Paying for reviews IS an ethical grey area. Understand: it's industry standard for major US publishers. Almost every imprint from almost every...
Or on a phone, or on a tablet! Seriously, WAY worth it for this deal. Awesome books. :)
Hey guys! Thought I'd jump in here and let folks know about my newest project. I’ve officially launched my first Kickstarter on April 27th. It...
You'll have to make your own judgement on whether or not to enter based on the scientology bit... But the contest is well known, well run, and...
What I think some of the posters above have missed is that your bio is now part of your sales pitch. You are selling YOURSELF - as a storyteller -...
Anyone with the tech savvy to program this spider PROBABLY has the skills to use a proxy to mask an IP. ;) That said, Amazon gets crawled all...
Excellent points, Stephen. No disagreement there. Interesting, though - the publisher is trying to pay for HER marketing expertise, and she's...
The sad thing is, even at the highest end, publishers really don't as a rule have much of an idea how to get those first 3500 readers. They're...
Wow, great list up there! Yes, Passive Voice, Konrath, DWS, Kris Rusch - basically this is your "who's who" of major spots for indies. I'd add in...
I like the DBW report too. I found it fascinating, because it said something that Hugh's report really only hinted at. According to the DBW...
Speaking from personal experience in both indie and trad... 1) To roughly match a publisher for quality of editing and cover, you're looking at...
Funny thing is, even as staunch an advocate of indie publishing as I am...? If a publisher offered me "game changing" money for a book, I'd be...