Zoe Winters wrote a thoughtful and reasoned post on ebook pricing yesterday that’s worth the read for all you indie publishers struggling with the pricing question. An excerpt: I am bolding this next part because if you don’t hear any of the rest of this, please hear this: 99 cent and free ebooks are not […]
Read MoreNew short stories!
I published two short stories as ebooks back in December without announcing it to anyone, just to see what would happen. Would I get sales through sheer discovery, or would my stories sit online in undiscovered limbo? I haven’t checked my January sales (one of my New Year’s resolutions is to only check my book […]
Read MoreImpact of ebooks…in pictures!
Via the Content Wrangler, an interesting info-graphic regarding ebook sales and the impact they’re having on publishers. It’s based on data from 1,300 book publishers in the semi-annual Aptara Survey of Publishing Professionals.
Read MoreThinking of KDP Select? Read the fine print…
Amazon just gave a big fat middle-finger to all the other ebook stores out there with the announcement of their KDP Select program. It sounds great: KDP Select gives you access to a whole new source of royalties and readers – you not only benefit from a new way of making money, but you also […]
Read MoreThe positives of negative reviews
I review small-press and self-published books at the New Podler Review of Books, and I’ve unfortunately read my share of, shall we say, “challenging” books. I hate writing bad reviews. I’m an author, too, so I know how much blood, sweat, tears, love, and butt-in-the-chair time writers put into their work. I know how much […]
Read MoreLove letter to Scrivener
Scrivener, I’d say, “You complete me,” but that’s gross and hackneyed. You do, but, well, still gross and hackneyed. I mean, you’re writing software, I’m human. It could never work, my wife would never understand. The thing is, I can’t hold back any longer. Yes, you’re an elegant word processor, but it’s your single-source and […]
Read MoreDidn’t quite make it…
My UMBRA CORPS Kickstarter project didn’t make its $2000 goal, but 41 people did pledge $886. Though I don’t get any of that money, I’m humbled and thankful for not only the monetary support, but the simple acts of spreading the word so many more of you did. I will publish the book, but it […]
Read MoreUMBRA CORPS on Kickstarter
I just posted my new novel UMBRA CORPS on Kickstarter. Kickstarter is a patronage site where you make pledges to projects you find interesting. Kind of like the pledge drives you see on PBS stations — for every amount you pledge, you get rewards like t-shirts, mugs, books, etc. The more you pledge, the greater […]
Read MoreUMBRA CORPS Trailer
Here’s the teaser-trailer for my new sci-fi/alt-history novel UMBRA CORPS. Took me five hours to find the images and music, only 30 minutes to put it together in this video. I love iMovie.
Read MoreWhat’s so hard about publishing a novel?
“It’s science fiction crossed with chick lit crossed with literary fiction.”
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