If one follow’s the lead of Harlan Coben (skilled and successful thriller writer), then an author should plow every cent of their revenues in their first five years of publication back into promotion, to build their brand and longevity. If I’m not mistaken (and tell me in the comments if I am), Harlan also did […]
No matter how you approach it, Jamie McGuire’s new deal with WalMart is groundbreaking. Jamie left her sweetheart Atria deal to go indie—for happiness/control reasons, I hear—and parlayed the success of a (traditionally published) novel into a trilogy that has resulted in landing one of her indie books on WalMart’s shelves in select stores. A CreateSpace […]
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Fulfill Your Dream: Writing, Publishing, and Promotion INSTRUCTOR: PAMELA FAGAN HUTCHINS / DATE: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1-4 PM WriteSpace Houston, Silver Street Studios #212, 2000A Edwards Street, Houston, Texas, 77007 You’ve dreamed of writing a book for a long time now. Maybe you’ve even started a draft, or written two or three drafts and come to the point […]
Another post by Eric “Excuse the Typos” Hutchins, the last of the series he wrote on his five-week trip to Siberia. Should an author blog? It’s all about perspective. If your goal as an author is to attract new readers to your published work I think you are wasting your time writing a blog. There […]
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 […]
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 […]
Yes, I know it can be challenging to post your events through Facebook. Yet who better to network with about your upcoming appearances than your online community? While I can’t make it painless, I can make it easier. Here’s a video demonstration suitable for sharing with your contacts, to help them understand how to join […]