Tag: self-publishing
Five Reasons I Self-Publish
I am pleased to announce that I have received my first check from Amazon Digital Services for sales of my two novels. A little celebratory music please! Okay, that’s enough. Now that the music and cheering across blogosphere has subsided, the reality of the first payment sets in. After more…
Feedback, Finally!
It’s hard to get feedback. Relatives are prone to either sugar coat their opinions or say nothing, and most strangers won’t be bothered. For most writers it’s difficult to establish a personal relationship, even virtual, with readers and make them comfortable enough to honestly express their opinions. Authors of self-published…
eFiction Magazine
Cool! eFiction Magazine has included a story of mine, “Another Twenty-Five Minutes”, in its August edition. It’s free to read on-line or download. Consider getting a free subscription. eFiction provides a platform for some very creative indie writers. Being included in eFiction is cool for a number of reasons. The…
I’m not rich yet
So my eBook, Any Tomorrow: The Calling, has been out at Amazon and all the major eBook distributors for a couple of months. How come I’m not rich yet? Gosh, if you read the user forums at Kindle, it seems like everyone who posts is selling upwards of 900 copies…
I’ve published my e-book, now what?
Okay, so my first eBook, Any Tomorrow: The Calling, is available from the major eBook distributors, including http://www.amazon.com/, http://www.barnesandnoble.com/, http://www.diesel-ebooks.com/, and http://www.smashwords.com/. I’ve successfully self-published through Smashwords and Amazon, creating every aspect of the publication, including the cover art. I even blog about the self-publishing experience at http://anytomorrow.wordpress.com/ My dilemma…
Review Time
Well, not reviewed quite yet. Last week I posted to a writer’s group on LinkedIn and very shortly after got a reply from Agy Wilson (Literature Correspondent; Maine at Examiner.com) to read Any Tomorrow: The Calling, review it, and post about it. After I read her offer, it took me…
Marketing Me
Okay, so my eBook, Any Tomorrow: The Calling, is out there, published, available at Amazon, Smashwords, and Diesel, soon to be at Barnes and Noble, Apple iBookstore, Sony, and Kobo. My eBook is out there floating around in the ether with thousands of other eBooks. It’s out there, but how…
Paying For It
Last night I submitted updated files for Any Tomorrow: The Calling to Amazon and Smashwords. It was a surprisingly simple process for both distributors, however after almost 24 hours I am #932 in the queue for processing at Smashwords. It takes time, but I’m okay with that. After all it…
What about the second book?
As I have been waiting to see what would happen with Any Tomorrow: The Calling and have started talking it up among chat rooms and groups, I’ve also been final editing the second book in the trilogy, Any Tomorrow: The Curse. In fact, Any Tomorrow: The Curse is almost ready…
Now What?
Okay, so my eBook is active on Amazon.com in the .mobi format for Kindle and available in a variety of formats from Smashwords.com. I must say that getting the eBook into both distributors was much easier than I first thought it would be. Using the Smashwords Style Guide was very…
