When Cross-Genre Becomes No Genre
I’m over at the IBC blog today with a guest post that looks at figuring out how to best position your book genre-wise for success. Or, more accurately, how not having a specific genre for …
Tag: promotion
True Fans and Indie Publishing
Thanks to Twitter, today I stumbled on a 2008 post about True Fans — an example of the long tail of the Internet in action. The short version of the post is that artists don’t …
Weighing the Value of Promotion vs. Writing
Dan Blank’s post last week about defining success has combined with some other things in my life right now to get me asking myself that very question. One of the things that’s been a challenge …
Free Par-Tay!
Several authors I network with have all joined together for a Free Par-Tay event — all of us have made books free on Kindle today through Saturday. (Don’t wait until Saturday to get them – …
Looking For A New Read? Try Scorpio Rising
My TBR pile continues to virtually teeter as I add new books, but after reading this excerpt from Scorpio Rising, it’s going on the list.
Thrown Out review in this month’s eFiction Magazine
I knew there was a review coming up in today’s December issue of eFiction Magazine, but I was still blown away by the rave review when I read it a few minutes ago. You can …
Is Amazon Using Its Market Presence to Break The Big Six?
OK, indie authors, how would you feel if you were selling an average of two books a minute or more for a five-day weekend? Sound crazy? Robert Bidinotto thought so — until he did just …
Q&A with Author and Former Broadcast Journalist Lauren Clark
Did yesterday’s excerpt of Stay Tuned pique your interest? Join us below for a Q&A with author Lauren Clark about Stay Tuned, her writing journey and her background in broadcast journalism. I’m glad to be …
Sneak Peek: Stay Tuned, by Lauren Clark
I’m back after a nice, long vacation with my family, and I’ve got a sneak peek for you at a book I started reading on vacation — watch for my review later this week… As …
Book Bloggers: The New Publishing Gatekeepers
Indie publishing and its effect on traditional publishing is a work in progress, and we can’t fully measure its impact. But as we head into a holiday season where ereaders are likely to be a …