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Digital Marketing for Self-Published Authors: What Works in 2026
Most digital marketing advice for self-published authors is generic noise. This is the honest channel breakdown: AMS for 80 percent of acquisition, email for compounding revenue, BookFunnel for reader magnets, Goodreads as a profile to keep alive but not chase, Reddit and BookTok for organic upside, and YouTube shorts for non-fiction. Plus exact budgets at three income tiers.
Instagram Marketing for Self-Published Authors: A 2026 Playbook
A practical Bookstagram playbook for self-published authors. The four content pillars that actually convert, Reels vs static math, hashtag strategy that still works in 2026, the link-in-bio funnel to Amazon, story highlights as evergreen catalog, and the cadence that prevents burnout.
Marketing KDP Picture Books: A Working Channel Playbook for 2026
A working channel playbook for self-published children's picture books on KDP. Parents buy differently than adult-fiction readers, the gift market drives 60% of sales, and the marketing stack is not the same as your adult-fiction launch. This is the full playbook: cover, title, price, AMS, Goodreads, Bookstagram, school visits, and the bundle math that turns one book into a recurring asset.
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