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    Wide for the Win: Strategies to Sell Globally via Multiple Platforms and Forge Your Own Path to Success: Stark Publishing Solutions, #4
    Wide for the Win: Strategies to Sell Globally via Multiple Platforms and Forge Your Own Path to Success: Stark Publishing Solutions, #4
    Wide for the Win: Strategies to Sell Globally via Multiple Platforms and Forge Your Own Path to Success: Stark Publishing Solutions, #4
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    Wide for the Win: Strategies to Sell Globally via Multiple Platforms and Forge Your Own Path to Success: Stark Publishing Solutions, #4

    By Mark Leslie Lefebvre

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    Are you looking for ways to stop being dependent upon only Amazon for your author income?

    Are you hoping to expand and grow your sales on multiple platforms in global territories?

    Do you need strategies to help you get started NOW in terms of creating a successful "publish wide" author plan?

    Would you like to increase and optimize your sales on Apple Books, Kobo, Nook, Google Play and beyond?

     

    Then WIDE FOR THE WIN is the book for you.

     

    The book is based on knowledge derived from decades of working within the publishing and bookselling landscape and in-depth discussions, interviews, and insights from representatives from the major publishing platforms along with tips, strategies, and pathways to success from hundreds of authors who have already discovered the thrill of forging their own unique pathways to success.

     

    If you're looking for a magic bullet, you've come to the wrong place. But if you're looking for ideas, inspiration, and strategies for planning out your own long terms success as an author selling globally on multiple platforms, then you're in luck.


    WIDE FOR THE WIN prepares you not only with a fundamental understanding of the mindset required for long-term writing and publishing success, but also insights and proven processes that allow you to take full control of your intellectual property's earning potential and reach more of the right readers for your work than ever before.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStark Publishing Solutions
    Release dateMar 23, 2021
    ISBN9781989351277
    Wide for the Win: Strategies to Sell Globally via Multiple Platforms and Forge Your Own Path to Success: Stark Publishing Solutions, #4
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    Mark Leslie Lefebvre

    Mark's highly successful experience in the publishing and bookselling industry spans more than three decades where he has worked in almost every type of brick and mortar, online, and digital bookstore. The former Director of self-publishing and author relations for Rakuten Kobo, and the current Director of business development for Draft2Digital, Mark thrives on innovation, particularly as it relates to digital publishing.

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