John Lennon’s song about imagining no heaven, while hopeful in many ways, strikes fear into the hearts of those for whom imagining no heaven is a sort of hell on earth. The same may be true of the dying brick and mortar bookstore. On the Wall Street Journal Website, a story was posted called, E-Books [...]
As an indie, publishing direct to Kindle (arguably so far the world’s largest and best categorized/searchable platform for ebooks) is a big deal. Dealing directly with Amazon allows me levels of control that working with a third-party distributor would not. I can check my sales at any time so I can gauge how effective any [...]
I’m really excited that the term “indie author” is starting to catch on. I’m excited that indie authors are starting to be seen as the same thing as indie musicians and indie filmmakers. There is just one problem though. “Indie author” didn’t come about as a term until we entered the world of youtube. What [...]
A couple of weeks ago I posted in my personal blog about the trend of major NY publishers offering complete crap books for free on the Amazon Kindle. Now I want to talk about a few of the dangers of having a mainstream publisher in the world of the Internet where disgruntled readers can reach [...]
When I discovered that one of the people behind Indie Reader, Claire McKinney, has an impressive background working inside the traditional publishing industry, I became really intrigued. I wanted to pick her brain and then thought “interview!” Because then I can pick her brain and get paid for it. Yes, mercenary I know. I also [...]
I understand that for as long as you could hold a pencil you’ve dreamed of being a famous author on the NYT list. And I know, that while that’s pretty much a pipe dream for most, you’ve decided you can only get there with a traditional publisher and a traditional publisher (preferably located in NY) [...]
A fairly well-known author, Lilith Saintcrow, made an impassioned plea to readers from her blog to not blame publishers and writers for the issues going on in ebook pricing and availability. It should come as no surprise that I almost completely disagree with her position. The one part I will agree with Ms. Saintcrow on [...]
It’s a pain in the ass. Seriously. Let me explain this because I really think the people who complain about piracy the most don’t really understand the process involved for the illegal downloader. There are people who just like to take things for free. Most of these people would not have bought your book anyway. [...]