Mar 6, 2016 | Marketing, Publishing
Update: Amazon has ceased offering Giveaways as of October 31st, 2019. I maintain the post below for archive purposes only. An Update on Amazon Giveaways In my recent post on how to set up an Amazon Giveaway, I had said that Amazon won’t allow you to give away...
Mar 4, 2016 | Marketing, Publishing
I have mentioned the importance of Amazon Categories as far as rankings are concerned in my post, I Just Published my Book. Now What? Here is a rough guide to how many copies a book needs to sell to reach a certain rank in Amazon US, courtesy of Jackie Weger. This...
Mar 2, 2016 | Blog hops tours & reblogs, Interviews Features and Reviews
You may have spotted Sarah Zama leaving a comment here and there. She has now published her first book, Give in to the Feeling, and asked me for my help in promoting it. As she had described it as romance, I was worried it might not fit into the rest of the blog, so I...
Feb 29, 2016 | Events and Giveaways
This year marks the centenary of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Department of Prints. Today, as it reaches 100 years in operation, the Met’s Department of Prints holdings are vast: 1.2 million prints, 17,000 drawings, and 12,000 illustrated books. Items from the...
Feb 27, 2016 | Entertainment, Fun Historical Facts
I recently came across a hilarious Reddit thread titled, “Assume all of world history is a movie. What are the biggest plotholes?” I’m including here some of my favorite responses. You can visit visit the original thread for more. Oh, and apologies...
Feb 25, 2016 | Publishing
As soon as the news came that Amazon will start paying a lot more attention to poorly edited books, panic ensued among the various forums. Thankfully, as John Doppler explains on Words on Words, things aren’t quite that bad. It all started when Good E-Reader...
Feb 23, 2016 | Entertainment
Not many people will have heard of the Syriac Sinaiticus – one of the earliest known copies of the Gospels, dating back to the mid-4th century. The translation it preserved went all the way back to the 2nd century, very close to the fountainhead of early...
Feb 21, 2016 | Marketing, Publishing
Chloe of the Written Word Media published recently 10 trends in publishing that are of interest to every author – particularly Indie ones: 1. Indie authors will continue to take up a growing percentage of the market Indie authored books are estimated to compose...
Feb 19, 2016 | Interviews Features and Reviews
Unless you’re a first-time visitor here, you will have come across one of my author friends, Charles E. Yallowitz. Best known for his epic fantasy series, Legends of Windemere, Charles has recently complemented his already impressive list of book releases with...
Feb 17, 2016 | Entertainment
The Internet just got a little weirder for me, and on my birthday of all days (turning 46 today). So, I simply had to share. I’m sure you’re as familiar with spam as I am. I’m even more certain, that you enjoy it about as much as I do. However, one...
Feb 15, 2016 | Interviews Features and Reviews
Serban V.C. Enache is a Romanian author who has written An Empire Of Traitors and A Heretical Divide – books 1 and 2 in his medieval fantasy series Of Hate And Laughter. His work reminded me of Pearseus, as the narration is done via character POV chapters. Even...
Feb 14, 2016 | Entertainment, Events and Giveaways
“Congratulations,” my friend said upon hearing we were expecting a baby girl. “Your wife is about to introduce you to the love of your life.” This Valentine’s day, I have come to appreciate the wisdom in his words. Of course, when Electra...
Feb 13, 2016 | Blog hops tours & reblogs, Writing
Lucy, my lovely blonde blogger/writer friend, recently had a guest post by Rachael Ritchey, on the subject of writing the perfect headline for your posts. It mentioned the Headline Analyzer; a free tool by CoSchedule that checks your title using a number of criteria,...
Feb 11, 2016 | Events and Giveaways
You may remember my author friend, Elle Boca, from last year’s interview on this blog. This prolific lady is now publishing her latest book featuring her Weeia urban fantasy world. To celebrate, she is offering all of her Unelmoija books on a 99c sale for the...
