This episode of The Happy Writer looks at how to use book length to your advantage.

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The Happy Writer looks at the source of the myth that selfpublished writers spend most of their time marketing.

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This episode talks about readthrough within series and within your catalogue and when and how you should use it. A lot of people go crazy when calculating this figure, but what does it actually mean and how reliable is it?

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The Happy Writer episode 20 looks at something that baffles new writers: people selling big sets of books for only 99c. Because that devalues books, right?

Not necessarily, and there could be several sales tactics at play.

This episode explains what these authors are hoping to achieve and what their reasoning is.

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Episode 19 of The Happy Writer looks at another much-asked question: does my book need an ISBN? What are ISBNs for, when are they used, who uses them and when do you need one?

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Can I pay for someone to do my advertising for me? The Happy Writer episode 18.

This is one of the questions that gets asked the most often in writer groups. 

A new writer have discovered they don't like marketing and is willing to throw money at the marketing problem to make it go away.

Except when you're a writer (traditionally published or selfpublished) the marketing never "goes away". Is it a good idea to employ someone to do it for you, and what sort of questions do you need to ask yourself. Where do you find such a person. How do you make sure they're not selling you shovels for your DIY gold rush?

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The Happy Writer looks at editing. What kind of editing? Why do you edit? Who should edit your book.

Some of the opinions here might be a little controversial, but they are designed to make you think about the editing process and what you hope to achieve with it.

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The Happy Writer looks at how you can use preorders to capture readers.

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The Happy Writer discusses how to spruce up or revive an old series that you published a while ago. We discuss how much effort and time to put into it, and how to decide whether it's worth doing.

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The Happy Writer episode 14 talks about considerations before you go wide. Why should you do it and what do you need to consider before taking the step?

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