your direct store, when to discount and when not to, and how to track which prices actually drive your best revenue.

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