Mandi Lynn - Stone Ridge Books
Weekly videos on the business of being an author and making an income as a creative entrepreneur.
Mandi Lynn published her first novel when she was seventeen. The author of Essence, I am Mercy and She’s Not Here, Mandi spends her days continuing to write and creating YouTube videos to help other writers achieve their dreams of seeing their books published. Mandi is the owner of Stone Ridge Books, a company that works to help authors bring their books to life through cover design and book formatting. She is also the creator of The Book Launch Planner, a planner designed to help authors publish and market their books. When she’s not creating, you can find Mandi exploring her backyard or getting lost in the woods.
Mandi Lynn - Stone Ridge Books
I’ve been posting to social media every day for five months to increase my book sales. Despite having some really high engagement and views, my book sales are worse than ever. In this video, I’m going to share what content performed well, my social media stats, my book sales, and why I think things aren’t going well. I also make a plan for going forward to improve my social media strategy.
https://youtu.be/IO5hYDXScYY
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Mandi Lynn - Stone Ridge Books
How did I grow my newsletter from only 200 subscribers to over 1,000? I share all about my process in depth in my new mini course, Author Newsletter Blueprint:
stoneridgebooks.teachable.com/p/author-newsletter-…
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Did you know that if you give a book away for free, it can not only help you grow your author newsletter, but also help sell books in your backlist? Today I’m walking you through how you can use a free ebook to grow your newsletter exponentially and get loyal readers who will buy your entire backlist of books. We’ll be using one of my favorite tools (BookFunnel) and giving you a full walkthrough of some of the features for growing your author newsletter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s-mo...
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Mandi Lynn - Stone Ridge Books
I need your help!
I want to make a video where I take a book cover that's clearly been made by AI, and redesign it myself (because I really hate AI book covers 😅).
The problem is, I don't want to openly shame another author for using an AI book cover. Does anyone know if there's such a thing as pre-made AI book covers? That way I can redesign a cover that's not attached to another author?
Also, I don't want to use AI myself to make a new cover for me, because then that loses the point I'm trying to make, which is to avoid generative AI.
Any thoughts on how we can make this happen?
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I had another book signing! And it did not go well. There were a lot of things not working in my favor, which just goes to show you can never predict how an event is going to go. I was going to scrap this video since things didn’t go as planned, but I wanted to share the reality of doing book signing events and how sometimes it’s not a day full of sales and success.
https://youtu.be/470gInUoLgQ
2 weeks ago | [YT] | 19
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Revenge in Rome is a fake-dating romance coming to Kickstarter this fall! It has all the banter and swoon without the spice, but plenty of petty revenge.
Follow the pre-launch page: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mandilynnbell/project…
✨ What is Kickstarter? ✨
Think of Kickstarter as a fun way of doing book pre-orders! Indie authors are often limited in the type of books they can print. If we want to do special editions, we have to invest a lot of money to do so, so Kickstarter allows us to crowdfund to create amazing editions of books!
✨ How it works ✨
1. An author creates a pre-launch page
2. Readers follow if they're interested
3. When the project launches, readers are notified the book is available to purchase
4. Readers pay when the campaign ends and is successfully funded. Readers are not charged if the funding goal isn't reached.
5. The author uses funds to print the special editions.
6. Readers get their books!
#pettyrevenge #nospicebooks #fakedating #kickstarterbooks #vacationromance #ceoromance
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Earlier in the week, I was showing off the deluxe editions of Revenge in Rome, but what about the special edition paperbacks?
These paperbacks were my best sellers with my last Kickstarter campaign because they’re a great option when you want a special edition at an affordable price!
Follow the Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mandilynnbell/project…
✨ What is Kickstarter? ✨
Think of Kickstarter as a fun way of doing book pre-orders! Indie authors are often limited in the type of books they can print. If we want to do special editions, we have to invest a lot of money to do so, so Kickstarter allows us to crowdfund to create amazing editions of books!
✨ How it works ✨
1. An author creates a pre-launch page
2. Readers follow if they're interested
3. When the project launches, readers are notified the book is available to purchase
4. Readers pay when the campaign ends and is successfully funded. Readers are not charged if the funding goal isn't reached.
5. The author uses funds to print the special editions.
6. Readers get their books!
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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 its cover, and the design is a HUGE marketing tool. You don’t want to mess it up, but you might not have the budget to hire a designer. If you plan to design your cover yourself, here are five mistakes you’re going to want to avoid.
https://youtu.be/DPF5tyRVGfk
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It’s time to show off what the deluxe hardcovers are going to look like when they launch on Kickstarter!
Revenge in Rome is a fake-dating romance coming to Kickstarter this fall! It has all the banter and swoon without the spice, but plenty of petty revenge.
Follow the Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mandilynnbell/project…
✨ What is Kickstarter? ✨
Think of Kickstarter as a fun way of doing book pre-orders! Indie authors are often limited in the type of books they can print. If we want to do special editions, we have to invest a lot of money to do so, so Kickstarter allows us to crowdfund to create amazing editions of books!
✨ How it works ✨
1. An author creates a pre-launch page
2. Readers follow if they're interested
3. When the project launches, readers are notified the book is available to purchase
4. Readers pay when the campaign ends and is successfully funded. Readers are not charged if the funding goal isn't reached.
5. The author uses funds to print the special editions.
6. Readers get their books!
#pettyrevenge #nospicebooks #fakedating #kickstarterbooks #vacationromance #ceoromance
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Mandi Lynn - Stone Ridge Books
I'll be signing books on September 12th 1-5pm at Alvarium Beer Co. in New Britain, CT! There will be plenty of other authors attending as well, so be sure to stop by!
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