Predicting the Future of Indie Publishing

Predicting the Future of Indie Publishing

I was tempted to call this post “Calm the F*** Down”, but decided that wouldn’t be polite. Still, a bit of steady breathing is in order. This week, news has come out that Amazon is changing their affiliate rules, especially for those sites whose main purpose is promoting Kindle free books. I’ve run into no fewer than a dozen articles on it this week, and if you follow...

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Smashwords Alternatives Followup

Smashwords Alternatives Followup

A couple of weeks ago, I posted about my frustrations with Smashwords and the alternative distribution services I discovered. As promised, I’m following up with a short post to let you all know how it’s turning out. I submitted two books ten days ago, and they’ve already appeared on Apple, Barnes and Noble, and Kobo (WHSmith in the UK). Over time, the books will appear in other...

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Frustrated with Smashwords? There Are Alternatives!

Frustrated with Smashwords? There Are Alternatives!

Besides getting a much higher royalty rate, of course, the best part of being an independent author is the flexibility. We can change prices, descriptions, cover art, fix errors, and it all happens almost instantly. Okay, it may take a day or so for the changes to show up on Amazon, but compared to large publishers (who rarely, if ever,  make ANY changes to a book once it’s released),...

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An Extended Giveaway & Distribution News

An Extended Giveaway & Distribution News

As many of you may be aware, I’ve had all of my books exclusive to Amazon for some time. There are several reasons for this, but part of it has been that by doing this, I’ve been able to have my books in the Kindle Online Lending Library. And, in truth, I’ve made quite a bit of money from that. (For those who aren’t aware, I get paid by Amazon every time someone checks out...

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Tutorial: Ebook Formatting

Tutorial: Ebook Formatting

Last week I did a video on formatting your manuscript for CreateSpace, so this week I decided to follow-up by creating a similar walkthrough illustrating how to create .mobi (Kindle) and .epub files. Soon (according to Mark Coker, within weeks) we will be able to upload epub files to Smashwords rather than using the meatgrinder. I’m pretty excited about this, because I’m planning to...

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Formatting for CreateSpace

Formatting for CreateSpace

Being an independently published (aka self-published) author is sometimes overwhelming. There’s so much to learn, such as how to do (or hire) cover art, how to format for all the many types of ebooks, how to format for print, blogging, social media, interviews, distribution, marketing, getting reviews, how to choose effective paid advertising, how to choose the most effective price point… it...

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