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5 Mistakes That Make Your Self-Published Book Cover Look Amateur

by mandilynnwrites | Sep 15, 2026 | Book Cover Design

If you plan on designing your own book cover, the last thing you want is for people to assume the book is going to be bad just because the design is bad. Despite how much we all might like to think otherwise, people do judge a book by it’s cover, and the design is a...

How Are Book Sales Really Going? – BOOK MARKETING ESP 6

by mandilynnwrites | Sep 8, 2026 | Marketing for Authors

I’m now four months into my social media experiment where I’m posting every day in an effort to increase my book sales. But how is it really going? Today we’re doing another monthly check-in to reveal my social media stats, talk about what content performed best, and...

EVERYTHING is going wrong in this book release…and I’m changing my book cover

by mandilynnwrites | Sep 1, 2026 | Author VLOGS

Well, it has been a stressful couple of weeks. Surprise! Revenge in Rome has a new book cover, and it’s not the reason you might think. I’ve lost a lot of sleep over this, so let’s talk about how so many things have gone wrong on this book release so far, and...

I’ve Been Marketing My Book Wrong This Entire Time!

by mandilynnwrites | Aug 25, 2026 | Marketing for Authors

I’ve been marketing my upcoming novel incorrectly for months. I’ve been calling my book, Revenge in Rome, a billionaire romance when it is in fact, a millionaire romance. Is one letter really that important? When it comes to reader expectations, it can be! Today I’m...

Can I Actually Make Money at a Book Signing This Time?

by mandilynnwrites | Aug 20, 2026 | Author VLOGS

In my last book signing vlog, it was a bit of an epic fail. Didn’t sell many books, and also had my canopy get destroyed. Well, it’s been a couple of weeks, and now it’s time to redeem myself. Hopefully. See how it went in this latest author vlog and see exactly how...
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