Market Your Book For The Right Age
How much time do people of various ages spend reading? How true is the commonly held rule of thumb, that the older a person, the more they spend reading? The answer can be found in a recent article by James Tozer published by 1843 (The Economist's sister publication)....
App Feature: Presenting Booksprout
I recently received a comment on one of my posts, asking me to add Booksprout to Steve's post on Instafreebie. As I hadn't heard of Booksprout, I wanted to hear more about it. In response, its founder, Chris Leippi, kindly sent me this guest post presenting the...
Emotional Beats: Horses
Back in September, I published Emotional Beats: How to Easily Convert your Writing into Palpable Feelings. As promised, I will be posting the book on my blog. So, here is the next installment, continuing Part 3 of the book: Other Beats. This short chapter (I'll make...
Fake Books: Amazon’s Latest Headache
In my last post, I described my positive experience with KDP Rocket. When I used the software for the first time, however, I was amazed to see that about one-third of the books in the top 20 had been published within the last week or so. This was regardless of genre,...
Author Feature: Jan Sikes
This post is part of the Rave Reviews Book Club Pay-It-Forward; an initiative to introduce club authors to new readers. As Jan Sikes is a frequent visitor of my blog, it gives me great pleasure in introducing her to you. Jan Sikes Multi-Award winning author, Jan...
Review: Kindlepreneur’s Free AMS Tutorial & KDP Rocket
You may remember my recent post, Don't Advertise With Amazon Until You've Read This. I mention there Kindlepreneur's free AMS tutorial and KDP Rocket. Imagine my surprise when Dave Chesson, aka Kindlepreneur, contacted me shortly afterward to offer me a review copy of...
A Fantasy Tip From History: The Infamous Gu Poison
Fans of the film, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and the television show Sleepy Hollow may remember a powerful poison, used as a method to manipulate lovers and cause death. Atlas Obscura has the fascinating history of this legendary toxin -- and I use the word...
Emotional Beats: Fights
Back in September, I published Emotional Beats: How to Easily Convert your Writing into Palpable Feelings. As promised, I will be posting the book on my blog. So, here is the next installment, continuing Part 3 of the book: Other Beats. This one deals with: Fights...
Amazon Is Changing Its KDP Reports Tool
Some of you will have noticed KDP's switch to a new interface: The new dashboard offers several advantages over the old one. The tabbed browsing allows you to access historical data. It also breaks down royalties and sales by marketplace, author, title, and format....
A Moving Passive Voice Update
Most readers of this blog will have noticed the many posts I credit to The Passive Guy (aka PG) and his excellent, free newsletter, which is chock-full of information regarding the publishing industry. Not so many will be aware that my family includes members who are...
Book Feature: A Guardian Falls
A Guardian Falls All looks bleak when Mara is forced to return home after her love’s brush with death. She only has one magical artifact and the army seems out of reach. The consequences should she fail or even succeed finally set in and Mara has doubts about...
The Brautigan Library Of Unpublished Manuscripts
Most of my blog is dedicated to helping you publish and promote your books. But what about those poor souls who never do manage to get published? Fret Fret not, for now there's a place where your work will be fully appreciated: the Brautigan Library, a unique library...