I’m interested in how many of you have been contacted by Amazon about your books and “errors?” I’ve been contacted about only one of my books, and I’ve heard from them on two separate occasions. Because I don’t think it’s remotely possible that the rest of my books are error-free (because I’ve never seen an […]
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Nifty Enhancement to Amazon Giveaways
A few months ago I blogged on Amazon giveaways. It’s a neat new feature, and I like it. But I wasn’t in love with the entrance requirements. At the time, basically about the only option to require was that people follow you on Twitter, and I find Twitter fairly useless for promoting the purchase of […]
SkipJack x 4 = 5! Bundles of Love and Box Sets
For the last three years, SkipJack and its authors have been publishing (and writing) furiously. The most successful journeymen in the independent publishing (J.A. Konrath, for one) world opine that it takes four to six complementary books from an author before she starts to earn real money (if ever). That’s not unlike what you’ll learn […]
Gratefuls, From the SkipJack Perspective
It’s that wonderful time of year when many of us pause and think about all that is good in our lives and the things we are grateful for. From the perspective of our publishing company (and no doubt straying a bit to the personal side), these are some things we are grateful for. Our authors. They […]
Revise or Die Trying: Tips and Techniques
Revising Your Drafts As Presented at Comicpalooza 2014, Houston, Texas Thoughts from Moderator Author Pamela Fagan Hutchins Draft v. Rewrite v. Revision v. Editing (Pamela’s working definitions) Draft: Your original work from once upon a time to the end. Rewrite: Your first draft was so bad that you have to redo major elements of […]
SkipJack Announces Upcoming McKay Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 2016 SkipJack Publishing Announces Upcoming Release of Debut Author, Marcy McKay Texas – Award-winning author Marcy McKay and SkipJack Publishing announce the January 21, 2016, release of McKay’s literary suspense novel, Pennies from Burger Heaven (ISBN 978-1-939889-33-1). About Pennies from Burger Heaven: Eleven-year-old Copper Daniels is homeless and alone. She spends […]
Indie Publishing: 3 Chances to Work With Successful Indie Author Pamela Fagan Hutchins
1. Indiepalooza: 1 hour, plus conference 2. Indie Fest: 3-hour workshop 3. Indie Writers Retreat: two-day retreat
Indie Publishing Success Retreat for Writers
For reviews and more information as well as registration, visit http://pamelahutchins.com/speaking/writing-retreats/.
Amazon Giveaways: An Update
A few weeks ago, I blogged on giveaways on Amazon and Goodreads. For us, Goodreads was an ongoing strategy, but Amazon was completely new. Pamela Fagan Hutchins tried it for her mystery Heaven to Betsy. The promo ran for one week, which was the set period and not something that could be changed. That matches the time […]
Online Paperback Giveaways: Amazon versus Goodreads
We’ve long been fans at SkipJack of giving away paperbacks on Goodreads to create impressions on the cover, title, and author, as well as to increase “to-reads” and potentially drive reviews from the winners, but we’ve yet to try the new Amazon Giveaways feature. First, Goodreads. Goodreads allows authors to give away paperback copies of […]