Indie authors, this is the news that could change everything: Oyster is in beta test of its $9.95 per month unlimited ebook lending subscription service. Could this be for ebooks what Netflix is for film? Spotify for music? Audible for audiobooks? Or even better? It appears that way.The clean and easy iPhone user interface allows […]
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Dream Big: Movie and Television for Indie Authors
An adapted and unedited chapter from my upcoming SkipJack Publishing book (release date August 15, 2013) What kind of loser indie publishes, and how can I be one too? Most of us writer types not only dream of seeing our books in print, but also seeing their names in lights. TV lights. Movie lights. Spin-off-product […]
A tangled web for indie publishing
An adapted and unedited chapter from my upcoming SkipJack Publishing book (release date August 15, 2013) What kind of loser indie publishes, and how can I be one too? Guess what? If you’re going to write books, you have to have a website. Period. Readers need a place to land to read about you and […]
While you’re working your way toward indie publishing.
An adapted and unedited chapter from my upcoming SkipJack Publishing book (release date August 15, 2013) What kind of loser indie publishes, and how can I be one too? Inevitably, the process of writing and publishing your book takes time. Monetizing that effort is not an overnight event either. Wouldn’t it be nice to establish […]
SkipJack Announces Launch of 2nd Book in Katie & Annalise Series
Leaving Annalise and What kind of Loser? released For more news on Pamela’s new releases and tour, visit http://pamelahutcins.com. Leaving Annalise Released Pamela released Leaving Annalise on July 1, 2013. Leaving Annalise is the second volume in the (award-winning, bestselling, romantic, ghostly, hilarious, and smart) mystery/thriller series, Katie & Annalise, and the follow-up to Saving […]
Audiobooks: this is what sexy sounds like.
An adapted and unedited chapter from my upcoming SkipJack Publishing book (release date August 15, 2013) What kind of loser indie publishes, and how can I be one too? Video killed the radio star, or so sang the Buggles in 1979. But we still listen to radio, and we still read books. Not only do […]
Ain’t nothing sexier than technology strategy.
An adapted and unedited chapter from my upcoming SkipJack Publishing book (release date August 15, 2013) What kind of loser indie publishes, and how can I be one too? Ebooks, my friends, are a no-brainer. At the time I wrote Loser, ebooks sales had gobbled up more than 25% of the market for books, books […]
Getting sexy with it.
An adapted and unedited chapter from my upcoming SkipJack Publishing book (release date August 15, 2013) What kind of loser indie publishes, and how can I be one too? Good strategy makes you a soothsayer. It can capture profit when margins are slim. It’s sleek, it’s stylish, it’s sexy. So let’s get sexy together. When […]
Publishing Models: The Choices for an Indie Author, as I See Them
An adapted and unedited chapter from my upcoming SkipJack Publishing book (release date August 15, 2013) What kind of loser indie publishes, and how can I be one too? Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, an author’s publishing choices were limited to traditional presses or the so-called vanity presses. Vanity presses got their name because […]
Sneak Peek! TOC & Chapter One of What kind of loser indie publishes?
Over the last year I’ve started teaching a workshop called “What kind of loser indie publishes, and how can I be one too?” To put it mildly, there’s been a clamoring for the information. And, despite several good books on this topic already available, that clamor includes requests for a book from me. Said book […]