I’m a big fan of CreateSpace for many reasons. Print on demand sales on Amazon rock, as does the ability to buy one’s POD book at a reasonable price. CS’s phone customer service is fantastic, too. I love that they don’t charge change fees, so I can upload corrections to my books anytime I please. […]
In our continuing SkipJack experiment in indie publishing, we try to keep you up to date on what’s working and what’s not. Here’s what we learned in 2013: 1. BookBub Works Best, Some Others Work Well, and Most Don’t Work at All Want to read the skinny on BookBub? Check out the details here. In […]
This post is a follow-up to Holy Crapoly: You’re Going to Want to Hear This! Recently two Amazon bestselling authors set out to promote their second novels. A lot had changed in the world of ebook promotion since each of their debuts, however. When Rodney Walther first released Broken Laces, he had great success with […]
Well, give us 10 days to collect all the data and we’ll have quite an indie publishing story to share with you. What, you ask? What story? What happened? Well, I finally, after six applications and five rejections, got a BookBub day. I got it for the book I wanted, too: Saving Grace, the lead […]
I LOVE Amazon. Please understand, as an indie author, I make the bulk of my $$$$$ on Amazon. In many ways, they single-handedly caused the leveling of the traditional publishing playing field so that indies have a chance to publish on their terms. I don’t love EVERYTHING about Amazon, however, because I’m not a robot. […]
Indie Publishing Webinar: What Kind of Loser Indie Publishes, and How Can I Be One, Too? — $50 for 2 hours and 15 minutes from the bestselling author of What Kind of Loser Indie Publishes, and How Can I Be One, Too? NOTE: You will receive an email with access/login information to the webinar and […]
Maybe you want to help your favorite author but don’t know how. If so, this video is for you. With a staggering 27% of the book market, Amazon is where the largest number of readers source and buy their books. Many of them rely heavily on reader reviews. Leaving a review is not difficult, but […]
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 […]
Excerpt from What Kind of Loser Indie Publishes, and How Can I Be One, Too? by Pamela Fagan Hutchins from SkipJackPublishing reprinted with permission from the author and publisher A publicist is a goddess who navigates the world of events and media with ease. She has a contact list that’ll make you weep, and she […]
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 […]