Mar 30, 2014 | Publishing
When I started sending my drafts to agents and publishers, I could not fathom how someone would not want to steal my incredibly rich and amazing stories of dark epic fantasy/sci-fi. If I could stamp every single page of my masterpiece with my copyright notice, my...
Mar 29, 2014 | Marketing, Publishing
When I used Amazon to publish Year 18: The Schism, the first book in my dark epic fantasy series, Pearseus, I was asked whether I wanted to use DRM for the book or not. I was also warned that I would be unable to change the setting in the future. So, just what is...
Mar 29, 2014 | Marketing, Publishing
A few days ago I came across a fascinating report regarding the future of e-Books and e-Readers by PriceWaterhouseCoopers. The analysis itself is somewhat dated (2010) but the survey gave some interesting pointers for us, self-published authors. So I will be posting...
Mar 27, 2014 | Publishing
Our house is filled with books – even in the loos, as I’ve mentioned in the past. My wife still reads the traditional, paper-based books while I usually read on my Kindle.A while back, I pointed out to her that perhaps we are running out of space and perhaps...
Mar 26, 2014 | Publishing
I read the following fascinating story in Brian Marggraf’s excellent blog. Apparently, a few years ago, Samuel Moffie submitted his book, The Perfect Martini to 100 literary agents. The Perfect Martini, in fact, didn’t exist. What Moffie had done, was to...
Mar 24, 2014 | Publishing, Writing
I love reading in any format, but there seems to be some friction between ebook and traditional book. According to Bookbaby’s latest data: 28% of Americans read at least one eBook last year. Only 4% of readers are eBook-only, so print books still play the...
Mar 24, 2014 | Marketing, Publishing, Writing
The Write Life presented the definitive list of 100 Best Websites for Writers, broken into 11 categories: blogging, business and career, copywriting, creativity and craft, freelancing, literary agents, marketing, publishing, travel writing, writing advice and writing...
Mar 20, 2014 | Marketing, Publishing
Guy Kawasaki, well-known author of APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur – How to Publish a Book, has written a bullet-list article on how to price your book. Bottom line? It depends on the book, so it’s pretty much a case of trial and error for each author....
Mar 13, 2014 | Blog hops tours & reblogs, Marketing, Publishing
Smashword analyzed over $12 million in sales for a collection of 120,000 ebooks from May 1, 2012 through March 31, 2013. The study represents the most comprehensive analysis todate of how ebooks from self-published authors and small independent presses are behaving...
Mar 13, 2014 | Publishing, Writing
The Colorado Independent Publishers Association announces its 20th annual CIPA EVVY book competition is open for submissions. The CIPA EVVYs are one of the longest-running book awards on the Indie publishing scene. Entries will be accepted until May 17, 2014. Winners...
