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KDP, IngramSpark, wider ebooks, direct fulfilment, premium printing and publisher-first routes compared side by side.
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Five checks, in order: market, discovery, conversion, offer and reach. Find out what is holding a published book back before you spend more on it.
Eight story structures, from three acts to Save the Cat, what each suits, and how to use one to find where a finished draft sags.
Amazon has cut KDP’s new title limit to two per format per week, which matters if you’re planning a launch or a backlist upload. Also: AI-written scams keep changing shape, one scammed author wins in court, and Substack courts authors and agents.
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