Sell Direct & Focus on Your Backlist
Recent years have seen authors focus their efforts on wide distribution and audiobooks. As a result, eBooks and audiobooks are on track to grow this year. But 2025 is telling a different story as authors move toward retaining more control of their brand, getting...
How to edit the AMS default report
If you need to edit the AMS report’s default report we recommend you choose all of the available columns in the custom report on the AMS site. Step 1: On your AMS dashboard, click on "Customize Columns" Step 2: Click "Select all" and then "Apply" Your report now has...
Built for authors. Loved by their assistants.
Running your author’s publishing business just got easier. Author Helper Suite (AHS) is the one tool that lets you track sales, monitor ad spend, and organize links—without bouncing between platforms. It’s completely free for PAs supporting authors with an active AHS...
Tool Creep Is Real (and It’s Wasting Your Time)
There’s a moment every indie author knows well. You’re staring at your screen, feeling vaguely unproductive. Your word count’s stuck. Your ads aren’t converting. Your book sales have slowed just enough to make you question every decision you’ve made in the last six...
AuthorAnalytics: Know What’s Working. Know Why.
You’ve got a few books out. You’ve run ads on Facebook and Amazon. You've sent some emails and posted on social as often as possible. You’re selling books—but you know you could be doing better. What you don’t know is what’s actually working. Or why sales jump...
An Overview of AuthorAnalytics
AuthorAnalytics: The Triangle That Powers Your Author Business In the world of indie publishing, "data" isn't just numbers—it's the compass guiding your decisions. Yet many authors find themselves juggling disparate tools, each offering a fragment of the bigger...
Your Backlist Book Isn’t Dead. It’s Just Sleeping. Here’s How to Wake It Up!
Let’s be honest—some of our older books aren’t getting much love these days. The launch came and went, the reviews trickled in, and then crickets. But here’s the thing:... that book still has value. Maybe it just needs a shave, a shower, and a new/better introduction....
Five Unusual Online Resources for Authors
When most writers think about online resources, they immediately jump to the usual suspects—Scrivener tutorials, Grammarly, or Kindlepreneur. But there’s a world of lesser-known tools and communities that offer surprising benefits for authors looking to improve their...
Shopify Update 10/9/24
Hey, fellow authors. Shopify is moving to a new report format. The legacy report (i.e. the one you use with AHS) is still available but you need to jump through some hoops to get there. Thanks to Lucy for sharing her dashboard pics that lay out how to revert to legacy...
Use ReaderTeams to connect with and reward your readers
One of the most popular features of The Author Helper Suite is ReaderTeams. You may be more familiar with the premise of ReaderTeams as “ARC readers”. This method was all the rage a couple of years ago as indie authors searched for ways to connect with and reward their readers.
It’s here! AHS now supports wide publishing.
After months of development and testing, AHS now supports wide reports. Building this feature is probably the toughest thing we've tackled, minus the launch product. There are a number of qualifiers to this launch. First and foremost, this is phase 1 of at least 6...
What are Automatic Links? | Author Helper Suite Quick Tip
What are Automatic Links? I'm so glad you asked. The 'Automatic Links' feature is one of the most powerful tools in AHS. We built it because we were sick and tired of manually creating links that do the exact same thing (just for different books). Like what? The...
Getting Started with Author Helper Suite | Part Three: See Your Income With a Glance
I hinted yesterday at updating your income using the AHS KDP tool. Today, I'd like for you to see a little more about what this powerful (and simple) tool does and how to utilize it to save you time and energy when you should be writing. Check out this video or the...
Getting Started with Author Helper Suite | Part Two: Level Up!
Have you used the KDP Tool today to scrape your income? Wasn’t that easy? If you haven’t had a chance to do so, go for it. It only takes a few seconds. Okay, so last post we covered a LOT. And today we’re going to cover a lot more. Our goal is to give you information...
Getting Started With Author Helper Suite | Part One: What to Expect
Here’s what we’re going to be covering – Income tracking, Facebook Ads + Assignments, Amazon Ads + Assignments, Links, Reports, ReaderTeams (you may call them ARC readers), PA/VA Access
The Author’s Creed
Some things never change. As authors, it's a good thing to know which of those things apply to us. Look at it this way. It's a noisy world, with busy people and seven seconds of attention span to spread out among them all. There are new tools, tactics, networks,...
WEBCAST: AMS Ads with Bonnie Paulson and Elana Johnson
John and I got to speak with Bonnie Paulson and Elana Johnson about how to get your AMS ads rockin'! The two bestselling authors run a workshop that John has taken and he's found it to be really helpful to his business. If you're interested in learning how to make AMS...
WEBCAST: Author Alchemy Biz Ops with Joe Solari
We had a chance to sit down with Joe Solari to talk about the nuts and bolts of treating your writing like a business. We met Joe when we first launched ReaderLinks. He was impressed with what we're trying to do with the service. We spent some time with him, talking...
How AHS Handles KDP Sales Data
A question that comes up now and then is, "How does AHS handle the sales data coming in from KDP?" Before we get started in answering that question, please note AHS uses the actual data from service reports, such as KDP, to build an income picture. We use estimated...
The Top 15 tips from Bookbub on how to market your book
We take a look at Bookbub’s advice on how to market your book and we JUDGE them. It is our way…
