15 Terms Every Indie Author Should Know It’s a lot easier to walk the walk in publishing if you can talk the talk. Continue Reading →
9 Things Your Readers Wish You Knew About E-Books As we recently downloaded and read a book on our Kindle about book marketing, it occurred to us that as readers, there are specific things we expect from e-books. Continue Reading →
Hugh Howey’s PubSmart Keynote: Directing the Self-Pub Conversation Recently, Amy and Dara attended Pubsmart, a conference that brings together some of the best and brightest of the modern publishing industry to discuss indie, traditional, hybrid, and small press publishing. Continue Reading →
Getting Your Book Out There: Distribution Options for Indie Authors It used to be that getting your book on a bookstore’s shelf was the easiest way to ensure sales. Continue Reading →
Publishing Buzz: What’s Really Going on with Hugh Howey’s Author Earnings Report? (Part 2 of 2) Yesterday, part 1 of Publishing Buzz: What’s Really Going on with Hugh Howey’s Author Earnings Report gave a brief overview of one self-published author’s attempt to understand the numbers behind e-book sales on Amazon. Continue Reading →
Publishing Buzz: What’s Really going on with Hugh Howey’s Author Earnings Report? (Part 1 of 2) Most of us are not statisticians (if you are, kudos) and yet part of being an authorpreneur is understanding the business side of publishing. Continue Reading →
James Patterson’s Bookstore Bailout: Planning for the Future or Living in the Past? Best-selling author James Patterson recently pledged $1 million dollars of his own money to independent bookstores all over the country. Continue Reading →
An Open Letter to Those Coming to J.K. Rowling’s Defense To all who gave revenge 1-star reviews of Lynn Shepherd’s books on Amazon: Please take them down. Continue Reading →
