One of the hardest choices to make as an indie author is how to price your books, at least it was (and is) for me. Why? Because it is so hard to see whether your pricing strategy is helping or hurting you amongst the many other variables that might be impacting sales. I’ve read tons […]
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4 Ways To Use Public Speaking to Promote and Sell Your Indie Books
Many writers are, by nature, creatures that hide from the spotlight. I’m not above hibernating for weeks on end in my sleepy sheep pajamas. Yet those of us who publish need to spread the word about ourselves and books. Sure, we can use social media, but at some point, if you really want to gain […]
Where have all the SkipJack posts gone?
Greetings, long-neglected followers of the SkipJack Indie Publishing blog. Life got pretty damn busy for Eric and Pamela in the last three months, and all our promised posts just didn’t happen. Sigh… Does it matter that it was a good kind of busy? That Saving Grace is now in all 140 of Hasting Entertainment’s stores, […]
Gift Card Giveaway: You can be a winner.
Books make great gifts, and we’d like to help you give them this holiday season. We are giving away two gift cards for $25 each to Hastings Entertainment. They can be used online or at one of their 140 stores. Enter and share the contest below, and Merry Christmas from SkipJack Publishing. a Rafflecopter giveaway
Interesting, and not in a good way: sales crash post KDP Select.
The latest tale in the saga of our indie publishing is a tragedy, not a triumph. We plan to turn it around, and you’ll get a ring side seat, but here’s the scoop for now. Some of you may recall that we had a tremendous run on KDP Select with Saving Grace, first as a free […]
It’s No Contest
I don’t keep it much of a secret that I am a big fan of writing contests. As Garrett Morris used to say on Saturday Night Live, “Contests been veddy veddy good to me.” Or something like that, anyway. So the question isn’t whether I’m a contest proponent, but why. Let me explain the whys, […]
Amazon is a big review-gobbling meanie.
If you’re an indie author — hell, if you’re a traditionally-published author — you know it is damn hard to get people to post reviews on Amazon for your books. I get it. I never posted a review unless asked, until I published my first book. Now I’m a review-posting fool. I post honestly, but […]
To KDP Select or not to KDP Select?
We’ve wrestled of late with the question of whether or not to utilize KDP Select. Not familiar with the program? KDP Select is the Amazon/Kindle exclusive 90-day program wherein authors have the ability to promote their ebooks by making them free on Amazon for up to 5 days within the 90-day period. This allows authors […]
Getting Your Baby on the Shelves of Bookstores
I love bookstores. I love the way they look, the way the smell,and their colors. Visiting a bookstore is like going to a library, but without the mean librarian. A lot of people believe bookstores are going the way of the dinosaurs, but I am not one of those people. You heard it from me, it […]
I can promise you it wasn’t the casting couch.
Well. I’ve done TV before. TV is fun. TV is nothing to be afraid. TV is overblown. Yeah. All that applies until the TV interview is about YOU and one or your LITTLE DARLINGS. Whew! Check out this article and the TV interview that ran on the 6:00 p.m. news in Amarillo on September 10th, […]