What’s New

New Educational Content on the Way✨

More publisher education is coming at you via our social medial! We are using every resource possible to make sure you're equipped with the right tools and knowledge to better set up and protect your titles. Be sure to be on the lookout for these posts in the coming weeks.

We’re excited to see how you engage with this new content moving forward. If you haven't already, be sure to follow our Instagram. 

Did You Know❓

For the next few months, we will be adding a "Did You Know" section to our monthly newsletter that will go over specific IngramSpark integrity guidelines.

For this month, we're focusing on automated and mass-produced content. 

To best protect our IngramSpark community and the integrity of your titles with our retail partners, we will be regularly reviewing titles to make sure the content is not deceiving to readers and customers. To do that, we’ll be cracking
down on content that is mass produced or automated. An example of this would be titles with the same interior but positioned in different ways.

We have dedicated a team to finding these violations and have picked up patterns that will help us take swift action towards discontinuing their account from the IngramSpark program.

Check out the blog below to get a complete overview of mass-produced content that violates our guidelines.

What’s Going On

Check Out Our Free ISBN Worksheet🔎

An ISBN is an expense many self-publishing authors are confused about. Why would you pay for an ISBN when you can get one for free? Well, depending on your publishing goals, a free or paid ISBN can drastically affect how flexible you can be with your title. To help guide you through this decision, we’ve created a Free ISBN worksheet that will organize the pros and cons of both paid and Free ISBNs. In this worksheet, you will go over:

• Your location
• Budget
• Publishing goals
• Desired ownership
• And more!

An ISBN is the single most important identifier of your book, and at IngramSpark, we encourage authors to purchase one rather than get one for free. However, for some, a free ISBN may better suit their needs.

To help you make an informed decision on whether you should pay for or get a Free ISBN, check out our ISBN worksheet.

Now’s the Time to Order Your Titles Early📆

The most wonderful time of the year is also the busiest. As we approach the Holiday season, we strongly advise that authors and publishers start ordering their books for the end of the year now. For Ingram and mail carriers everywhere, October through December is a busy time that has previously seen print turnaround times drastically increase. 

A Helping Hand

Author Marketing Experts is thrilled to collaborate with IngramSpark authors! Their goal is to ensure authors have access to innovative and personalized book promotion and publicity services, focusing on finding new readers and generating the kind of exposure that builds successful author brands. Join us with a commitment to smarter book marketing in 2021! 

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