“Knowledge is power” as the saying goes. Why not invest in reading books that would enhance your knowledge. Here are some few book that you must read.
1. Winning With KDP Select: 5 Steps to Hit #1 in The Amazon Free Store
Want to know how authors hit #1 in the Amazon FREE Store? Get this book.
Want to know if Amazon’s KDP Select program is still a good idea? Get this book.
Want to find hundreds of thousands of targeted readers? Get this book.
If you’d like to know how the KDP Select program can help your titles become more profitable, get this book from the author of The Indie Author’s Guide to the Universe, and an author who has actually hit #1 in the Amazon FREE store and the top 100 in Amazon’s paid store. Winning With KDP Select will explain how the program is still working, give you recent sales figures, and give you 5-Steps that can shoot your book to #1 in the Amazon free store. This book will tell you why KDP Select is a good idea… especially if you’re a new self-published author.
2. Parent’s Playbook for Learning
A great back-to-school read for parents and teachers designed to help readers understand how different personality types learn best. The techniques reveal specific, research-backed, actionable strategies amassed from nearly 100 reference texts with respect to how each of the eight personality types naturally gets organized, gets motivated, approaches new concepts, learns in groups, tackles homework and test prep, and handles success and failure. Includes personality quiz!
3. What Kind of Loser Indie Publishes, and How Can I Be One, Too?
Bestselling, Awardwinning Indie Author Shares Her Secrets
Relatable and hilarious, you will wear the pages of this book out.
Who knew indie publishing could be this much fun? Whether you have published before or are contemplating your first book, Pamela Fagan Hutchins makes an overwhelming field manageable by presenting tried and true how-tos and a myriad of resources, including the marketing plan that got her debut novel national distribution – all with her tongue firmly planted in her cheek.
Other writers call Loser a winner.
“Sharp, practical, and a pleasure to read, this is an indispensable tool for indie writers. Hutchins maps the shortest distance between you and your readers. You need this book!” – Mark Moore, writer and editor
“Sassy, brassy, can-do voice. It’s very inspiring.” – Martin Turnbull, author of The Garden of Allah novels
“Fabulous! Dozens and dozens of great suggestions and resources. Indie writers are going to LOVE this book, not only for its insights, but for Pamela’s witty personality.” – Jennifer Meils, writer, editor, and journalism teacher
“Loser is so packed full of useful, important information, it will become the Bible of indie publishing. Pamela’s wit and humor shines throughout. Definitely a must-have for any author.” – Rhonda Erb, writer and editor
See why Hutchins is called an “up and coming powerhouse writer” and “the Erma Bombeck of her generation.”
Pamela Fagan Hutchins is an employment attorney and workplace investigator by day who writes award-winning and best-selling romantic mystery/suspense (Saving Grace, Leaving Annalise) and hilarious nonfiction (How to Screw Up Your Kids, What Kind of Loser Indie Publishes?) by night. In her spare time, she presides over the Houston Writers Guild, the premier writing organization in the nation’s fourth largest city. She is passionate about great writing, her good looking husband-five offspring-four dogs-one duck-four goats-one heifer family, and smart authorpreneurship. She also leaps medium-tall buildings in a single bound, if she gets a good running start.
4. Learn English Paragraph Writing Skills: ESL Paragraph Essentials for International Students (Academic Writing Skills)
Academic Writing for Graduate Students is an academic writing skills guide for International ESL students.
The book is the first in a series of academic writing handbooks for international undergraduates, graduates, high school students, and mature age students of English as a second language.
Academic Writing for Graduate Students was designed as supplementary guide to support IELTS and ESL students’ regular English classes. As an electronic academic writing handbook for your apple, android, kindle, or PC, it can be carried anywhere, and referenced anytime as your paragraph writing quick reference guide.
It specifically addresses academic paragraph writing skills and development. In particular, it covers:
1. What academic writing is
2. Paragraph format and structure
3. Paragraph organisation.
In addition, it covers more comprehensively the areas of capitalization, punctuation, and sentence structure.
The last part, The Academic Writing Process, details the essential steps to create a mature and confident academic paragraph writer.
5. Practical Academic Essay Writing Skills – An International ESL Students English Essay Writing Handbook (Academic Writing Skills)
Practical Academic Essay Writing Skills (An International ESL Students English Essay Writing Handbook) was written with non English speaking ESL students in mind.
In other words, it was primarily written for ESL students who study English as a second language to gain university entrance. Having said that, this practical ESL guide can be used by anyone such as a high-school student, an undergraduate or graduate student, or even a mature age student wishing to learn more practical academic essay writing skills which produce consistent results and grades for your essays, assignments, or even thesis.
One feature of this eBook includes Its portability. As an electronic academic ESL essay writing handbook, it can be carried on your android or apple device to be used anywhere at anytime. Imagine needing this information at a tutoring lesson, group meeting, or group assignment when you are out and about.
With 4 years TESOL experience in practical English academic writing, the author has managed to make himself clearly understood by his ESL students, so another great feature is its clarity and understanding.
The basic academic essay writing skills such as Essay organisation, Essay structure, Essay outline, and the English essay writing process are all practically written with non English speaking students in mind.
In addition to portability and ease of understanding, the best feature is you’ll learn the most practical essay writing you’ll ever need to write your way to a BA.
6. The 5 Step Essay Writing Process: English Essay Writing Skills for ESL Students (Academic Writing Skills)
Academic essay writing is an essential skill for universities, colleges, and other tertiary educational institutions. Moreover, English writing skills form a part of the assessment requirements of many courses at university, college, or even high school.
Academic essay writing is not a simple task, however, as a student, it is important for you to have the necessary practical essay writing skills, so you can get the best possible results for your essays. ESL Students must be determined because essay writing is one of the most important aspects of your university education. Basically, it alone determines the grade and final result of your degree.
Although, I wrote The 5 Step Essay Writing Process for my ESL Students, anyone such as an International student, high school student, undergraduate or graduate student, and even a mature age student can benefit from understanding and applying this practical 5 step essay writing process.
In conclusion, before you get into the “5 Step Essay Writing Process”, it must be said that this essay writing guide is for people who are prepared to APPLY the process. That means do, not just say! As an International student, you must follow the 5 step essay writing process if you want become a more professional writer and receive better grades.
Apply your learning. Just don’t be an academic, take action and you will write your way to a BA. It’s all up to you, simply apply the learning and get the results you want by reading and follow “The 5 Step Essay Writing Process – English Essay Writing Skills for ESL Students”.
7. English Writing Exercises for International Students: An English Grammar Workbook for ESL Essay Writing (Academic Writing Skills)
200 Interactive exercises to develop English essay writing skills for ESL Students.
The author wrote this mostly interactive workbook for his English essay writing classes. It contains more than 200 questions and answers on English grammar topics associated to developing good English essay writing skills.The questions are typical of those used in exams for an English diploma for university entrance.
These exercises are practical exercises to help support his previous three books:
1. “Academic Writing for Graduate Students – Paragraph essentials for ESL Students”
2. “Practical Academic Essay Writing Skills – Essay essentials for ESL Students”
3. “The 5 Step Essay Writing Process – English Essay Writing Skills for ESL Students”
The exercises develop different areas required for fluent and confident English essay writing.
They include:
1. Capitalization
2. Punctuation: commas and apostrophes
3. Subject / Verb agreement
4. Sentence Structure: Simple, Compound, and Complex
5. Sentence errors: Fragments, Run ons, Comma splices
6. Sentence Combining
7. Appositives
In addition, as a bonus, the author has included an extra 50 bonus questions for a review at a latter date. Perhaps when exam time comes!
The author recommends ESL Students in low intermediate to low advanced English classes use this workbook for developing their essay writing skills. As he said previously, in his last book, “Academic essay writing is an essential skill for universities, colleges, and other tertiary educational institutions. English writing skills form a part of the assessment requirements of many courses at university, college, or even high school, so it is extremely important you can do all these kinds of exercises to become a competent English essay writer for university.”
How to Use this Interactive Workbook:
The questions are divided in sections that are associated with different skill requirements for confident English essay writing. When you start at the first section, General Theory, you read the question, choose your answer, and click the link.
After the link has been clicked, you will immediately know if your answer choice was right or wrong. If the your answer was right, you’ll know straight away. There is a link with each correct answer to take you to the next question in each exercise. However, if your answer was wrong, you’ll be told so, and then you’ll have the opportunity to try again by clicking the return to question link. You can try 3 times before you move onto the next question.
