Do you have a book that needs exposure? The pressure of writing and creating a masterpiece requires regular breaks and ways to destress; playing Coinmaster spins is one of them. But even after publishing, the work doesn’t stop there. You need to employ marketing tactics to amplify your book’s exposure and reach more readers — […]
7 Successful Social Media Strategies to Promote and Sell More Books
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How Best To Find Inspiration and Motivation While Writing
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Writing is a long and arduous process. After long periods of brainstorming & instantaneously rejecting ideas, endless conflicts about the nature of the content, multiple writer’s blocks and periodic existential crises, most writers can finally end up with something that may or may not be what they wanted all along. If you are a frequent […]
Enter For the 2020 Awele Creative Trust Award
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Founded in the last decade by Nigerian Author Chika Unigwe, the Awele Creative Trust (ACT) calls for previously unpublished short story entries for their 2020 ACT Award. The submission window is between November 25 and December 31, 2020. The guidelines are pretty easy to follow, so if you think this is for you, or for […]
What Fuels Your Hustling Spirit? – We Asked Our Riders #1
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I asked some of our Riders (the superhero name for the amazing people that make OkadaBooks so super) the big question – What Fuels Your Hustling Spirit? Although it may seem easy to answer looking at it on the surface, because almost everyone has a hustle, right? The responses I got made me further reflect […]
Blurry Lines: A Riveting Tale About The Challenges Of Single Parenting – A Book Review
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It is always a pleasure to read a book that is well written, especially a work of fiction that is enthralling and that tells a story that the reader can easily relate to. Blurry Lines by Tayo Emmanuel is one such book. It is a very riveting story, which is a mix of tragedy and […]
5 Easy Steps To Leverage The Black Friday Event To Boost Book Sales on OkadaBooks
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Black Friday – The biggest sales event of the year is almost upon us and you, too, can be a part of it. Yes, YOU. If you’ve been feeling extra-charitable and wondering how you can heed the calls of your fans and run a giveaway, Black Friday is a great opportunity to slash prices off […]
Fehintolu Adeleye’s ‘Fear To Fall’ Isn’t Shy To Talk About Life’s Brutality, And That’s A Good Thing – A Book Review
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I must say I really did enjoy reading Fear to Fall by Fehintolu Adeleye. The setting, plot, and conclusion of the story made it very intriguing and riveting. It was hard not to want to see how the drama in the principal character’s life would play out and eventually be resolved. Although a work of […]