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@darn62.... I would first concur with Kevin's response... That being said, the plan is to not offer those particular titles in any store (even our own), so they would have nothing to reprice in the first place.

For my experience, in 2012 we (Brick Cave Books) gave away 1,950 ebooks as freebies through Sony, B&N, etc. Those same authors had additional books for sale in those same channels. We had some additional channels (Apple, Amazon, Kobo), where we did not give away any books. There is also some...

The eyebrow raising piece here is the idea of "Settling" for a lower quality cover at all. If this is an Anthology, and presumably not populated by bestselling authors, you're going to need every advantage to entice a potential buyer, and that means the cover.

"remove the false praise or derision." heh, my friend self published his book, then went and gave himself a scalding review. When asked he said "controversy gets readers". It reminded me of that moment in the Avengers: Thor: Have a care how you speak! Loki is beyond reason, but he is of...

I know alot of people that have used Livejournal for many years, and are perfectly happy with it... I still have that user name and password somewhere around here....

As a publisher (and an employee of a large hosting provider), and a sucker for taking on his author's sites- I use Wordpress for them, the majority of the work fits in Wordpress' scope well, and it has good flexibility. For the publishing site, I use Joomla, for some heavy lifting, additional...

So, I have heard that Amazon treats books differently when they reach a certain number of reviews. I don't know how, and I've never followed up with any research, but I have heard this from more than one person... I assume this is some "Urban Literary Legend"? I think six is the most any of the...

I agree with Dan, in that the best promotion for an author is their next book. Building an online presence is just like anything else, you need to do it to the level that you are comfortable, or feel you can maintain. Some authors like to blog, some like to podcast, some like to videocast, some...

The font just doesn't have the strength to reach out and grab you, it looks too sterile and detached from the science fiction nature of the book. I'll admit, it took me a minute to contemplate the scene, and sort out what was what- if I were at a convention or bookstore, I would have glanced and...

I also know of this podcast that comes out of AZ here, she's a nice lady and I did an interview with her several months ago: PJ Hultstrand Online Radio by KWOD Radio | Blog Talk Radio

Leading Arizona Sci-Fi and Fantasy Publisher Brick Cave Books, a division of Brick Cave Media, announces their call for manuscripts for full length books as well as a call for stories and art for an upcoming Anthology collection called Vortex SFA. Brick Cave Books is currently accepting...

"Never mind that an indie author earns more per $2.99 unit sold ($1.80-$2.10) than a traditionally published author earns at $9.99 ($1.25-$1.75)." - So, Mr. Coker, how much of that $2.10 does the indie author have to spend on adwords, or flyers, or bookmarks, or other promotional expenses to try...

Google also has an open source project called Sigil... The thing about Smashwords is that as bad as the Meatgrinder is, and it is, once you are through it, you're in a bunch of stores instead of fighting with each one individually...

As a small publisher, I have 38 titles now on Kindle, one as a Select to see how it works. Definitely recommend it (Kindle, Select I am ho-hum on), and recommend it going direct through Amazon or as the Createspace/Kindle duo. If you have just a few titles, say 5 or less, I would say Smashwords...

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