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Bundle Up + Cash In by Reviving Old Releases

We’ve talked a lot about books that you’ve decided to re-release, book updates, and getting your rights back from a publisher, but we’ve yet to discuss the book bundle.

Advice from IR Approved Author Ryan McDermott: “Write for the joy or healing it brings you. Whether or not you plan to publish, the process should be meaningful.”

Downriver emerged as a cathartic response to my combat tour in Iraq, the financial collapse following the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, and the personal unraveling that ensued. It’s an exploration of what truly matters in life,...

Advice from IR Approved Author Robert Walker” “Listen to your heart while you are writing. Mine will generally tell me when I’m on the right track, and when I’ve gotten lost.”

Two Crowns,Three Blades is the second book in The Legend of Baelon series. It’s the sequel to Six Moons, Seven Gods, a medieval fantasy adventure about a kingdom in turmoil and the struggle between good...

Advice from IR Approved Author Kip Cassino: “Learn how to market, or find a partner who does.”

There were plans for using nuclear weapons in Vietnam, and soldiers were actually trained for the mission. "Operation Tollbooth" depicts a nuclear strike on the Ho Chi Minh Trail that might have taken place, through...

5 Ways Your Book Must Stack Up to Bestsellers

The only thing that’s certain in book marketing is surprises. In fact, I’ve spent more than 18 years in the book marketing business as an indie author, and I am surprised all the time.

IR Approved Author Katherine Davis-Gibbon on being Indie: ” The hardest part is the learning curve and having to wear so many hats, but there are many positives, too.”

A diverse group of children discover a park where words literally come to life.

IR Approved Author Soph Tang: “If I die in obscurity, at least I’ll know that I died doing what I love.”

Decadence is just a story about raw human experience. It's about vibrant and complex characters, the heartache of love and yearning, the tragic agony of impossible decisions, and that weird, fuzzy sensation of laughing through your...

IR Approved Author C. W. Johnson: “…I really just wanted to write something that was wholly and recognizably my own…”

A Life Full of Quarks is a darkly comic tale of science, family, loneliness, and love, the hilariously heartbreaking story of a young scientist.

Advice from IR Approved Author Josh Bottomly (via Frederick Buechner): “Have the courage to open a vein.”

Eucatastropheis the story of a high school teacher that touches upon everything from literature and psychology to theology and philosophy in an attempt to make sense of his depression. Josh's story is filled with humor,...