How To Sell Books On Amazon To Make Passive Income

Want to know how to sell books on Amazon to earn some passive income?

We’re not just talking about books you write — we’re also talking about books you own.

Maybe you’ve looked around your house and thought, “I should pare down my collection a little.” 

Doing a little Marie Kondo action on your book collection wouldn’t be a bad thing.

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Metaphor, Simile, And Analogy: Everything You Need to Know

You learned about figurative language in grade school, and you remember the words metaphor and simile — but you’re not sure you remember what they are and how one is different from the other.

And then someone uses the word “analogy,” and you’re officially confused.

Yes, you know analogies aren’t just pairs of words separated by colons or double colons.

You know they have something to do with logic, but what does that have to do with metaphors and similes.

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Book Cover Ideas: The Ultimate Guide To Bestselling Book Covers

You’ve written a book you’re proud of, and you can hardly wait to share it.

So, it’s about time you or your chosen designer created some book cover ideas that will help your book sell as well as possible.

Maybe you’d like to design your own, but you’re not sure how to do it or where to start.

Or maybe you’d rather pay someone else to create one, but you don’t know where to find a good designer who doesn’t charge more than your budget will allow.

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Everything You Need To Know About Fiction Vs Non-Fiction

If a friend were to ask you right now, “How do you know whether to call a book fiction or nonfiction?” what answer would you give?

You think you have a pretty good idea of how to distinguish the two — until someone asks you to articulate the difference in your own words.

It sounds so simple, right? You could just say, “Fiction is imaginary, while nonfiction is true.”

But sometimes the two overlap.

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9 Of The Best Writing Podcasts For Authors In 2023

Podcasts for writers are a welcome guiding light in the ever-changing world of writing and publishing.

Finding a publishing company isn’t the only way to get your work out there anymore. You self-publish your book and create your own platform for marketing and selling it.

Self-publishing has been a game-changer for aspiring authors who don’t want to wait for gatekeepers to give them permission to share their writing.

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Should I Write a Book? 9 Reasons to Write It in 2023

You have a book idea, and you think it would resonate with enough people to justify putting the work into writing it. But you still have doubts.

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What if I invest time and effort (and money) into writing this book, and only my friends and family buy it?
Or what if I write and publish a book, and the reviews are so bad, sales stop?
Or what if I think it’s a good idea for a book, but it’s not good enough — or unique enough — to interest people?

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