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I wanted to light a fire under my ass and get some work done. On one hand, why invite extra stress into your life? On the other, consider what motivates you. Well, the fire was lit. And I burned hot. I wrote three novels and two n. Last Call is Released! It's never wise to chase fads or trends, because by the time you get a product to market, it may be over and you've missed the bandwagon. Unless the product is a book and you self-publish.
Then you can write, edit, create cover art, and get three books live in less than three hours. Presenting my latest epic trilogy: Not only am I able to compete on price with the major houses, but I'm also one-upping traditional publishers. Whenever I have a chance to bend Amazon's ear, I make a few pitches. The top three always are: I'd like to see cumulative sales figures, for both units and royalties, in KDP and Author Central reports.
I'd like to be able to automatically split royalties with co-writers. I'd like the ability to make ebooks permafree.
You have to make the ebook free on some other website, then keep alerting Amazon about those competitive prices by cutting an. Self Publishing my First Audiobook. I'm pleased to announce that I've begun self-publishing audiobooks. What took me so long to self-pub audio? It all began 30 years ago Cassette tapes were my preference, because I could rock the jams in m.
Careful What We Asked For?
Rather than respond in his comments I went ahead and fisked it. Porter's nonsense in italics, my common-sense replies in bold. Our worth as creatives is.
Several months after the blog, a group of authors filed a lawsuit against Harlequin. Since then, Harlequin has been acquired by HarperCollins. And to their credit, HC just settled this suit, to the tune of 4. Here are the pros and cons I've encountered. It involves a maniac stalking models on the website www.
For fun, I asked my web designer to put something on that URL. New JA Konrath Preorder. In my last post, I told you I'm experimenting with ebook pricing.
My results have been surprising, to say the least. More Advantages to Self-Publishing. Got to say, it feels good. And I'm not done with Jack yet. Which brings me to this blog post. On this blog, I've written hundreds of thousands of words touting the advantages of self-publishing over traditional publishing. Keeping your rights, higher ebook royalties, and having control over pricing, presentation, and content are the. I like Lee Child. He's a generous guy, pleasant, smart, and a decent writer.
But Lee has aligned himself with the pinheads of Authors United, and though his views differ enough to be considered on their own merits rather than instantly dismissable like the majority of AU alarmism, Child's continued anti-Amazon stance is getting boring. Yes, I know he wants to defend the crumbling establishment that has made him a gazillionaire, and suck a few more bucks out of it. Konrath's Advice For Indie Booksellers. I just sent out a newsletter to 10, people on my mailing list. Some of those people have been on that list since I first started in this biz, back in I haven't sent out a newsletter since , so I wasn't too surprised to get this reply from an indie bookseller: One of the first rules of marketing is know your audience.
It is not the best technique to send an email soliciting orders for Amazon and their related products to Independent Bookstores. This is not th. Attack of the Bibliography! I noticed an Amazon trend a few months ago. Some third party indie publishers were creating Kindle bibliographies for bestselling authors who had a lot of titles. I thought it was interesting, but probably not necessary. Amazon makes it pretty simple for readers to find books. Why should readers have to buy an ebook to get a list of ebooks to buy? But more and more of these bibliographies began to pop up.
I took a closer look at the trend, and realized why. Book Cover Art Sale. My cover designer is having a sale on his pre-designed covers, and they're gorgeous. As I've said many times in the past, a great book cover is one of the four essential ingredients to finding readers the other three being a great book, great description, and reasonable price.
If your sales are slumping, one of the things you should look at is your cover art. An amateurish cover can send subconscious signals to potential fans that the writing is also amateurish. Guest Post by Silas Payton.
Get fast, free shipping with Amazon Prime. Nurse Liza tends to Griselda's injured foot but notes that Griselda will die if not treated by a doctor. ComiXology Thousands of Digital Comics. Retrieved January 21, But what can I do today about these daughters of mine, or about their children whom they have borne? Attack of the Bibliography! Series of books Canadian mystery novels Fictional Canadian police detectives.
Fans want the F-word, plain and simple, and I'm willing to bet this holds true with writing just as much as with rap music. The F-word I'm referring to is featuring. It's seen after the title of many, many hip hop songs, used to highlight a guest performer. Many music artists have worked together in the past, but no o. A guest post by frequent contributor to this blog, Barry Eisler. I chime in midway. A Threat to Freedom of Expression? Ordinarily, propaganda is something that concerns me, but when it veers this far off into parody, I sometimes welcome it as a comic diversion.
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